Upgrade advice

[gasdoctor]

Hi,

I would appreciate your thoughts on the following:

This is what I have (below), one day Ill get myself a new rig, but in the mean time Ive 200 quid to spend. Whats my best bet?

Its my gaming rig and I intend to overclock it.

Cpu: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Northwood)
Cpu Speed: 3.36GHZ (FSB-240)
fsb:dram 5:4 (ddr 400)
corsair pc3200 1gb (512 dual channel)
Mobo: MSI 875Pneo (MS-6758)
Cooling: Artic freezer 4
GFX: Nvidia 7600GT (agp)
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy
HD: seagate baracuda (7200RPM)
PSU: Enermax noisetaker 485W

Cheers

 

[semi-pro waster]

All I can really see there that you might benefit from(and be able to re-use) is to find one of the relatively few socket 478 motherboards that support PCI-E and get either an 7900GS or depending on the price of the motherboard an X1900XT 256mb. But realistically it depends on if your PC is struggling with anything, if it isn't then I'd save up and get a whole new PC later on.

 

[gasdoctor]

Just thinking about it and wondering whether it might be worth buying a cheap AMD board and 64 chip with PCI-E and the PCI equivalent 7600GT.
Then a newer mobo would allow faster RAM, for a memery upgrade in the near future.

Rather than adding a faster 478 CPU and 2 gig of pc3200 RAM.

Or as has been suggseted just save the cash and buy a new system in the future, as I can still play quite happily.