Upgrade board or new video card?

I am not questioning whether it would work for your use or not, and you are more then welcome to buy and use whatever you want as you are free to take or disregard any/all of my advice. I am simply trying to point out that you are going to spend a lot of money upgrading your old system when i think you would be much better off in the long run with a new system that is much more future proof, will be more reliable, and only costs slightly more.

I meant no disrespect towards you or anything. But basically all this machine is gonna do is just sit there and not even experience anything close to peaking its performance. So why add or replace what i dont need. And any future systems i will be getting will be portable anyway so basically id have to optimize what id like on a website and order brand new regardless when the time comes. But you gave your input on it and im going to use that info and stick with my plan. Your knowledge was very helpful

Good luck.

What exactly are you talking about??? The memory bus width has nothing to do with whether or not you're using a 32 Bit or 64 Bit system!!!

And as for you getting a CPU+Mobo, I've never really disagreed. Just concurred with compdata that building a new system is often a better proposition than upgrading. No matter what the purpose of the PC, people often end up spending an amount close to something with which they could have had a better rig. That's why I wanted to know how much you were actually looking to spend. Knowing figures helps us to recommend what we feel are the right components. No one's forcing you to go get a gaming rig.