Performance vs Cost

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Dark2Light2

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Hello, let me state by saying I plan on upgrading everything by mid November regardless, im just looking for the best bang for my buck off the shelf.

Currently, I have:

AMD Athlon 3500+
MSI K8N Neo4 mobo
Logitech 5300 speakers
15 inch CRT
120GB IDE HD
Two Sticks of 512 Corsair Valueselect Ram, one 512 stick of Samsung
DvdRW drive
CDrw drive
Coolermaster Cavalier 3 case
Nvidia 7800GT
Xclio 450w PSU



Let me start by saying, by November, I plan to have atleast

19 Inch widescreen lcd atleast
2gigs of good ram (DDR2)
500gb HD in raid 0 with a 74gb raptor
another video card, nvidia 7900GT maybe?
different case, I hate this one.
either some nice headphones, because my current speakers blow.
Probably the 300 dollar Conroe cpu
any motherboard that would be compatible with that


Out of those options, which do you think would be the most beneficial to buy first?

I know some are prefrence, as in the headphones and montiro, but if it was you.

Which would you upgrade first?

Thank you.
-Nathan
 
Monitor.

EDIT: Allow me to rephrase that. GET A BIGGER MONITOR. It will be the best purchase you will make, of the ones you listed. How much can you put out for one?
 
Debating the difference price vs size ratio between 19 inch widescreens, and 20 inch widescreens.

Seems almost 1/2 as much for one more inch
 
Bigger Monitor is a must. It'll make your life easier.

mobo/proc/mem should obviously all be done at once, so that's that.

Next thing I'd get after the monitor would be the hard drives. Just a question...why would you put a 74gig raptor in RAID with a 500 gig drive? Did you mean like several 500 gig drives in raid, and a 74 gig raptor too? I'm no science wiz, but I don't think that raid setup is exacly ideal. Is it even possible? Wouldn't the 500 gig drive have to be run as a 74 gig to make them the same size? And wouldn't your timings be all messed up?

Better idea: Get a like four good 200 gig drives and raid them (0 or 5). It'll give you very respectable speed, and alot of storage space.
 
Yea what you said.

Might drop it down to to a 320gb HD, not in raid with another 74gb raptor for games/applications.

Use the other for storage of movies, music, etc
 
RAID0 is rather pointless.

Monitor first, then speakers/headphones, then storage, then video card, IMO.
 
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