Upgrade time, or time to start fresh!

[BigJim(UK)]

Hey Everyone.
I think its time to upgrade my system, as i cant play the new games i would like to (oblivion, supreme commander etc). I bought my kit a few years ago from overclockers, and its time to sort my rig out. My current system is the following:
Barton 2500 (Aero 7 Fan) at stock. (Will go to 2.2)
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
120GB SATA HDD
6800NU (16 Pipes) 128mb
1gb GEIL Value DDR400
Thermaltake Xaser 3
NEC 16x DVDRW
17" LG 1710B TFT
Dodgy Qtec 450w PSU

I would like to upgrade but after some research i think it might be time to build a new pc. What are your thoughts as to trying to make this one last a bit longer, as i have had no trouble with it over the years.

I have about £600 to spend so i think i could build a C2D system for that (6300/DS3/2GB RAM) I would like to stick with a Nvidia video card as i have been more than happy with the 6800. Any help you guys could give me would be great.
Thanks. James.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, if you are willing to upgrade then I'd go for something like the below system, re-use your old case, hard drive, optical drive and monitor (brilliant monitor by the way, still using the same here).

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £95.99
(£112.79) £95.99
(£112.79)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £163.99
(£192.69) £163.99
(£192.69)
Sub Total : £489.95
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 : £87.31
Total : £586.21

 

[1337z0r]

Very nice spec semi-pro-waster, I wish my corsair ram was that cheap when i built my C2D PC in october I think it was . I payed £165 for ram .

 

[Deiwos]

Very nice spec semi-pro-waster, I wish my corsair ram was that cheap when i built my C2D PC in october I think it was . I payed £165 for ram .

Well he's not Man of Honour for nothing ya know

 

[BigJim(UK)]

Welcome to the forums, if you are willing to upgrade then I'd go for something like the below system, re-use your old case, hard drive, optical drive and monitor (brilliant monitor by the way, still using the same here).

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £95.99
(£112.79) £95.99
(£112.79)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £163.99
(£192.69) £163.99
(£192.69)
Sub Total : £489.95
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 : £87.31
Total : £586.21

Thanks for this information semi-pro waster its pretty similar to what i had in mind, to get the 4300 to about 3ghz, am i right in thinking i need a fsb at 333? Thanks for the quick response, and yeah i love my monitor, cost £300 but will do me for many more years!