upgrade suggestions please

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I have an AGP system , and i am looking to upgrade to pci-express. My budget is £500 , i need a graphics card , motherboard , ram and a processor.The system would mainly be for games. Any suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[beer_puppy]

how about..

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£124.54) £105.99
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB)
(£84.59) £71.99

Abit AB9 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99

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GeCube ATI Radeon X1950 Pro FZ SuperCooled TURBO SILENT TEC/Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99

Sub Total : £397.96
Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £71.21
Total : £478.12

 

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Thanks for the reply, that looks good to me.Would i notice any major difference going from an Amd 64 3700 and an x800pro to that spec?

 

[beer_puppy]

you would notice a big diffrence in games, the X1950 Pro is way better the the x800 pro, and you system would run faster with the better cpu.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, this might also be suitable, you get 2gb of Ram and it should be capable of allowing the CPU to be overclocked to about 2.8ghz and one of the best motherboards for doing so. The only thing is you might need a better CPU cooler than the one supplied with the CPU although it is decent.

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £105.99
(£124.54) £105.99
(£124.54)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £124.99
(£146.86) £124.99
(£146.86)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Sub Total : £422.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £75.58
Total : £507.49

 

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So i guess my choice is 1gb more ram or the 512mb version of the x1950 pro, so which would provide the biggest performance boost?

 

[Lolcb]

2 Gb ram.