TheOtis
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I'll have around $150 to dump into my box in the very near future, I'm just not sure which way I want to go here, I have a few options.
After finally reading up on SSDs and getting to understand them better, I'm thinking about jumping on the SSD bandwagon. However, my mobo supports SATA II. I know that I'll still see a nice performance bump with an SSD on SATA II, but not as high as I would on III. I thought about getting a SATA 6.0Gb/s controller card, however my motherboard is seriously lacking in expansion slots. We're talking one PCI-E 16x slot, a PCI slot, and a PCI-E 1x slot. Running a SATA 6.0Gb/s controller card through a 1x would be a horrible idea.
Besides wanting an SSD, I miss having a sound card. This onboard VIA sound is kicking my rear. So a sound card, like from ASUS, is also in my future.
A video card, like a 6850 would be nice as well. However, I'm stuck at 1280x1024 at the moment, and I'm counting on moneys from my birthday and christmas to get a nice 1080 or 1200 one, so that'll come with time. So I could get a 6850, but that doesn't change the fact I'll need a more versatile motherboard. Plus, I really only play L4D2, Fallout NV, SC2, and TrackMania, so I don't really need a power house GPU, my 8800GTX is HOT, but still chugging along just fine. This 8800GTX was actually payment from a buddy of mine for building him a box a couple months back, it served him well for almost three years and I'm hoping to hold onto it until a game I want to play won't get above 30FPS haha.
At the time of my last upgrade, I was on a very tight budget and the mobo I've got right now was on sale at a local computer store, so I had to grab it, but now I'm regretting it. As for what motherboard I would get, it'd be an ASUS and most likely a 890.
I'm definitely leaning towards the motherboard, as it'll give me more options to breath new life into my computer when it starts to show its age after the arrival of Bulldozer and who knows if it'll worth on AM3. And after this upgrade, I really don't know when I'll have enough money again to fuel my hardware habit.
What do you guys think the best way to go is?
After finally reading up on SSDs and getting to understand them better, I'm thinking about jumping on the SSD bandwagon. However, my mobo supports SATA II. I know that I'll still see a nice performance bump with an SSD on SATA II, but not as high as I would on III. I thought about getting a SATA 6.0Gb/s controller card, however my motherboard is seriously lacking in expansion slots. We're talking one PCI-E 16x slot, a PCI slot, and a PCI-E 1x slot. Running a SATA 6.0Gb/s controller card through a 1x would be a horrible idea.
Besides wanting an SSD, I miss having a sound card. This onboard VIA sound is kicking my rear. So a sound card, like from ASUS, is also in my future.
A video card, like a 6850 would be nice as well. However, I'm stuck at 1280x1024 at the moment, and I'm counting on moneys from my birthday and christmas to get a nice 1080 or 1200 one, so that'll come with time. So I could get a 6850, but that doesn't change the fact I'll need a more versatile motherboard. Plus, I really only play L4D2, Fallout NV, SC2, and TrackMania, so I don't really need a power house GPU, my 8800GTX is HOT, but still chugging along just fine. This 8800GTX was actually payment from a buddy of mine for building him a box a couple months back, it served him well for almost three years and I'm hoping to hold onto it until a game I want to play won't get above 30FPS haha.
At the time of my last upgrade, I was on a very tight budget and the mobo I've got right now was on sale at a local computer store, so I had to grab it, but now I'm regretting it. As for what motherboard I would get, it'd be an ASUS and most likely a 890.
I'm definitely leaning towards the motherboard, as it'll give me more options to breath new life into my computer when it starts to show its age after the arrival of Bulldozer and who knows if it'll worth on AM3. And after this upgrade, I really don't know when I'll have enough money again to fuel my hardware habit.
What do you guys think the best way to go is?