The FPS you would gain by switching to an AM2 system is going to be way less than a faster card. Plus you'd be upgrading 3 relitively major components just for faster memory which will probably be more expensive.

lol. Good reason not to get it then.

hmm verry good points u raise here flama. u should work for a computer shop. hahaha
im pondering it over and over. everyone i know into gameing says i should do this upgrade for future upgrades type deal. aaaand i pritty much got my old mobo, proc and ram all sold. sooo im kinda at the point of no return. i just got approved for a loan to take with me to Barret jackson this summer. so maybe ill dip into that and get 2 8800 gt .


matt
yeah good enough reason eh. no point in having ram to look at.


on another note. u guys are gonna love the case mod im gonna try this weekend. as some of you know im heavy into fish keeping (2000 gallons + in my living room alone)
and im gonna attempt to make a computer case out of a lexan fish tank all the computer parts will be in a clear lexan box int eh middle of the tank with marine blue lights all thru it. odviously im just gonan stick an old p3 machine i have here kicking aorund in it for now. gonna be a pritty cool desighn. prolly gonna go with a 40-60 gallon aquarium. and of course the fihs of choice is gonna be my marjunatus pirnaha

You into saltwater or just fresh?

i dont have any sw tanks setup atm because im moving soon. but yes ive kept bolth and have a full sw setup that need to be moved and setup

Cool. My boss is hardcore with salt. Only has 3 tanks I believe (2 at home, 1 in his office) but her is always adding, selling, trading stuff.

Too bad the damn clown fish in his office keeps killing all of her tank mates.

hahah yeah false perc clown fish can be pritty aggressive when paired off. i had a pair that bred for me acthually having the tank setup for only 2 months. and those were worse then any pirnaha i ever seen. verry aggressive fish. not all cute like nemo lol

And take a huge pay cut? AS IF!

Anyways, if you've pretty much finalized the deal for your old gear then I guess it's out of your hands but I still disagree with the advice you got from your gaming friends for the following reasons:

* Your video card should be top priority unless the rest of your machine can't support it, or bottleneck it greatly.

* The cost/performance of having to upgrade 3 major components for a very minimal gain in speed doesn't seem worth it to me.

* You're upgrading to the current AMD platform at a time when Intel chips seem to be better which means you may be upgading everything again the next time you switch CPU's anyways.

The point of my list wasn't to tell you why I think you were wrong or anything I just wanted to let people know of my point of view, and hopefully you got some pretty good deals on the gear you sold so the upgrade cost will be minimal.

oh dont get me wrong if i woulda had this convo before i sold all my gear i would have prolly gone with what u said.

im gettin a pritty good deal on it all. upgrade is 260$ n change and i got all mobo, cpu, and ram goin for about 220$ so for 40$ why not really

i think ill be happy what mb helpd me pick out. i can upgrade my proc later on and i can run sli with ddr2 ram.

The last line of my above post read something like "If this upgrade ends up costing you less then $50 I would say you did good" but I deleted it becuase I didn't want you to feel like shit if it cost you more, so good work.

lol rite on.
not too bad. too bad now im gettin dicked around for ram. oh well so it will cost me maybe 75$ for the upgrade
thanks for all the help guys!!