Need upgrade tips!

venraw

venraw

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Hi, guys. I just got 310 dollars and I'm wanting to upgrade my pc.
I have an Amthlon II 250 processor that I'm going to keep for now and I'm wanting to get another 250 GTS 1 gig so I can SLI. Can anybody post me a good economy friendly ddr2 SLI-ready mobo with am2+ chipset? Also, would my 650 watt power supply be sufficient for two SLI'd 250 GTS cards? Thanks!
 
@ daisy, even with selling the current 250, the price of a 460 will probably be more than getting just 1 more 250. However, what I would do instead is sell the current card, and get a 5770.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161338 $140 ($120 after MIR)

For the motherboard, you don't get a heck of alot of choice. It would be more cost effective to instead get an AM3 board and DDR3 memory, again, remember you can sell your current memory and mobo to get a fair bit of the money spent back:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176 $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226134 $84 ($69 after MIR)

And finally for the power supply, it depends what brand and model you have
 
I probably will take the mobo and ram but don't think I'll be able to get the radeon. My psu is a blue star brand -- dunno if that's good or not. Does that motherboard support SLI?
 
Wait, I added those together and it still comes out under 300, lol my bad. Wow, strong considering that. Thanks a shit ton, buddy.
 
nps. I would seriously look into upgrading your PSU when you next have money. Your current unit will power the 5770 and rest of your system, but it won't be powering anything else, and is a death trap for your system because it is cheap rubbish. $50 or so to get a decent 500+W unit would be enough:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371034

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061
 
Aastii said:
@ daisy, even with selling the current 250, the price of a 460 will probably be more than getting just 1 more 250. However, what I would do instead is sell the current card, and get a 5770.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161338 $140 ($120 after MIR)

For the motherboard, you don't get a heck of alot of choice. It would be more cost effective to instead get an AM3 board and DDR3 memory, again, remember you can sell your current memory and mobo to get a fair bit of the money spent back:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176 $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226134 $84 ($69 after MIR)

And finally for the power supply, it depends what brand and model you have
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He asked for a mobo for SLi, So what he mean probably be new mobo + additional GTS 250?

Single GTX 460 would probably work out cheaper. And what is the point getting new mobo with DDR2 RAM???
 
daisymtc said:
He asked for a mobo for SLi, So what he mean probably be new mobo + additional GTS 250?

Single GTX 460 would probably work out cheaper. And what is the point getting new mobo with DDR2 RAM???
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There is no point in getting a new mobo+ddr2 memory, you are right, but getting a new mobo + DDR3 memory would be worth it, leaves more room for upgrading in the future.

However, from selling the others stuff that he currently has, if he makes $100 off of it (video card, memory, motherboard), that could be $50 for new PSU, $50 added onto the $140 of the 5770 I put, to give him $190-$210 for a video card, which means that:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133344

falls within budget, and would be a hell of a lot better than the 5770
 
I would pawn my extra hardware for the nvidia card, but I'm giving my ram and gts 250 to my brother. Also, my current mobo has a faulty ram slot, so I doubt anybody will want to buy it. The nicely priced DDR3, HD 5770 and AM3 Mobo will be perfect though. Thanks a bunch for the help.
 
Also, I could come back later with extra money and crossfire another 5770 for some serious gaming action --after I replaced the PSU of course. The next best thing will probably getting a quad; I saw some nicely priced Phenom II x4s on pricewatch.
 
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