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Need upgrade help pretty please.

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(I posted this on the Video Cards section of the forums as well since it has to deal with both gfx cards and mobo)

I have 143$ to try and update my pc. Its about 3-4 days old and im on a pretty hefty budget and cant really buy a new pc or something. I currently have a Gateway 830 GM wich I have upgraded myself.
I have:
- XFX 8600 GTS 1gb Fatal1ty edition (theres only one kind of model of these)
- Intel MB with 1 PCI-E x16
- Intel 3.0 Ghz Proccessor with HT
- 2 GB of Corsair TwinX PC3200 (the ones with LEDs)
- Razer Lycosa KB
- Logitech Laser Mouse
- 250 GB HDD 5400 RPM (dont know what brand to tell you the truth)
- and 300 PS (which I would have to upgrade)
- All this running on Windows XP

I know this isnt a great gaming pc and stuff but this is all I can get.

Now here comes my problem. I play games like MW2 (medium to high settings) and AION with medium to low settings which I never minded since I have a 17'' screen (1280x1024 max res.) Im starting to play SC2 since I got that as well. FFXIV is coming soon and im gonna want to play that with friends while they play on their PS3 (while quitting AION of course.) I also have another GPU, a BFG 8600 GTS 256 MB. I use the 8600 GT since it has more on board ram even though its a bit slower. Wish I had an SLI mobo to SLI the 2 cards.

Now the problem is wanting to upgrade my pc by doing 2 things or maybe 3 (if I wanted more RAM, I wish I had more RAM.). Would it be better to upgrade my PS and buy a better GFX card like maybe a 9800 GTS or something like that or maybe upgrade the PS and buy a new mobo that could put the 2 current cards I have in SLI while using the current parts I have such as the CPU and RAM. Im not sure which would better to go with.

I know I need more ram and maybe a faster HDD but this would be my quickest way of getting better gaming performance. I play literally all day when im at home so I would like to get something I could really enjoy and know I spent my moneys worth.

I would really appreciate some help from you guys if possible.
 
Don't crosspost. Lock that thread or this one. Either one, one thread about the same topic by same person must be locked.

EDIT: Oh and for future reference: for advice on more than one part, you're better off in the General Hardware subforum, not two separate threads with the exact same post.
 
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