Trying to decide if I should upgrade new board/ram/cpu/hdd or not. Here is what I have now, someting that will load and play games a little quicker. I am able to play Q4/D3/BF2 but they load slowly. The case and PSU would not be upgraded.
AMD Athlon XP3000+ CPU
Soyo 880 Motherobard
2x512 PNY PC3200 RAM
2x512 Mushkin Cheapo Ram
2x 80GB WesternDigital 8mb 7200RPM in RAID-0
Hiper 600W PSU (Will support PCIX,ATX 2.0, SATA)
ATI X1600 512MB AGP 8x
Antec P160 Case
Coolermaster R120 cpu cooler
Some thoughts were to go with something similar to the CoreDuo setup in the review vs. the core 2 extreme. I'd like to have a something dual core, and if possible mvoe to the Intel side. Not looking to buy the best of the best, just something that will last me a couple years. I'd like to keep the price around $600.
What do you guys think? Keep the current system and find something to upgrade on it, or build something newer?
AMD Athlon XP3000+ CPU
Soyo 880 Motherobard
2x512 PNY PC3200 RAM
2x512 Mushkin Cheapo Ram
2x 80GB WesternDigital 8mb 7200RPM in RAID-0
Hiper 600W PSU (Will support PCIX,ATX 2.0, SATA)
ATI X1600 512MB AGP 8x
Antec P160 Case
Coolermaster R120 cpu cooler
Some thoughts were to go with something similar to the CoreDuo setup in the review vs. the core 2 extreme. I'd like to have a something dual core, and if possible mvoe to the Intel side. Not looking to buy the best of the best, just something that will last me a couple years. I'd like to keep the price around $600.
What do you guys think? Keep the current system and find something to upgrade on it, or build something newer?