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Upgrade i5+5850 or i7 or gtx480?

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July 4, 2010 7:42:01 PM

Hi

Im currently sitting with an e5200 pentium dual core cpu oc @ 3.6ghz and 2 gb ram and a 4850 512mb and im having alot of trouble trying to play with decent graphics in gta iv, far cry 2, crysis etc. and im thinking of doing a upgrade so that i can atleast play those with decent graphics my res is 1680x1050 (i wanna atleast use 4x aa and on high, if possible very high on these games)

since the games take advantage of cpu's im thinking of doing a combo with an core i5 750 and a 5850 or i could do a gtx 480 upgrade with an corsair 850w psu and 2gb more ram

my psu is a xion 500w 18/17 amps(2x 12v)
my mobo is an asus p5kpl/1600 it has a pci express 1.1 according to their site

in my budget i could also do an complete new system with an core i7 920 and 4gb ram and p6t mobo and a 650w corsair psu and then next year do a gpu upgrade but then i wouldn't be able to enjoy gaming, i do alot of winrar extracting and a little encoding so a new cpu would boost that aswell.

If there is a better combo pls tell me my budget is about 800 USD(but in swedish money 6400kr) if not then please tell me what i should go for.

Thanks in advance for your help! :)  :) 

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July 4, 2010 8:58:20 PM

Hello and welcome to the forums :) 
Well for your resolution,a 5850 is more than enough, so i would with i5/5850
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