Possible Sub-1000 Upgrade?

[abudhu]

Hello:

Current System:

MSI K8N Neo 2 Nforce3 Mobo (No PCI-E Slots)
AMD 3200 64 (Winchester)
MSI GeForce6800Nu (AGP)
2 Gigs PC3200 (Corsair)

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With my current specs, I have 2 questions.

1) Worth upgrading my computer? It seems as though I am caught in the middle.

On one side, Vista is about to be launched and as I have access to an MSDN Universal account will have it on Dec 7th. In that manner, I feel as though I should give my computer a little spurcing to keep up with the times and possible future games.

However, on the other side, my rig plays games just fine and I don't have much to complain about.

2) If I were to upgrade, can you (as in the community) offer me what pieces of my current rig you go ahead and switch out and with what?

Thanks for the assistance. I have started looking around, and I'll be sure to post back with a potential change up if I was going to do one. Also, as the thread title says, I would like to keep it under 1000 dollars...or even a lot less if possible, maybe even sub 500.

 

[mista ting]

C2D E6600 = 300$ Or C2D E6300 = 180$

512 x 2 Corsair DDR2 [800] = 130$ Or 1 x 2 Corsar DDR2 [800] = 230$

GA DS3 = 130$ Or Asus P5B-E = 150$

7900GTO = 250$ Or X1900XT = 260$

Seasonic M12 Modular 500w = 130$

TR HR-03 = 50$

TT Tuniq Tower = 50$

 

[engiNURD]

1) if you're happy with its current performance, then it isnt worth upgrading. wait until you install vista on it to see how slow it will run. install it into a seperate partition so you can dual boot between xp and vista.

2) it really depends on your budget, but some other options mista thing didnt mention were:

ram: 2gb ddr2-667 (if not oc'ing), 2gb ddr2-800 ocz plantium, 2gb ddr2-800 g.skill

mobo: nForce600 series board (650Ultra, 650SLI, 680SLI)

vidcard: 7900GS, x1950Pro, 7900GT, 8800GTS (the 7900GTO is hard to find now, so if you can find one for about $250, get it! great performer for the price)

psu: 500w Enhance or 600W OCZ, (Seasonic if you want silent)

cpu hsf: Scythe SCNJ-1100P, or stick with intel stock

 

[abudhu]

Performance on my current rig is fine With Vista RC 2. Gave me a rating a 4.2

In any case thanks for the advice. Keep the coming!