Opinions needed on system replacement

UberSwank

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Ok, so I've got an XP2500 o/c'd to an XP3200, 1.5Gb of Ram, on an Asus A7N8X Dlx mobo. I've got a GeForce 6600 AGP card. I'm trying to decide if I should bother upgrading now or if I should wait a bit and tuck some more cash away. My company gave me a $200 gift card to Amazon.com and I was thinking about using it to pickup a mobo and cpu. Since I'm trying to do it on the cheap, I was thinking of going AMD since I can still use the ram. There's a couple of decent deals but I'm not sure which is going to be the better board:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0-9766318?_encoding=UTF8&m=A9B09ZK9BZJQ6&s=pc

or

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0-9766318?_encoding=UTF8&m=A9B09ZK9BZJQ6&s=pc

or

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ef=sr_1_40/104-8244080-9766318?_encoding=UTF8

Do you think I'd see any gaming improvements by upgrading to any of these and picking up a fairly decent video card?
 
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I have the Asus one with a 7600gt

It's stable, not gonna overclock much if at all. That's about it. Haven't used the integrated graphics, but I'm sure its decent
 
why do you need to upgrade exactly? Your comp is pretty old, but is there any need for an immediate upgrade? If so what is the reason for the upgrade? Better games?
 
Mostly just thinking about upgrading because I've got $200 to spend at amazon and don't really want/need anything in particular. I really only play BF2 and a few other older games, so the current rig works pretty well. Just curious if a new mobo combo and vid card would be appreciably faster.
 
if your computer is running fine for your needs now ..maybe invest in some components that will help your future build like maybe a raptor drive or a good psu or something to that affect ...as prices on cpu's are going to drop considerably (sounds like anyways) once intel makes the Conroe available (and then AMD countering with price drops of their own)
 
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