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See if you can get a decent Core 2 Quad cheap off eBay. It's not really worth upgrading your GPU without boosting the CPU too. That motherboard looks like it should be a decent overclocker, so you should be able to get a quad core to over 3GHz pretty easily.

You've still got the basis for a decent system- put in a bit more memory, a 64-bit OS, an overclocked C2Q and that 7850, and you'll have a solid system to last you several more years. But just upgrading the GPU isn't going to cut it!
 
NTMBK said:
See if you can get a decent Core 2 Quad cheap off eBay. It's not really worth upgrading your GPU without boosting the CPU too. That motherboard looks like it should be a decent overclocker, so you should be able to get a quad core to over 3GHz pretty easily.

You've still got the basis for a decent system- put in a bit more memory, a 64-bit OS, an overclocked C2Q and that 7850, and you'll have a solid system to last you several more years. But just upgrading the GPU isn't going to cut it!
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This is my thoughts for the most part, but depends on the games you play. You would definitely want the new win 7 or 8 64 bit OS, but may be able to get buy with the dual core, depending on games of course.

If a Q6600 or better is available cheap on eBay though, it might be worth it, depending on price and games.
 
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