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I could Crossfire. My PSU could support Crossfire. I tried figuring that in earlier. A 390 let's say worst case scenario will use 300W. 2 would be 600W. Factor in CPU, 680W. Other stuff, I am looking at around 770W or so.

But honestly, I'm quite satisfied with my 390 and don't see a need to Crossfire yet.
 
your motherboard doesn't support crossfire. 1231v3 upgrade if you can sell your 4460 for a decent price. but even that is a stretch. i would aim for a complete new build much farther down the road.

when i took the gre they looked at everything. figured they did the same with sat.
 
Speaking of audio... once we switch to tmo(waiting on the contract to end for Verizon)... I think my next phone will be the LG v10(it has a built in amp that seems good from the reviews).. It's an upgraded g4 with a (yes, gimmicky) second screen... It meets my criteria of both a microSD card AND a removable battery... When we switch, hopefully there will be root through CF-Auto root or thru flashing SuperSU, with AOKP or Cyanogenmod....
 
I'd get a bigger SSD; 120GB seems really small to me. Anything else should start with a new motherboard (and OS license) if only for the sake of future-resistance. Get a Z-board if you're even thinking about multiple graphics cards, otherwise H97 will be fine.
 
But I don't need the ports, and the better codec. Probably so small a difference for a $100+ motherboard.

But then again, if I get a new motherboard I'll have enough parts for a second build, which is a plus. I'd probably give it to someone as a generous gift. Or charge them a small price.

I think what I'll do is getting another SSD, a new motherboard, fan, and LED lights.

Also, this may sound dumb, but how do people attach LED lights to the case? Are they like sticky?

@lodders: upload it to a site like imgur or cubeupload, and put the image URL in img tags.
 
So my birthday is coming up in a couple weeks and i have already been upgrading some stuff, but now im at a impass:

CPU: i7 2600 (non K)
Mobo Asus P8H67-M Pro this and the chip are from a retail Asus PC i had gotten a few years ago
16Gb Kingston ram
Sapphire HD7850 2gb
EVGA SuperNova 650W g2
WD 1 TB black
all in a Enthoon Pro M case

Now my motherboard is giving me issued updating to a newer bios and it is prone to sata 3.0 failure, has 0 front USB 3.0 but i have 0 issues with the board otherwise. Sadly only 2 boards are avail in this socket and they both seem to have reliability issues.

Chip is fine and i was planning on adding either a Cyrorig H7 or CM 212 to help lengthen it's life.

My GPU is outdated but i could crossfire them if need be, but I only play in 1080 P on a 32" tv and run a second 24" monitor

Problem is my budget is small, around $400 US after shipping so i am kinda lost which direction i should go?

Suggestions?

*NOTE* the PC in my avatar pic is not my current one...lol*
 
If you are a little bit flexible with that budget you can get a GTX 980 for ~$450 with a rebate.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx980gaming4g

No need to do anything else but drop it in. No bottlenecking to worry about at all. It will max everything at 1080p and most games will be playable on higher settings at 1440p.

Or you could also go with the also very powerful 390X. Your power supply will handle it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#X=33690,42055&c=312

At 1080p the 980 will be slightly faster with the 390X taking the lead slightly at 1440p. Very similar performance between the 2 cards though.
 
thanks for the advice, i read somewhere that my board may have issues with newer cards due to age and bios, which is why i was worried and had not mentioned the 970 + cards
 


That is going to cost thousands of dollars. Definitely a horrible idea on a car like that which is only worth a couple grand at most.

And yes, those big-engine benzes are among some of the least reliable cars there are.
 
To do both front seats? That is not be a very high quality job, and understand vinyl will be a SUBSTANTIAL downgrade from the stock leather. You know that sticky fabric on booths at restaurants? That is what they are going to put on your seats. Even good quality fake leather would cost $500 PER SEAT.
 
THAT I know that it will be a downgrade... That said, the front seat's don't have leather(even with the seat covers lol)

Just wall mounted my router and moved it up by 3 feet and closed by 2.... Hopefully it will be a bit noticeable of a difference.... I doubt it
 
If they are leather and you are getting Vinyl for only $500 for 2 seats, don't expect them to be very comfortable to be honest.

But do what you gotta do. In my opinion that is alot of money to put into a car like that.

If it was me, I'd buy these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2004-ACURA-TL-SEDAN-OEM-LH-RH-GRAY-LEATHER-FRONT-SEATS-PAIR-J23A3-V6-3-2L-9102-/291450140558?hash=item43dbc8378e:g:ja0AAOSwstxVQ79f&vxp=mtr

Or these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2007-2008-Acura-TL-Pair-Black-Leather-Electric-Front-Seats-w-Air-Bags-OEM-LKQ-/361421906344?hash=item54266ca1a8:g:uIkAAOSwAYtWOBGJ&vxp=mtr

 
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