MSI MS-7185 nForce 4 compatibility with Nvidia GTX 260/280

Computer Forum CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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Hi,

I’m wondering if anyone knows a quick answer to this:-

I have a 3 year old gaming rig which is going to progressively get re built over the next year.

Currently the state of play is:

MSI MS-7185 nForce 4 motherboard (sli) (about 4 years old)

Tagan 420 Watt PSU

Athlon 64 4800+ dual cores (2.4’s)

Western Digital 250GB HD

2GB RAM

8800gt

My question is what goes first? The Motherboard or the graphics card?

I was thinking of getting a new power supply and also the GTX 260 or 280 and putting it with the old motherboard. Just to begin with.

What do you think? Or should I start with the motherboard…

Thanks!

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GPU/PSU will be worth while to upgrade if you game but the CPU might become the bottleneck as a result (vice versa). Personally I’d wait until you can build a whole new system.

New motherboard means, new CPU unless you stick with the same socket type, RAM might also need changing.