upgrading pc :)

[djxtc]

hi, I built myself a pc last year and i m now considering investing around £400 in it to make it last for another year at least. I mostly use my pc for work and gaming.
This are the components that i have at the moment:

Windows Vista Home Premium 32 oem
ASUSTeK P5K-E
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX
2gb corsair ram
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro
Antec P182
Intel Core 2 duo E6750
1 Samsung 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
Dell 24” (2407FPW)
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro
Corsair 620W HX Series Modular PSU


So basically I would like to invest a bit into making this pc better and have a longer life, if any nice soul could give me a tiny bit on advice on what to replace for the best performance i would be most appreciative.

 

[djxtc]

do u think that it would be a good idea to upgrade the processor too, as it might be a bit of a bottleneck with a good graphic card otherwise.
thanks for your advice guys btw

 

[djxtc]

yes the frame rate in games is starting to slow down quite a bit now, so I m definitely thinking of going quad core. for the graphic card i m now thinking either 4890 or GTX275 and also getting 4 gb of ram. Would it be wise to upgrade to vista 64 to get the use of the whole ram? thanks a lot everyone so far for ur help much appreciated

 

[djxtc]

yes i think that i might need to get windows 64 as i would like to have at least 4gb of ram (use photoshop and cubase) and a graphic card for the gaming part. I dont think i need a top end graphic card but just want a decent one that can play most games on full. also, which processor would be good value for money to go for? cheers everyone

 

[djxtc]

bump

 

[djxtc]

yes i called microsoft and they will send me a copy of 64 for 17.50. I will then upgrade the ram to 4GB and get a new CPU. Dont think there is a need for a new graphic card yet as the 8800GTX is still doing a decent job eventhough i have a 24" screen. Still a bit confused on the CPU though; duo or quad? and which one to go for ? ty