Custom Building Game PC

[thor17usa]

I am currently selling of some of my computer parts in order to raise money to build a new and better system. I plan to play games, but also do video editing, and grapics work. I am a student, so I CANNOT BREAK THE BANK.

Right now I have:
AMD 1800+ Athlon XP @ 266FSB
Gigabyte mobo @133 bus speed
768MB of PC133
20GB 5400RPM Drive - OS and Apps
(2) 60GB 7200RPM Drives - in RAID 0 - Video capture
ATI AIW 8500DV - 64MB w/ remote
10X Pioneer DVD Drive
built-in audio

Would it be better for me to upgrade part in this system like moving from the AMD 1800+ to a 2600+ @ 266fsb and getting new Hard drives, or should I go all out and build a new system with faster components?

I do not want to spend a fortune on parts, but I am thinking about going with a new AMD chip @ 333fsb or 400fsb. Also should I keep my video card? I plan to do video editing and this card already has a firewire port, so should I stick with this for a little while longer or go for a new ATI AIW card also?

 

[Black04]

This is just me and im new to this type of stuff but if you have atleast $1200 dollars or more i would make a new pc but if you have less i would just upgrade. About your video card now since this is going to be a gaming pc i would upgrade it to atleast 128mb or even 256 if you can afford because all these games comming out such as EQ2 has extremly good graphics and i know you wouldnt want your game to be laggy.

 

[9mmCensor]

A memory cpu and mobo upgrade shoul hold you over till you can afford a new vid card.

look at a single stick of 512mb pc 3200/pc3500, NF7-S rev2, and a mobile barton. That should give you a big preformance increase accross the board.

 

[ares350]

yeah, Id say 300-350 on cpu, mobo, and ram.

the vid card could use upgrading too... but then your basicly at a whole new PC... systems pretty equal, upgrade any individual components, and whatevers left will just be your bottleneck.