Confused!!!!

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My first post so go easy on me!!!!!

I've been out of the hardware scene for a while now but after my Motherboard died on me a week ago, i've managed to scrape together £350 for a new MB, Graphics Card and CPU.

My current rig is;

Epox 8RDA+ Motherboard
Radeon 9500 Pro
AMD Athlon 2500+
1Gb TwinMOS PC3200

What i'm thinking about is whether it's worth just changing the MB and carrying on with my current rig (cheap option) or just replacing the whole lot and go PCI-E with a new CPU thrown in to boot and if £350 would be enough to see a big improvement over my old spec.

I mainly use the PC for gaming purposes and i'm confused about what to get for the biggest bang for my buck. I'm not a massive overclocker, although my old rig was overclocked slightly, my rig is just air cooled so it's not a huge requirement for me.

I've looked through some of the other threads on here and getting more and more confused as i go!!!

Any help would be great

 

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Welcome to the forums!

Thats a tough one seeing as u dont have all that much money to throw around. I would personally sell all your old stuff and a completely new system. 500 quid should get u a half decent system.

Epox 8RDA+ Motherboard <--this is dead right?
Radeon 9500 Pro
AMD Athlon 2500+
1Gb TwinMOS PC3200

u should be able to get around 150-200 for the other bits im guessing? Would i be right in assuming u dont need a hdd or dvd?

Thanks n3x, i've been browsing the forums for ages but finally plucked up the courage to post, sad really!!!

Yeah, it's the Epox Motherboard that's died on me, i've got all the other components, HDD, DVD, TFT Monitor and the like it's just MB, graphics card and CPU that i'll be looking to change. I guess i could go up higher (£500 max if i sell old components) if that would be better??

Scary thing though, when i saw your title, first thing i thought of was confused.com lol from that poxy advert. ?

Lol as soon as i posted i though the same thing to.

 

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Cheers n3x, but tbh i'm not really into Overclocking all that much and looking for the best "out of the box" setup as possible.