PLS advice on upgrade

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Hi maniacs:)
I would like to know your opinion. My current system is:
AMD FX-55
Asus A8N SLI DE LUXE
2GB OCZ Gold
Geforce 6800GT
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
OCZ 520W

I would like to upgrade CPU, GPU, Motherboard, Memory wich components do you recommend and would i need to change power sup. as well?
Thank you.
 
If I were you.. I would buy something like:
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan

Shipping and VAT is £473.75
 
520watts will be suitable...

my 2pence worth...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £159.99
(£183.99)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£149.49)

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99
(£120.74) £104.99
(£120.74)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £31.99
(£36.79)

Sub Total : £426.96
Shipping : £8.49
VAT : £64.04

Total : £491.00
 
Thats good news :)
Well i was looking around web and there are two cards i like one is ATI 4870 and
the other is XFX 260 Black edition, pls help me decide what would be the best, what are pro and cons.
The other question is about Memory, i like your choice but what is the differenece between Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX and my other
find on the web OCZ PC2-8500 Reaper HPC Edition OCZ2 RPR 10662GK?
THX
 
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