What would be my best choice?

[Gamax]

Hey this is my current comp

AMD Athlon 3700+ stock
X800 XL
1GB PC3200 OCZ Gold Edition
MSI K8N Neo4 MB

I'm sticking with 939 at the moment

I have two choices and need advice

1. Keep my CPU and get this (OC it)

eVGA 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI-E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130071

ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817194003

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro with PWM fan control
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185125
$579.68

2. Grab a new CPU and a high end but not so good GPU.

SAPPHIRE Radeon X1950XT 256MB GDDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102067

AMD Opteron 170 Denmark 2.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103586

ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817194003

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro with PWM fan control
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185125
$569.67

Also will that PSU be enough for either option?

 

[acegazda]

What monitor do you have? What are you using the pc for other than gaming? If you're gaming @ high res go with option 1, if not option 2. The psu will be enough for either option, you might even get by with the 400w version of it, but just to be safe, the 500w one is good.

 

[Corporate Thug]

option 1

 

[Gamax]

I have an LCD monitor ... native res 1280x1024 and gaming is the first priority. Though I do some photo edit

 

[Corporate Thug]

maybe a bigger monitor with high res?

 

[Gamax]

That'd be out of my budget at the moment.

 

[Corporate Thug]

you can get a nice LCD for $250

I would get an LCD + a x1900

 

[Gamax]

Yeah that means I will have to go for option number 2. prolly dump the opteron and the cooler and grab the x1950xt and a good monitor.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

i wouldnt bother upgrading cpu's atm myself, personal opinion. i had a 64 3500 up untill a few months ago, and the only reason i upgraded, was because i was getting all sorts of errors.