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This is so nice. Freebies, always good.

Dang it. The person that was going to buy my system backed down. So, I think I'm stuck with either upgrading mine and keeping the CASE, PSU, HDDs and try to sell the MB, CPU, GPU, Ram. I've read mixed messages (even though it's an article from 2012) about PCIE 3.0 not being really worth over 2.0 here: Tech powerup. Should I forget about Physx and just upgrade my GPU and RAM? The GPU and Physx worries me because I use AMD CPU and there's that Nvidia/Intel thing. Another thing I can do would be selling my Xbox for $220.00. I do have a buyer waiting for me. Then I could sell the PC for $400.00, which I think would make it really appealing plus the $360.00 from savings. That would net me enough to buy the system. What a drag man...sorry for going back and forth like this. Please help :mellow: Thank you again!

Thanks for your suggestions. So far I've got this: GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 760 2GB PSU: CORSAIR CX600W Found an offer for the Motherboard that has 8Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport of ram "free" with it. I got another question, since I'm planning on doing SLI a few months down the road, shouldn't I get a PSU with more power?

Greetings and thank you for your time. I have a couple scenarios for your analysis and suggestions. So basically my system is used for gaming and watching movies only. I play LoL, Dota2, SC2, BF3, Borderlands 2 at 1920 x 1080 resolution. I've been drawn to the physx of Heart of The Swarm. My current System: Display: Samsung 22-inch 1080p Led HDTV. Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 Mid Tower. MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4 (rev. 1.0). GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6870. PSU: Corsair GS700 PSU. CPU: AMD PH II X4 955BE. CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio. RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 7-9-7-24 Blackline. Raid 1: 2x Callisto deluxe 60GB Solid State Drive - MKNSSDCL60GB-DX. In case you would like to see how I put it together :D pictures here, please note that the GPU and PSU on those pics were replaced. Scenario 1: I thought of upgrading my video card and RAM but my board does not have PCIE 3.0. I would like physx, looks really nice (mostly want it for SC2). I have an old GeForce 8600GTS but was not able to do the AMD Physx hybrid setup posted around the web. I would like to add a second monitor to play with twitch and do other stuff while I play windowed...watch youtube or read stuff. Scenario 2: I can sell the system for $500.00 (Which I think is a steal!) to a coworker and build a new one. I thought about this system. Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Motherboard: AS Rock LGA1155 CPU: Intel i5-3570K CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120XL GPU: ASUS GTX 660Ti RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB PSU: Corsair TX 860 I would keep the Hard Drives from my current system. The water cooling only because I live in Puerto Rico and it gets really hot, even during the night and I would like to get the most out of the CPU. My budgent would be $360 from savings and $500 from the current system. I could also snag a $200.00 from my wife since I got nothing for Christmas, Birthday and Father's day. But I'm trying to get close to that $1000.00 budget. I'm dreaming about being capable of playinig Crysis 3 on very high settings later down the road with SLI or Crossfire? Thank you for your advise. Ed