time to upgrade?

[mejohnm]

Hello all. I run a dual cpu motherboard, Tyan 2895 that has two 254's AMD Opterons (2.8Ghz) and 4 Gb ram. I just built an Intel system, a 7200 cpu with 2 Gb ram for my son. I was surprised to see this computer startups to be fasters than mine even though I have a raptor 300GB, and his does not. It got me thinking if it is time to upgrade. I have an 8800GTX and play CoD4, WoW and Warhammer. I also encode video, program, and build websites. I would like to upgrade the 8800GTX but I think my Opterons would bottleneck me. What do you all think? Time to upgrade? and to what? Budget would be 1000 or below.

 

[AthlonXP]

With that 1,000 what do you want to buy??

 

[GonzoP]

Why not give the boy your Opty rig and you just inherit the E7200 based system?

 

[mejohnm]

Why not give the boy your Opty rig and you just inherit the E7200 based system?

Was concern with power consumption. It would be a lot of watts just to play children games or watch some DVD's. If anyone will waste power, it is gonna be me

 

[Kazappin]

For 1000 you could get a brand new quad core gaming rig (you said you encode video and play games, so that'd be the way to go).

 

[mejohnm]

With that 1,000 what do you want to buy??

I hav been watching your thread a lot Athlon about your experience with the i7. There is no rush yet, but I am not really into the waiting game. Decision will come before the weekend.