Well here's a list of what I have in my computer right now:
motherboard - ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe ATX AMD (socket 939)
cpu - AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4Ghz
ram - OCZ Perforcmance 2GB (2x1GB) 184-pin DDR SDRAM
video card - XFX GeForce 7600GT PVT73GUGD3
hard drive - Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB Sata 3gb
cd-rom dvd drives - LG 18x DVD+-R DVD Burner with 12x DVD-RAM
Now the main thing I'm looking to do is improve my gaming performance, for world of warcraft in particular. I would imagine my bottleneck at this point would probably be my processor, but wanted to get thoughts on this?
As far as processors go, I'm not sure if I would need a new mobo if I got a quad-core processor or if they can take the same socket? It's been a couple years since I've done my research, so wanted to get some suggestions of a decent step up from where I'm at while trying to keep the cost under $250. I shop at newegg, so their prices are real cheap (in comparison to others), so hoping I can do a decent upgrade for that price. Suggestions???
motherboard - ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe ATX AMD (socket 939)
cpu - AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4Ghz
ram - OCZ Perforcmance 2GB (2x1GB) 184-pin DDR SDRAM
video card - XFX GeForce 7600GT PVT73GUGD3
hard drive - Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB Sata 3gb
cd-rom dvd drives - LG 18x DVD+-R DVD Burner with 12x DVD-RAM
Now the main thing I'm looking to do is improve my gaming performance, for world of warcraft in particular. I would imagine my bottleneck at this point would probably be my processor, but wanted to get thoughts on this?
As far as processors go, I'm not sure if I would need a new mobo if I got a quad-core processor or if they can take the same socket? It's been a couple years since I've done my research, so wanted to get some suggestions of a decent step up from where I'm at while trying to keep the cost under $250. I shop at newegg, so their prices are real cheap (in comparison to others), so hoping I can do a decent upgrade for that price. Suggestions???