So, a buddy of mine bought a new graphics card, and gave his current one to me. While it is the exact same card as mine and can be Crossfire'd my current Mobo does not support it. But honestly, I need a step up from my current one as it doesn't support SATAIII anyways.
I'm not looking for something overkill, just something that can run 2 GPUs. I think I might need a new PSU, but I'm not sure which one to buy and will take any suggestions.
The mobo I'm looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130677

Current Build:
CPU: AMD FX-8100
Mobo: MSI 760GM-P34 (FX)
GPU: MSI R7750-PMD2GD3
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600
PSU: 430W Bronze
Storage:
- HDD: WD Black 500GB (Supports SATA III)
- SSD: SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB (SATA III)

Post has been edited 4 time(s), last time on Apr 22 2014, 9:03 am by Generalpie.

You'd probably be better off selling both GPUs and buying a single one that is more powerful, rather than upgrading your motherboard and maybe having to buy a new PSU, and all the hassle that goes along with that.

Sata 3 is irrelevant on a HDD, it only matters for your SSD, which you haven't indicated is sata3 capable, so that's another reason not to bother changing your motherboard.

I forgot to mention that it does support SATA III. (I wasn't aware SATA II SSDs exist. WTF is the point of that?))
I was also going to buy more RAM while I was at it as well, and my Mobo only has 2 slots for RAM
If I do get a more powerful GPU, wouldn't I need to buy another PSU?

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Apr 22 2014, 10:49 am by Generalpie.

The GTX 750 Ti uses nearly the same amount of power as the 7750 and gets over twice the Passmark score.

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7750-vs-GeForce-GTX-750-Ti

I'm about sold.
Any suggestions on which exact card I should shoot for?

My SSD only has SATA2 support, because I bought it right around when SATA3 was first hitting the market, so very few products supported it.

Also you say you want to buy more memory - is that because you actually *need* more memory, or you just *think* you should get more? Also googled this: http://www.techbuyersguru.com/RAMgaming.php I'm sure there are lots of other pages around on the subject as well.

It would be the latter, to be honest
Now that I put more thought into it, SATA III isn't really all that important. My computer boots up in ~4 seconds and everything opens snappy enough to not *need* a new motherboard. Not right now, anyways.

Yip. My SSD isn't nearly as fast as the new ones out today, but it's pretty irrelevant given that my motherboard is SATA 2 and the system is already very fast anyway.

I am considering buying a new 500gb SSD, but that's because of the capacity and the price. The fact that it is also among the fastest SSDs and supports SATA3 is really a bonus. If you're really concerned about SSD speed you should wait a few months and get a PCI-express one. There's a new standard coming out specifically to support SSDs.

Well, probably not anyways, my GPU covers the only free PCI-E 2.1 1X port

This is the card I have in my cart as of this moment: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487028

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Apr 22 2014, 11:04 pm by Generalpie.