Worth it to upgrade with price drops?

[DasSmoof]

Greetings all,
I've been considering upgrading post-July with the Intel price drops. However, I'm not terribly convinced that it would be worth my money. After looking into it, with a new CPU/Mobo/Ram/Case(for cooling), it would cost me roughly $800 or so. I'm not shy about spending money on my PC, but I'm wondering if it would really be worth it. I'd probably run a very mild overclock and what I'd be upgrading to is an E6750. I haven't chosen a mobo or ram yet, because I'm not sure what good suggestions would be. But here are my current specs:

Antec 550W PSU
Abit KN8 SLI
Athlon X2 4200+
2Gigs Patriot Ram
GeForce 8800GTS 640meg

Would it be worth it to upgrade? I haven't bothered OCing this system yet, because I'm still reading up and making sure I do everything properly. As well, I'm lazy, so I've been putting it off, because it's such a pain in the ass to reach my CMOS. But, I'm guess I couldn't go very high with it and I would see barely any performance increase from OCing it.

So would it really be worth it to spend $800 and get a C2D?

 

[Kromis]

Nah. I'd rather not.

 

[MarcVenice]

No, it's not worth dropping 800$ on a complete new system when your current rig is most likely doing everything just fine ?

That 4200 can probably be pushed a little higher, and won't really, if at all, hold back your gpu during games.

 

[hardwareking]

overclock ur cpu a bit and be done with it till Q1 2008

And if u ever upgrade to vista get another 2 gigs for 4gb in total

Performance boost from ur current rig to C2D in july will be minimal

 

[cmdrdredd]

If you were building a second system then I'd say maybe, but to replace what you have wouldn't be much of a speed boost tbh.

 

[sliderule]

Your in a good position really, because you can afford to wait until next year.

By then ddr3 should be faster and cheaper, plus Intel and AMD will have motherboards with all new cpu sockets and pci-e 2.0.

I've upgraded every year before, and to be honest it's a waste of money. At least try to get 2-3 years out of it. To resist the urge for the latest and greatest ask yourself this question, does your current rig still run all the apps and games you expect it to? If the answer is yes, who cares if someone else's pc get's more fps, or has a higher 3dmark.

 

[DasSmoof]

Thanks for the suggestions, all.

I suppose if I really get into a pinch, I can always get another 8800GTS and SLI it (assuming drivers improve) because that would carry over anyway.