Upgrading. Help, please!

[TeeJay]

Hi everyone!

Before we start, here's my PC:

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 FX 62

RAM: 4 x 1GB OCZ DDR2

GFX: nVidia 7950 GX2

320GB HDD

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I'm confused, but I DO want to updrade, I want to experience something new.

I was thinking upgrading the motherboard to ASUS M4A79T Deluxe and the CPU to AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz, as I already have 2 OCZ DDR3-1600 2GB dual channel RAM's. For the rest, I'll use what I have on this PC which is mentioned above.

The question is do I have a better choice than what I mentioned above? If not, please visit the following link as it will show the other choices I have.

www.advantionline.com

Please don't tell me to use an another site - this is the only one I can use.

Any suggestions, corrections, any helpful reply will appreciated!

I'm gonna order this from a shop that's about 30 mins by car away from me..

Now to answer the rest of the questions.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Enough for the items mentioned above
3) Where do you live?
Bahrain
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, MB mentioned above
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
AC BEL ATX12V 660W PSU, 320GB Maxtor S TM3320620AS HDD, ORANGE Case, ThermalTake Blue Orb CPU fan, LG DVD RW Drive.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
17", or 22" in the future.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
2-7 days
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
N\A
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes

Thanks in advance everyone, really appreciate your time.

 

[lowteckh]

If you're gaming, why aren't you doing something about the ancient 7950X2?

 

[TeeJay]

In my opinion, for my uses and the games I play, it's doing pretty well. I don't think I need to get a new GFX.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[engiNURD]

Games are typically more GPU limited than CPU limited at or above 1680x1050. What res is your 17"? I don't think this upgrade, without a new vidcard, will give you the performance you're looking for, but it will set you up for a good vidcard upgrade when you do get a 22" monitor.

 

[HardwareGuru]

lowteckh and enginurd is soo right. Unless your only playing Guild Wars gaming, a 7950GX2 is really slow. A 9600GT for under $100 is faster than that. However, for your 17" 1280x1024 res monitor, that 7950GX2 will be fine for now.