Need advice on upgrading.

[Sycho]

I currently have:

Pentium 4 2.66ghz
1024 ddr 2100 ram
80gb hardrive(not sure what brand it is since it came with pc when i bought it, wasn't custom built)
Audigy 2 soundcard
Geforce fx5900 ultra 256 ddr graphics card.


I want to upgrade to a fast pc for gaming but however i have around £300-600 budget.I know my motherboard isn't good since it came with the pc like everything else but the motherboard and hardrive haven't been changed.Main thing is what should i upgrade and buy?

Should i get either:

a)New motherboard+1gb 3200 ram+SATA hardrivee 120gb or so.
b)New geforce 6800 graphics card and wait a bit.
c)New motherboard+athlon 3400/3500 or p4 3.2ghz?


Please help, i am really unsure what to do, as i said the hardrive and motherboard isn't that great and the memory is slow speed.If you have any ideas what to go for could you say the exact product or give a direct link please.Thanks for your time and help.

 

[JBP|]

really you would be better of getting a new grafix card

 

[Ch3tan]

Heh.

Faster ram, a new mobo and CPU.

You must be crazy if you spent money on that gfx card just to want to upgrade it already.

 

[Ono]

No point in you buying a 6800 card as your CPU would limit its performance.

If you must upgrade - and I can't see why you should with that system, then I suggest:

Mobo, A64 cpu, Ram and HDD.

You can add a 6800 later when they are cheaper.

 

[Gef]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/AMD_Bundles.html

Some nice CPU/Mem/Mobo bundles there, plenty of decent systems well within your budget. Like Ono said, pointless buying a graphics card when most of its power will be bottlenecked because of your CPU/mainboard. A nice new hard disk is always nice, but it should be last on your list of priorities.