Should I go through with these upgrades?

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Pollux

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Here is my current system:

Antec Sonta w/380 watt True Power
Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu w/ Arctic Silver 5 (40c idle, 45c load)
Abit NF7-S rev2.0 | BIOS D22 Alpha 1 Bk Turbo
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (locked) @ 2311mhz (210x11) @ 1.8volts
2x512mb Corsair XMS PC3200c2 @ 2-2-3-11 @ 2.9volts
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb @ overdrive
Western Digital 120gb ata100/8mb HDD

3d mark 01 ~14000
3d mark 03 ~4200

I have someone who wants to buy the 2500+ for $70, and someone who wants to buy the 9600xt for $125. I also just sold my logitech z640 speakers for $30 (I use headphones now).

This is what I want to get to replace the cpu and video card (from newegg):

Athlon XP 2600-M for $100
Leadtek GeForce 6800 for $282

Considering what I've sold, this upgrade would cost me about $160. If I go through with it, It will be my last major upgrade before going to a PCI-E motherboard/video card and 64 bit cpu. What do you think?
 
i'd say get the upgrade now and start saving for SECOND GEN PCI-E...don't get screwed into buying first-gen anything, as it usually has a few kinks :eek:

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should i buy that one gauranteed stepping from excaliberpc..which costs more, or should i get the newegg one?
 
Pollux said:
should i buy that one gauranteed stepping from excaliberpc..which costs more, or should i get the newegg one?
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how much more does it cost?
i'd say go w/ the guarantee so you can get the max OC out of it...
 
Carnival Forces said:
how much more does it cost?
i'd say go w/ the guarantee so you can get the max OC out of it...
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It's $115 shipped from excaliberpc

# Model: AXMG2600FQQ4C
# Stepping Code: IQYHA 0401XPMW (GUARANTEED)

It's only $100 on newegg
 
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