Upgrading computer. need advice

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Otataral

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thinking of upgrading my computer. not too sure what to do since funds are limited.

i currently have an athlon 64 3000+ 1 gig ddr ram, ati radeon 700 pro 256.

i have 500 canadian dollars to work with, plus 200 gift card from best buy. i'm looking to get a cpu, motherboard, memory and a videocard. you experts out there have any advice or such? I could use the help.

Thanks
 
I can get this for about the budget that i have set.

Biostar Tforce 570 SLI ATX AM2 DDR2 NFORCE570 SLI 2PCI-E16 2PCIE-1 3PCI SATA Gbe Sound Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 Windsor 2.6GHZ 2000FSB 2X1MB 90NM Retail Box

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit

ATI X1650Pro PCI-Express 512MB Video Card

any thoughts?
 
yeah the videocard is much better. and the ram would be a big improvement. everything is an improvement, some more then others.

i'm hoping this would last me a while. i play most my games on low settles and such and wouldnt might being able to play with no slowdowns and on med or high
 
well i wanted other peoples options. Plus i may be wrong. I could think this would be giving me a big improvement when in reality it might not. which is why I asked what you guys think and if its a good way to go.
 
For a gaming system I'd downgrade the CPU and upgrade the video card. See if you can get an X1950Pro or 7900GS. As it is, you'll be heavily GPU limited.
 
ok. i think i could swing it and get a x1950 anything more then that would beat my budget. i'll look more into it and let you guys know what i finally get.
 
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