Can't Decide...Please Help!

[kwayzi]

Ok, here is my current system:

AMD 64 3700+ San Diego
Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI
WD 160GB SataII HDD
1GB Corsair CMX1024-3200 Pro
1 eVGA 6600 PCI-E
Ultra X-Finity 500W PSU
SunBeam Transformer Case: 3 Intake fans 3 Outake fans
Thermaltake Big Typhoon Heatsink/Fan w/ Arctic Silver 5

I want to upgrade my system, but cannot decide which mobo to get. Here are the ones I was thinking about...

1) Asus A8N-SLI premium
2) Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe
3) Keep current mobo (although there might be some problems with it...)

I am definately upgrading my PSU to either a Enermax 535W or Antec TPII 550W.

I am also going to get new video cards someday down the road, just not now...

Please help with any suggestions...

 

[texuspete00]

What kind of problems are you having?

My advice for now is to redirect all your energy at a video card upgrade. The psu and mobo will change next to nothing if they are functioning properly.

 

[troisanh]

Agree with texuspete00, if all works save money for decent gpu and save money for new chipset/processor.

 

[kwayzi]

What kind of problems are you having?

My advice for now is to redirect all your energy at a video card upgrade. The psu and mobo will change next to nothing if they are functioning properly.

The first problem I was having was getting the SLI working. The eVGA 6600's are SLI capable, but I could not get it working. I have done PCMark04-05, 3DMark04-06 and Aquamark, but wasn't not getting anywhere near the score as others with the same video card, so I'm thinking I have a faulty 2nd pci-e slot and the primary pci-e slot isn't doing as much as it could. A friend of mine has the same video card, crappy ram, 3500+ on a MSI K8N Neo-V mobo and gets better performance than me. I bought the board used, it works, but not the performance I expected. Let's assume I have a eVGA 7800GT right now, which board would you recomend?