Build Advice thining of a upgrade time ?

at the mo i got a abit ib9 and an intel 2ghz core2duo, and i'v been seeing soem of the lastest games start to chunk a bit (burnout pardice, saint row 2) so i was wondering should i just throw a new cpu in there (max it can take is a E7300 2.66) or should i just get a new mainbord, cpu, ram ? please rember this pc is for gameing

 

what is your budget? what resolution do you play at? what gpu do you have?

 

Say £300 for the budget I play at 1300x and my gpu is a his ati 4850

 

Well i'm guessing you're playing at 1368x768.

You'll be fine as you'll be raking in frames on most games fairly well and can push the AA a bit too.

If you were going to upgrade though I'd say go and grab a new mobo + CPU( AMD PII X3 720BE + 790GX).

 

cpu http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-...ion-Sok-AM3-32GHz-8MB-Total-Cache-125W-Retail
mobo http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/MSI-AM3-MOBO-790GX-G65
ram http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-...(1333MHz)-240-Pin-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24-DHX
cooler http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Arct...1156-S775-AM3-AM2plus-AM2-939-Up-to-130-Watts!

total £319

extra money went on chip well worth the extra price, that system should keep you set for a while and all you have to do in the future is upgrade your gpu