It's time to upgrade my rig using some cash from recently getting married. Right now I have a Phenom II 550 BE C2 stepping with all four cores unlocked running at 3600 Mhz and the cpuNB running at 2400 (yes it actually makes a notable difference for this cpu). It's pretty power hungry but it doesn't seem like a priority to upgrade it yet because it still does what I need it to. My question is at what point would the cpu start holding me back as far as upgrading my video card? I plan on getting at least a 7850 but have also seen I can grab one of those 7870 myst cards for around the same price as a 7870. Would it be pointless given the cpu I have?
I was also tempted to grab a couple of open box GTX 660s locally from Microcenter but when I saw how poorly they run mining apps it was an instant no go sadly
I was also tempted to grab a couple of open box GTX 660s locally from Microcenter but when I saw how poorly they run mining apps it was an instant no go sadly