- Mar 2, 2014
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Okay everyone, I need a bit of assistance. I have a buddy of mine that would like to upgrade his computer and do a bit of gaming on it. His old rig has an Asus P5N72-T Premium nForce 780i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 (super old mobo) and his RAM has failed plus it only supports DDR2 gimpy ram (hence the topic of upgrades).
Now, I have done some research, and from my own experiences, older mobos and chipsets are just simply not worth upgrading due to the ridiculous costs of parts and low circulation. I was thinking of looking towards a new AMD mobo/CPU for him, but I am at a bit of a loss as to where to start as I am mostly familiar with ATI and Intel stuff. That being said, I also do not know much about AMD GPU's as I don't use them and have done some searching and it seems that the good cards a little pricier than the nVidea card counter parts. So maybe a mobo with the ability to use both kinds of cards (if that exists) would be beneficial.
Basically, I'm looking for a mobo and CPU since his power supply is 1000W and his other stuff works (note, his HDD will not support 6gig sata, but since the difference is minimal, it's more of a compatibility on the mobo). Dual card support is meh, as I feel SLI is a tad over-rated and a good 2 gig card works wonders. If the cheaper mobos only support AMD GPU's, a few suggestions in that category would be nice. I know about a year ago, AMD chipset was A3, but beyond that, i know little. Any help would be great!!
Now, I have done some research, and from my own experiences, older mobos and chipsets are just simply not worth upgrading due to the ridiculous costs of parts and low circulation. I was thinking of looking towards a new AMD mobo/CPU for him, but I am at a bit of a loss as to where to start as I am mostly familiar with ATI and Intel stuff. That being said, I also do not know much about AMD GPU's as I don't use them and have done some searching and it seems that the good cards a little pricier than the nVidea card counter parts. So maybe a mobo with the ability to use both kinds of cards (if that exists) would be beneficial.
Basically, I'm looking for a mobo and CPU since his power supply is 1000W and his other stuff works (note, his HDD will not support 6gig sata, but since the difference is minimal, it's more of a compatibility on the mobo). Dual card support is meh, as I feel SLI is a tad over-rated and a good 2 gig card works wonders. If the cheaper mobos only support AMD GPU's, a few suggestions in that category would be nice. I know about a year ago, AMD chipset was A3, but beyond that, i know little. Any help would be great!!
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