Hey guys, my birthday is coming up! As such, I'm getting some money for a computer upgrade.. What I'd like to know from you all in the computer know is this. Which will give me the better upgrade performance. First off my current specs.
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
CPU: AMD Phenom x4 9500 at 2.2ghz stock, 2.4 OC'd
Mobo: M2N-SLI NVidia nForce Limited Edition
RAM: 8gig's DDR2 800
GPU: 8800GT 512mb
Now, my choices I've come down to are this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127464&cm_re=gtx_260-_-14-127-464-_-Product
Or a new CPU, leaning towards-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
I'm unsure which would be the better upgrade. Mainly to help me run games faster as I'm starting to see a decrease in load times, especially with APB. So! Any idea's guys? Any help would be appreciated. My board is an AM2 socket, but the AM3's are backwards compatible. My board also lacks a PCI-E 2.0 bus, so the GPU would be limited too by the board. So taking into account that both the new CPU and GPU are going to be limited, which upgrade would be better?
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
CPU: AMD Phenom x4 9500 at 2.2ghz stock, 2.4 OC'd
Mobo: M2N-SLI NVidia nForce Limited Edition
RAM: 8gig's DDR2 800
GPU: 8800GT 512mb
Now, my choices I've come down to are this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127464&cm_re=gtx_260-_-14-127-464-_-Product
Or a new CPU, leaning towards-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
I'm unsure which would be the better upgrade. Mainly to help me run games faster as I'm starting to see a decrease in load times, especially with APB. So! Any idea's guys? Any help would be appreciated. My board is an AM2 socket, but the AM3's are backwards compatible. My board also lacks a PCI-E 2.0 bus, so the GPU would be limited too by the board. So taking into account that both the new CPU and GPU are going to be limited, which upgrade would be better?