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Upgrade path from AMD X2 5000+ BE

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Ok the wife got me a $150 gift certificate from Newegg for Christmas and I've been chomping at the bit to place an order. I'm can kick in another $200 or so right now so I'm looking for a bang for the buck upgrade. Here's my current system:

OS: Windows XP Pro (x86)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ BE (O/C to 3.2)
Mother board: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
Video Card: BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260
RAM: A-DATA Extreme Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800
Disk drive 1: OS drive: WDC 250 GB 7200 rpm
Disk drive 2: Storage: Seagate 1TB 7200 rpm
Peripherals: Pioneer DVD burner (SATA 3.0)
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX
Monitor: iNC 28' LCD (1920x1200)

I've been stalking Newegg for the past couple of days and have been debating this combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.572739
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz
ASUS M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G
with the following RAM tacked on:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231417
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (with the $15 off coupon code)
(Now I know the excess RAM will not do me any good right now but I am hoping to upgrade to Win7 (x64) sometime within the next few months.)

Given my current system, I'm asking the forum what they would do for a best bang for the buck upgrade. I don't play many "new" games but I do play The Witcher, Morrowind, Oblivion and EQ2. Any thoughts would be appreciated. :D
 
You can buy the ram now, but I'd wait a week or two for SB to be all over the place. I'm guessign this is going to push AMD prices way down.
 
canna said:
You can buy the ram now, but I'd wait a week or two for SB to be all over the place. I'm guessign this is going to push AMD prices way down.
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That would be nice if it did. Of course part of wonders if what kind of gains I'd see when I do game with a new video card. The 6850 and Fermi 460 are pretty close in price right now ($210 roughly). Dang money burning a hole in my pocket.... ;)
 
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Danny Bui said:
Well that X2 5000+ is limiting your current GPU right now. So it's definitely gonna be a limiter for the GTX 460 and HD 6850 cards. So definitely do a CPU + mobo + RAM upgrade FIRST before considering any sort of GPU upgrade.

CPU + mobo wise, I'd go with this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.580584
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I hadn't thought about that but that is a good point about my CPU limiting the GPU. Looking at it, the combo you found is a better deal, I save $20 for and only lose 200Mhz. If the 955 O/C's like my 5000+ did that won't be an issue at the end of the day. Plus the mobo supports SATA 6 where as the other combo's mobo only supports SATA 3.
 
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