Upgrade recommendations?

[timberwolf1]

Hi all

I'm trying what to spend my limited $$ on for an upgrade, to get the most bang for my buck. Here's my current setup:
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Athlon XP 1700+ @ 145mhz x 11 = 1595mhz
Thermalright SK-7 w/ 8cm Atlas fan
2x256mb Samsung PC3200 CAS3 (3-5-5-12) RAM Dual Channel
Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200 64mb, o/c 210/450
80GB Maxtor 7200rpm 8mb cache HD ATA133

I'm trying to decide b/w $125 for Athlon XP 2500+ (333mhz fsb) Barton, or $160 for ATI Radeon 9500 PRO oem, or $110 for 2x256mb OCZ PC2700 rev3.2 CAS2.

Seems the RAM won't be much use w/o the Barton CPU, so I'd have to do the CPU first. I'm thinking the Radeon would be my most beneficial upgrade, but it would only help games whereas the CPU and RAM would speed up everything, and I do only limited gaming anymore, mostly occassional BF1942. But I'm might lug my system to a few lan parties soon.

Best Regards,
Gary Hendricks
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[chuck232]

I'd go for the XP2500+. The RAM's ok.... I mean if you can run at Dual Channel DDR333 at CAS2, it'd be great with the XP2500+. Then, the Ti200 isn't all bad. Still a fairly good card, more than enough for some light gaming, like BF1942.

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[GeneticWeapon]

Yea...I really liked the Ti200. People who bought MX cards should have picked one of those things up..

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