upgrade cpu, or upgrade cpu and board?

[dave343]

Ok, right now I'm running a Celeron 2.8D on an Intel D865GBF board. It gets the job done but I'm thinking about upgrading the processor very shortly as I know it's holding back my other parts. I just upgraded to a 6800GS (unlocked to GT) from a 5200, and I bumped my ram up to 1.5gb from 512. Keeping this in mind I don't want to go pci-e yet. I've got a buddy who is wiling to sell me his AMD 64 3000+ with an Asus K8N board for $200cnd (About $170ish US). Should I go that route or just drop a P4 3.0-3.2 in my current board?

Celeron D 2.8gig
Intel D865GBF (s478)
1.5gb DDR400
BFG 6800GS unlocked to GT
onboard sound
Maxtor 120gb 2mb
WD 160gb 2mb
generic PSU 400w

 

[pj-schmidt]

the AMD 64 3000+ will out perform a P4-3.4Ghz in many games. The P4 is just not a good gaming chip.

 

[discochan]

I would go the amd route as well