Upgrade opinions

[Madix]

Would like to see what you guys think about these parts I will be upgrading to. My budget is 1200.

Motherboard: 132.99$
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Processors: 316.99$
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

Video Card: 289.99$
XFX PVT71JYHE9 GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card - Retail

Total: 989.98$

Ill have about 210$ to spare but I also have an Antec 400 watt power supply and would like to know if I should get something larger. Everything else in my old system will be fine with the upgrade.

Im a bit afraid to overclock so I wont be doing too much. If I choose not to overclock would I still need to upgrade the cooling in my old system?

I would also like to know if it would be worth it to upgrade the Video card a little and get a 410$ DX10 card or would the 7950 be good enough?

 

[Parge]

Would like to see what you guys think about these parts I will be upgrading to. My budget is 1200.

Motherboard: 132.99$
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Processors: 316.99$
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

Video Card: 289.99$
XFX PVT71JYHE9 GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card - Retail

Total: 989.98$

Ill have about 210$ to spare but I also have an Antec 400 watt power supply and would like to know if I should get something larger. Everything else in my old system will be fine with the upgrade.

Im a bit afraid to overclock so I wont be doing too much. If I choose not to overclock would I still need to upgrade the cooling in my old system?

I would also like to know if it would be worth it to upgrade the Video card a little and get a 410$ DX10 card or would the 7950 be good enough?

It will be well worth the investment to strech to a 8800GTS, if money is a problem, then get an e6400. However, you should pluck up some balls and OC it, your mobo is good enough (and a good choice), and its really not that hard, especially with the Core 2 Duos, which don't fulfill their processor destiny unless they are OC'ed

In regards to the power supply, I think 400w might not be enough, for a rig with a GTS I would go for around a 550w.

 

[Madix]

Ill head back to newegg now and check the new price. One more question though, do you have any recomendations for cooling?

Would this be a descent choice?
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler - 29.99$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186134

I would prefer to just get a new case fan or some other fan that I dont have to directly place on the motherboard. Im not sure how much everything might heat up since ive never overclocked before.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Madix]

With everything added up im still within my budget plus I get 70$ after I send in the rebates. Im sure the 8800 will be a huge improvement with dx10 plus I wont have to worry about upgrading for a while longer. Thanks again for the help.