Just when I thought it was safe to upgrade my old AGP system I tried to come to a conclusion as to what to buy and it looks like I am in the middle of another transition period. My technology is not good enough to keep up with everything and I know there are people on this site that do, so....
I have starting collecting pieces:
500W PSU Antec Basiq w/ 2 12 volt rails
640GB WD Disk
Antec 900 Case w/ LG DVD RW & 3 1/4
4GB of 1066 OCZ Reaper DDR2 Memory
Now I am in a QUANDRY. I thought it would be easy to find a CPU and MOBO that would fit into my budget, along with a Video Card and Vista 64.
All of a sudden the world collapses and AM3 arrives ( I am kinda an AMD fanboy ). I cannot afford to upgrade every 6 mos to year. To make matters worse Windows 7 is on the way.
I am retired, on a budget (severe), and all I do on my computer is surf, email, and play MMORPG's. I never play FPS's so I don't have to be cutting edge, but I do have to keep up because the graphics on most of the new MMORPG's are being upgrading. I want a computer that will last several years and preferably be good enough to incrementally upgrade then.
Where should I go in the AMD world to solve my problem or should I just buy a cheaper Athlon 64 X2 and cheaper MOBO and upgrade again in a year. The AM3 Motherboards seem to be inexpensive but will they require DDR3 memory?
I hope I made this clear.
I have starting collecting pieces:
500W PSU Antec Basiq w/ 2 12 volt rails
640GB WD Disk
Antec 900 Case w/ LG DVD RW & 3 1/4
4GB of 1066 OCZ Reaper DDR2 Memory
Now I am in a QUANDRY. I thought it would be easy to find a CPU and MOBO that would fit into my budget, along with a Video Card and Vista 64.
All of a sudden the world collapses and AM3 arrives ( I am kinda an AMD fanboy ). I cannot afford to upgrade every 6 mos to year. To make matters worse Windows 7 is on the way.
I am retired, on a budget (severe), and all I do on my computer is surf, email, and play MMORPG's. I never play FPS's so I don't have to be cutting edge, but I do have to keep up because the graphics on most of the new MMORPG's are being upgrading. I want a computer that will last several years and preferably be good enough to incrementally upgrade then.
Where should I go in the AMD world to solve my problem or should I just buy a cheaper Athlon 64 X2 and cheaper MOBO and upgrade again in a year. The AM3 Motherboards seem to be inexpensive but will they require DDR3 memory?
I hope I made this clear.