upgrade choices

[mops]

Hello.
quick and to the point.
I have to upgrade my barton 2500+ setup, here are my choices:

1. mobo - abit AN8 nfoce 4 ultra non-sli (i do not intend to run sli) any other contenders ? I do not like asus any more. I never had a single abit board fail on me (and i had a few believe me starting with BH6) !

2. vid card. here's where I have problem - should I go for 7800GTX or ati x1800xt ?

3. cpu, again dilema... 3700+ San diego (1M L2 cache) or opteron s939 ? problem with opterons is that if I could find one that does 3GHz I'd go for it no question, but nowadays you never know which stepping you get/etc, so it's kind of risky... I'm not sure whether to risk or go for san diego ?

Lastly.... I can wait a month or two to upgrade, but I'm not sure whether thats neccesery ? is there any new groundshaking hardware/major price drops comming in next 3-6 months ?

cheers.

 

[Ruffian998]

You'll like the Abit AN8-Ultra, great motherboard. I'd go with nvidia if it were me, but thats all I've ever owned.

Only go opteron if you plan on overclocking, if not just stick with the san diego. Why wait when you can enjoy now? Hope you have a good powersupply for all that.

 

[mops]

You'll like the Abit AN8-Ultra, great motherboard. I'd go with nvidia if it were me, but thats all I've ever owned.

Only go opteron if you plan on overclocking, if not just stick with the san diego. Why wait when you can enjoy now? Hope you have a good powersupply for all that.

thanks.
forgot to mention:
1. yes, I have watercooling to overclock all that to the max
2. yes, i have good 500W power supply

 

[Mayhs]

id go opteron you should be able to hit 2.7+ and its dual core

and on the graphics cards i would choose the x1800xt because of the oc ability and its pulling away from the 7800gtx now due to new drivers and all but theyre extremely close...id just go with the fastest (i think !!!!!!ism is idiotic)

you might want to wait for dx10 graphics cards but the date of release is disputed

also the new ati and nvidia cards are coming out late jan/early feb