what should i do to my computer?

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OK original specs are

AMD 3700+ socket 939
1 gig of ram
7600GT video card
430 watt power supply

what should I upgrade to give me the biggest boost in performance? im thinking another gig of ram because its cheap and will increase performance but I know the others are important too.

ive been wanting to upgrade my processor for a while now but I simply cant find any dual core socket 939s anywhere. Not even newegg has that many 939s anymore. So im looking at going with another, newer processor but that would require a new motherboard and it might get a bit expensive extremely quickly.

the video card is another thing im looking at. Ive seen some nice ones like the 8800GT but ive heard brand new video cards with older processors leads to bottlenecking so I wont get a full performance boost. dunno...

and my PSU is only 430 so I will probably need to upgrade that if I get one of those huge, new video cards.

my budget isnt very big at all because I'd like to keep it under 150 dollars. I can go a bit over but the price definitely has to be under 200.

thanks
 
Does your motherboard support DDR or DDR2 memory? I think you could probably get a new mobo/CPU and RAM combo if you made good choices, I'll have a look at Newegg.
EDIT:
CPU: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103775, Brisbane core which means 65nm process.
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138106, this is fine, you just won't be able to do much overclocking.
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134046
Your GPU is fine for the moment.
 
Check my previous post.

wow the processor and ram is exactly what im looking for.

only thing is that processor doesnt come with a heatsink....

and the motherboard looks good but ive never heard of biostar.

id be willing to pay more for a more main stream motherboard now that the ram and processor are so cheap.

thanks for the help man
 
I assume you won't be overclocking so you could get a heatsink for very cheap: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186010 or you could just get this which comes with a HSF and is 100MHz faster: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103243
Biostar make decent cheap motherboards but if you're willing to pay a bit more, I'll have a look for a better one.
A bit more expensive but you get Phenom support and an ASUS branded board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131234
I think the best combination would be the 4200x X2 that I posted, the Biostar mobo and the RAM I linked to earlier.
 
Does your motherboard support DDR or DDR2 memory? I think you could probably get a new mobo/CPU and RAM combo if you made good choices, I'll have a look at Newegg.
EDIT:
CPU: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103775, Brisbane core which means 65nm process.
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138106, this is fine, you just won't be able to do much overclocking.
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134046
Your GPU is fine for the moment.

youre probably right but will that RAM work with the biostar mobo?

biostar says DDR2 800 with 240 pin

would this RAM also work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098
 
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