Hi. So just recently, I decided it was about time to upgrade my computer. I’m having trouble deciding how I want to do that though. Here are my current specs:
Mobo: Asus PC-DL Deluxe
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon 2.4s
RAM: 1 Gig 333 Mhz DDR
GPU: Geforce FX 5200
HDD: 320 Gig Western Digital EIDE
PSU: Antec Truepower Trio 650
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate
Now I was thinking of upgrading the CPUs to 3.0s, the RAM to 4 Gigs, and the GPU to a SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB. I priced it all out and it comes out to $440.
What I would like to know is whether it would be worth it to make those upgrades on such a limited motherboard (the RAMs 333 Mhz, the GPUs AGP, etc etc) or if I would be better off buying a newer low end system for $440, or even if I should just save up another $500 or so and just buy a nice new midrange system. For the most part, I just use my computer for school and stuff, but I play a few games like Lord of the Rings Online every once in a while, I do some music recording and editing with Sonar 7, and I occasionally like to fiddle with Adobe Premiere. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.