Well i currently have an X2 4200+ winsor(Sp?).Im getting christmas money right now and should get around $250 which most will go for 8800gt.Im deciding whether or not to get a new motherboard and a Phenom in february with my Bday money or get somthing else with it.

Edit going to make a phenom pc.
Parts list as follows
ECS A770M-A Motherboard - v1.0, AMD 770, Socket AM2+, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, eSATA, RAID at TigerDirect.com

Newegg.com - AMD Phenom 9500 Agena 2.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail

Newegg.com - Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU ATX 12V 2.0 500W Power Supply 115/ 230 V UL, CUL, TUV, FCC, and CB certification - Retail

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD800AAJS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Still deciding on video card to play crysis wellish with.

Will reuse current DVD Rw drive from this pc.


For ram im going to reuse 2gb in this pc and put back the 1gb from last year.

Suggestions? and im on an about 500-550 dollar budget.And most of this will be bought in late february or early march.