Thinking of upgrading my system

[intense99dak]

I have been thinking about updating my current system, but I'm not sure if I will see that much of an improvement over my current set-up. The main uses for this system is gaming, surfing, photo editing, music and some CAD stuff. I usually have at least several windows open at any one time.

Here's what I currently have for the "main guts":

- Asus P4T533-c MB
- 2.53 GHz chip (unclocked)
- 1gb Kingston 1066 memory
- Asus V8460 Geforce4 Ti4600 video card


I am thinking about picking up :

- Asus P4P800 Deluxe motherboard
- Either a 2.4 GHz chip and overclocking it or a 3.2GHz (depends on price). This board will handle the Prescott chips won't it?
- At least 512 of DDR400


I'll keep everything else as is for now, but will eventually upgrade the video card.

So what do you think? Should I see a noticeable improvement with everday applications or should I spend that money on something else?

Thanks,
Chuck

 

[Davorak]

I don't think you will notice much difference. I would save the money you would spend on that for bigger and better things. I like making bigger leaps (like from my 900MHz Celeron to an AMD 3200+). Then it feels like money well spent.

 

[TheMostWantedPolishTwin]

you have a pretty decent setup already - no need for upgrades right now...

 

[jerikl]

I would go buy some more music man...