should i upgrade my rig or what parts ?

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hi all

i have had this rig now a few years & it runs smooth still, but i would like to play my games bf2, mw3, the stalker series & more maybe with better eye candy ?. but the games run nice now so do i really need to upgrade or should i hold out for a year or so & buy the next new thing ie a new rig in a year or 2 ?.

i was thinking about getting a new gpu maybe a 570 gtx zotac amp & maybe a Intel Core i7 960 3.20Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) cpu as it sounds nice on paper..... or maybe the Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) ? but which of these is best ?.

however i do not want to spend more then say £400 tops.

cheers


intel i7 (1366) 920 the older one @ 3.60, asus p6t oc-ed, 12GB corsair xms3 @ 1604Mhz, zotac gtx 280 amp, CM rc-1100 cosmos s case Water Cooled, HP lp2475w, w7 ult 64 bit, xp 64 bit & vista ult 64 bit.
 
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Thers no point in changing to another i7 cpu such as the 960/930, theyre basically the same as the 920, just higher stock clocks. Seeing as your running your cpu at 3.6ghz, its already quicker than those two, a gpu upgrade would give you a far better boost in games.
 
cheers folks i will hold out & see what the next gpus are like, or is the 570 gtx amp a good upgrade for the price ?.

thanks & i would only like to use one gpu.
 
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