Upgrading Help.

[Swifty55]

Im working all this weekend all this week, and will be getting around £500-600. and i think its time for me to upgrade my pc a little.

Right now i got a:

AMD64 3200+ Venice 939
2gb - Geil PC3200 - dual channel
X600 PCIe
2x80gb Sata in Raid0
1 x 80gb IDE HDD.

All this is in a shuttle PC. :/

I was wondering if you guys could point me out in the right direction for a decent motherboard that will take all of these components above.

But im also thinking about upgrading my

CPU to a 3700+ San Diago 1mb L2 cache or a X2 3800+ - anyone got any good info about this processor?

GFX - to a decent card, dunno wether Nvidia or ATI. I dont know what are good cards

can you please help me?

and price me up an upgrade. budget is around £400 - £500

i also need a case and psu.

thanks.

all replies will be greatly appreciated

 

[Swifty55]

hi, thanks for the spec. i was just wondering, Dual Core is better than a single core right now? i was planning on to OC the 3700+. im fairly new to the Dual Cores and i have no idea about the performance :/

soo i should stick with the X2 3800+? if soo ill be ordering that list some time today or tomorrow.

 

[Swifty55]

yeah my 3200+ is @2.4ghz. ive read quite a few good reviews about the 3700+ sd overcloking.

im just thinking wouldnt the 3200+ bottle neck?

i generally use my pc for gaming. thats all.

if i also got another processor i could sell my shuttle.

what u reckon? thx for info.

 

[Swifty55]

well considering your saying my CPU is perfect. Either good overclocking ram or a better gfx card.

enlighten me please.

 

[Swifty55]

yeah my ram is 2x1GB Sticks.

the psu im getting is the one provided in the case.

think ill stick with the 6800 gfx or get a 7800.

need to make sure it has SATA power connectors :/