Posts by Scott Taylor88

I’ve got the v2 motherboard model here, so we could test it—but look, if it doesn't support it, we're looking at a total dead end where the card won't even run without hunting down a compatible board, or at best, we're just nerfing the performance. Are there any other real risks if they aren't compatible? And more importantly—does the Black Friday sale cover this stuff too? 😁 If it does, I might as well hold off on pulling the trigger until then.

I might consider stretching the budget a bit—though I have to see if my bank account will actually allow it. I forgot to mention that I already own a Thermaltake Contac 21, so there's no need for a new cooler, which means $33 less spending ^^. The only real question left is: how long is this build actually going to last? My current setup was put together in early 2011 and it's been running flawlessly until now.

Well, since we've already reached this point, we might as well go all in on the full upgrade—no sense in doing things halfway, right? 😁
I'd probably offload the old CPU and motherboard for maybe $500—$200if I can even squeeze more out of them—to fund a new GPU, motherboard, and processor. Everything else is fine, so I don't need anything else. Now, the big question: what should I actually buy? My budget is sitting around $2,000, give or take. Since I'm far from being some hardware expert, does anyone have any solid recommendations?

And what if I just go ahead and upgrade the processor too—keep the whole thing under $2,000 total?

I'm still weighing these two options

Or would they just be overkill for my current build?

Hey,
Since my old card finally bit the dust, I'm looking to pick up something new—specifically thinking about this to pair with my current setup: an AMD Athlon ii x4 640;
A Seasonic 520W PSU;
A Gigabyte 880 GA-UD3H motherboard:
And 8GB of DDR3 RAM.

My previous card was a PointOfView GTX460 768 mb GDDR5, but it’s seen better days. It's dead.

I need this primarily for gaming.😁

Hey, listen—someone I know has a desktop they’re looking to trade for a laptop. They want an actual valuation first. The specs are pretty dated: an Intel Pentium 2x2 250 3GHz, 4GB of RAM, an ASRock N68C motherboard, and a Sapphire 6570. Roughly what kind of value are we talking about here? They're aiming for a laptop in the same ballpark.