Upgradeing my PC, need help.

[Numzie]

I'm upgrading my PC and have about 500$ to spend right now.
I was thinking of getting:

ASUS M2R32-MVP Socket AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Micron D7 Chip Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor

Can you guys suggest anything better for the same price or maybe different manufacturers? nVidia/ati, AMD/Intel? I haven't kept up with everything lately and don't know whats the current best for gaming.

 

[Numzie]

Go for Intel motherboard and core 2 duo.. much better and cheaper.. also get the 800 mhz memory rather than 1066 cuz there seems to be not much of a difference and the 800 mhz is like $90 cheaper. Hope this helps

Mind linking me a good mobo and cpu?

 

[Numzie]

Looking at the tomshardware charts the AMD looks to out perform the Intel, could anyone else give some input on which to choose please.

 

[Numzie]

Bump can anyone help?

 

[nickc]

those chart were posed before the new Intel processors came out they will blow away any AMD right now.