Hello! I put together a system a couple of years ago that I need a bit of upgrade advice on. Trying to hold off on doing a full rebuild until next year but am way out of the loop on where things are now (in terms of processors, motherboards and graphics cards, etc). Any cheap & easy upgrade suggestions y'all might have to maximize my gaming experience until then would be greatly appreciated...
Should I take my RAM up to 16GB? Get another graphics card for some CrossFire action, or replace my current card entirely? Upgrade the processor on my current MoBo? Or do y'all recommend a cheap MoBo & Processor that would still work with my power supply, RAM, etc?
Here's what I have now…
ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD HDX925WFGMBOX Phenom II X4 925 AM3 45NM 95-Watt 2800 Mhz Box C3 8 MB
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
XFX XXX Edition 650w Modular Power Supply
Samsung 1 TB Spinpoint 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.5 inch Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive HD103SJ
ASUS VH236H 23 Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Thanks for any thoughts or advice!
Should I take my RAM up to 16GB? Get another graphics card for some CrossFire action, or replace my current card entirely? Upgrade the processor on my current MoBo? Or do y'all recommend a cheap MoBo & Processor that would still work with my power supply, RAM, etc?
Here's what I have now…
ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD HDX925WFGMBOX Phenom II X4 925 AM3 45NM 95-Watt 2800 Mhz Box C3 8 MB
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
XFX XXX Edition 650w Modular Power Supply
Samsung 1 TB Spinpoint 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.5 inch Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive HD103SJ
ASUS VH236H 23 Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Thanks for any thoughts or advice!