What will $200 get me?

[rathgor]

Hello crew,

My computer is almost 3 years old and I would like to make small upgrade purchases over time instead of dropping $800 a year and a half down the road and upgrade everything.

I don't want to spend over $200, I was thinking of either a GTX 660 (I'm an nvidia fan boy) or a GTX 650ti and some more ram (my only worry is that after a year the 650ti will already need to be upgraded again.)

I mostly use it for gaming but we also use it for our entertainment system.

Asus P6T
i7 920 @ 2.6 (OC'd @ 3.6)
8gigs OCZ pc3-10666(windows shows 6gb)
1.6tb Western Digital black (1tb + 600gb)
BFG GTS 250 1gb (oc'd)
Corsair 750w-tx

Thanks everyone in advance for your input.

 

[TheBigTroll]

you are better off with a single large upgrade. upgrading over time just means that by the time you have a completely new system, there are outdated components.

ill recommend a video card for you but id highly suggest upgrading all at once
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

i know it isnt nvidia but it performs a crap ton better than a 660 for 20 bucks more

 

[Kamen_BG]

Listen to the big fat troll.
Go for the AMD card as soon as it comes in stock it's a LOT better than the GTX 660 in every metric but power consumption.

 

[iceclock]

ur current setup is fine, ur overclocked cpu is still a beast .

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h787q2g2m

for ati or for nvidia:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp42662kr

one of those will do u fine.

the 7870 at stock is very similar to the 660, dont spread false information.

the 7870 might overclock a bit better, but onced both overclocked theres a small gap between them, id say get amd if u like amd if not get the nvidia card, both are great for the money

 

[TheBigTroll]

its a 7870 xt (the one i suggested), its basically a crippled 7950 for the price of a 7870.

 

[iceclock]

thats a good choice also, these 7870xt arent widely avaible, seems odd.

 

[TheBigTroll]

its just like how the 560ti 448 core was not widely avaliable

 

[Derza10]

its a 7870 xt (the one i suggested), its basically a crippled 7950 for the price of a 7870.

That is a good card for the price... but it is pretty much out of stock everywhere, it might be months before you can get a hold of one... If you like nvidia the GTX 660 is a great value card.

GTX 660: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162122
or if you want to step up to a GTX 660 ti for a bit more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133466

 

[iceclock]

yeah the 660ti extra cores version was a beast

i did find one:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AO35AXU/?tag=pcpapi-20

240$. not bad

 

[Derza10]

That is out of stock as well lol

 

[iceclock]

oh well.