Hello Tom's Hardware Gurus,
I am looking to build a new PC. I am on a limited budget so I am going to do it slowly over the next few months though and I had a few questions.
First my current specs:
OCZ 700w PSU, MSI P-35 Neo-Combo, C2D E6750 (OC'd to 3334MHZ/Core), 2gig Kingston ddr2 800mhz with 4-4-4-12 timing, 8800 gt.
Now I am going to build a gaming PC based on Nvidia cards because I can a) use the 3d vision kit I own and b) use my older video card as a physX card.
Since I am broke, I am planing on doing this computer build in three phases (Video Card, Mainboard + Processor, Second Video Card + New Ram, then maybe a new case) and I was just wondering what phase I should start with?
The video card I am looking at right now is the GTX 460 (It's cheap and a Nvidia card) and I was thinking about picking that up because it would be the largest immediate boost to gaming FPS. I started thinking though, this is a PCI-E 2.0 card and I only have PCI-E 1.3 slot. I know that the card will be limited, but will it be limited to the point where I should just buy the mainboard and processor first? Plus, there is a retailer selling a gtx 480 for $50 off bringing the total to $550 after shipping and HST (I'm in Canada so prices are different here), should I put this on the credit card and pick that card up instead? I am using 3d vision so the extra bandwidth could come in handy.
I am looking to build a new PC. I am on a limited budget so I am going to do it slowly over the next few months though and I had a few questions.
First my current specs:
OCZ 700w PSU, MSI P-35 Neo-Combo, C2D E6750 (OC'd to 3334MHZ/Core), 2gig Kingston ddr2 800mhz with 4-4-4-12 timing, 8800 gt.
Now I am going to build a gaming PC based on Nvidia cards because I can a) use the 3d vision kit I own and b) use my older video card as a physX card.
Since I am broke, I am planing on doing this computer build in three phases (Video Card, Mainboard + Processor, Second Video Card + New Ram, then maybe a new case) and I was just wondering what phase I should start with?
The video card I am looking at right now is the GTX 460 (It's cheap and a Nvidia card) and I was thinking about picking that up because it would be the largest immediate boost to gaming FPS. I started thinking though, this is a PCI-E 2.0 card and I only have PCI-E 1.3 slot. I know that the card will be limited, but will it be limited to the point where I should just buy the mainboard and processor first? Plus, there is a retailer selling a gtx 480 for $50 off bringing the total to $550 after shipping and HST (I'm in Canada so prices are different here), should I put this on the credit card and pick that card up instead? I am using 3d vision so the extra bandwidth could come in handy.
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