Gaming computer upgrade?

[perco11]

Hello, I am looking to upgrade my gaming computer. I would like to know if my mother board will support quad SLI. Also what do you think about it? Which video cards should i upgrade to regardless?

The specs of my computer are as follows:

1 | ASUS P5N32-SLI DELUXE NFORCE4 REV.1
1 | P4 3.4GHZ 950 DC 4MB L2 CACHE S775
4 | CRUCIAL 1GB DDR2 PC5300
1 | MEDIA CENTER EDITION IR RECEIVER
2 | DESKSTAR 500GB 7K500 SATA 3.0G NCQ
1 | LACIE 16X DUAL LAYER DVD±R/W DRIVE W/ LIGHTSCRIBE REV.2
1 | ASUS P5N32-SLI DELUXE INTEGRATED AUDIO
2 | EVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 7900 GTX 512MB PCIE
1 | AGEIA PHYSICS PROCESSING UNIT (PPU)

Any help is appreciated!

 

[G25r8cer]

Why 7900 cards? They are kinda outdated no? Also, do you have links to any of this stuff?

 

[Sir Travis D]

I don't know exactly what to say to upgrade with, but on a desktop gaming computer, the processor should be upgraded if possible. The graphics cards too, but again, I don't know what can fit in the mobo and what can't.

 

[perco11]

Agreed, the computer is almost two years old.

And no i dont have links. also is it possible to upgrade the liquid cooling system, when i first got it it ran at a constant 84F but after about a year its running at 96ish. even after cleaning it.

So what do you guys recommend i go with? Which processor? Should i change out the motherboard etc?

 

[G25r8cer]

I would say graphics card is first for gaming.

 

[perco11]

I would say graphics card is first for gaming.

Which would you recommend? And can i run quad SLI With that motherboard?

I would kind of like to buy everything at once if thats what i need to do, motherboard, processor, videocards so that i can get the best combo available.

 

[G25r8cer]

Why quad sli?? There is no game out there that can take full potential of quad let alone triple sli!! The only game that you would need that much gp power for is maybe Crysis.

 

[perco11]

Rather just do it, and be ahead of the game When i purchased this computer it was a little ahead of the game hence why i was able to be happy with it for 2 year

 

[daisymtc]

Asus P5N32-SLI, 680i chipset, No qual SLi.
I think you should upgrade your CPU first. E8400?
Then get new GPU if you like. 9800GTX? 8800GT SLi?

 

[zer0_c00l]

if you want quad cards you will have to get a crossfire board ...

 

[oscaryu1]

I would say graphics card is first for gaming.

What's the use of a good card when your processor is bottlenecking it?