I blame you all.
I've been getting less and less happy with my system as the weeks and months go by, and I know that my P4 is neither cool nor particularly good these days for gaming etc.
That said, it works. My system is stable, does what I want (by and large, but read on), and it is quiet-ish.
But i want more. More. MORE! I am a greedy tech-obsessed geek with a credit card and a girlfriend who doesn't have to know what I do with it (i hope).
Specifically, i want a faster system, i want to play games at my max res, and I want to have what you guys all have: - a 939 system and PCI-Express.
Now i have not got a specific budget, but you know, i have to repair my oven soon (might cost £100) and need to look at double glazing too (£ don't ask), so i don't have money to burn.
Am seiously considering the much-talked about ASRock Dual motherboard, and keeping my GeForce 6800 AGP for the time being, but with the knowledge that i am (finally) on the PCI-Express road (phew). To go with that (CPU-wise) however, am slightly less sure.
I probably can't really afford an X2 at the moment, so has to be £150 or less. Probably.
Am considering: A64 3200, A64 3700, and Opteron 146. Will try to get it OEM, and get a decent cooler (have always gone with Zalmans but like the idea of Arctic Coolers).
Can anyone give me an opinion? I want the latest and greatest, with good upgrade paths, but don't want to shell out for it!
PS Can anyone confirm what i heard that the ASrock will be future compatible with the M2 socket????