Well, I got all excited last night when I saw a 9800GTX+ on ebay for sale for only 31 dollars and 11 dollars S/H. I thought, oh yeah, and I placed a max bid of $100 USD because I figured, if I could save $60 instead of purchasing a 6850, I would. Sli is better right? Well... now I'm looking into it(yes I know, I should have did this before, but I can still return it) and it seems like it might have been a bad idea... poor judgement on my part. Anyhow, ended up paying 86 bucks + 11 in s/(total $97).
My current build which I will be adding it to if it's a good idea is:
AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ 2.7ghz
9800 GTX+ 512mb
550w psu
4gigs of ram.
Windows 7, 64 bit.
Also, current mobo only supports up to a Phenom II x4 965 at best.
All in all, I expect to upgrade to:
FX 4100, 750w psu
Basically:
A- Was it a good idea?
B- If so, can I get by with my current build?
C- Should I just go ahead and upgrade now?
Money is an issue, I have only around 500 as a budget. Yes I realize it'll cost around 260 to upgrade to Zambezi build alone. Mobo, CPU, and Ram. So I've technically already spent 360 dollars without even grabbing a new PSU.
My current build which I will be adding it to if it's a good idea is:
AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ 2.7ghz
9800 GTX+ 512mb
550w psu
4gigs of ram.
Windows 7, 64 bit.
Also, current mobo only supports up to a Phenom II x4 965 at best.
All in all, I expect to upgrade to:
FX 4100, 750w psu
Basically:
A- Was it a good idea?
B- If so, can I get by with my current build?
C- Should I just go ahead and upgrade now?
Money is an issue, I have only around 500 as a budget. Yes I realize it'll cost around 260 to upgrade to Zambezi build alone. Mobo, CPU, and Ram. So I've technically already spent 360 dollars without even grabbing a new PSU.