Best direction?

[Wheezer]

My current set up is the following:

AMD Opteron 180 Denmark 2.4GHz @2.77 (can't get the chip stable past this even on water.)
Asrock 939 Dual SATA 2
2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200
MSI 8800 GT
Seagate 250GB SATA
2 NEC DVD-RW
OCZ 700W PSU

I recently purchased an Antec 900 and some new water cooling equipment to replace the old set-up. Instead of just switching everything over I am thinking about upgrading.

I am pretty sure I can sell the old to recoup at least half the price of new stuff.

Here is my wish list at newegg:

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz (hoping to get 3.2GHZ)
OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2

As you can see I would prefer to stick with AMD but should I go ahead with this or wait it out?

If I wait, what would be a better upgrade path?

 

[myocardia]

I would definitely recommed buying 2x2 GB of your favorite brand of RAM. These days, you can get it for roughly the same price as 2x1 GB, if you factor in the MIR which never seems to show up.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I'd get whatever AMD quad consumes the least amount of energy and has the lowest watt. If you plan on overclocking it, you'll have to pay premium on a MB which sorta is pointless because the AMD quads aren't over clocking, well, lets just say they aren't the overclocker enthusiasts chip. That's the direction i'm goin these days. I remember the one month, Sept. 04 while I was down doing restoration work in Florida from hurricane's Ivan and Frances, the electric bill was @ 40$ cheaper.

 

[hooflung]

I'd wait until shanghai to upgrade honestly. I have a Opteron 180, 4g OCZ plat, 8800GS OC and it is quite comparable to my 3.0ghz C2D, 4g DDR2 4-4-4-12 with a 3850 512. I can crank up AA on the C2D in widescreen but that is about it. Your oppy is probably as fast as a 2.2ghz C2D which isn't really going to slow you down in any games other than Crysis. If you can wait, wait. Treat yourself to another 2g from newegg its pretty reasonably priced.

 

[v8envy]

Since you seem a high end kinda guy (2 WC setups), why not go the E8400 or E7300 and P35 or X38 chipset route? Shoot for 4 ghz and better performance/clock at the same time. If you're gonna spend a bag of cash to upgrade, *really* upgrade. No SLI, but hey. You'll have one amazingly fast CPU performer. $100ish or so price difference over the AMD setup buys you a tremendous performance lead.

 

[Denithor]

v8envy +1

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
My current set up is the following:

AMD Opteron 180 Denmark 2.4GHz @2.77 (can't get the chip stable past this even on water.)
Asrock 939 Dual SATA 2
2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200
MSI 8800 GT
Seagate 250GB SATA
2 NEC DVD-RW
OCZ 700W PSU

I recently purchased an Antec 900 and some new water cooling equipment to replace the old set-up. Instead of just switching everything over I am thinking about upgrading.

I am pretty sure I can sell the old to recoup at least half the price of new stuff.

Here is my wish list at newegg:

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz (hoping to get 3.2GHZ)
OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2

As you can see I would prefer to stick with AMD but should I go ahead with this or wait it out?

If I wait, what would be a better upgrade path?

do you plan on going sli? if not then get an msi k9a2 platinum, it's about $167 shipped at newegg. If you do want sli then the m2n sli deluxe could be your best bet, but I wouldn't buy that mobo unless it will support phenom.