System almost one year old, what to upgrade?

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CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0ghz S754 CG Stepping Clawhammer
CPU Cooler: AMD Stock CPU Heatsink/Fan
Motherboard: Asus K8V Deluxe VIA K8T800
Ram: 1GB Corsair Valueselect DDR400
Video Card: BFG Geforce 6800GT 256mb (Capable of at least 420/1100, but I'm running 370/1000)
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Hard Drive: Western Digital 80gb ATA100 8mb
Floppy: Panasonic 1.44mb Floppy Drive
DVDrom: LiteON 16x DVDrom
CD Burner: LG 52x24x52x CDRW
Connection: Eastlink Cable Modem (4mbps downstream/1mbps upstream)
Operating System: Windows XP Pro

Keyboard: Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech Optical MX500
Monitor: BenQ FP937 19" LCD Flat Panel
Speakers: Logitech Z-5300 5.1 THX speakers 280w RMS
Headphones: Sennheiser HD477
Headset: Logitech Premium Headset
Case: Antec Super Lanboy midtower
Power Supply: Enermax FM 350w 26A 12V Rail

Portable Music: iPod 20gb 4th Generation
Camera: Fujifilm 2650 2MP

I want to upgrade some stuff, but I'm not sure what. Nothing too extremly major. But $500 or so would be fine. I was thinking maybe ram and mobo so I can overclock. Any suggestions?
 
I'd say add a DVD Burner, no performance boost, but lots of nice stuff to do with it.

-wil
 
I'd say add a DVD Burner, no performance boost, but lots of nice stuff to do with it.
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I second that. You could also get a bigger or faster HD for all your pr0... "stuff."
 
I wouldn't touch the core (mobo/cpu/ram) unless you are needing additional performance. I'd go with the DVD burner and maybe dual monitors.
 
nah, I'd get a new cpu. 3500, 3700. I like performance boosts better than what my cd,dvd,rw-rom can do.
 
XSNiper said:
nah, I'd get a new cpu. 3500, 3700. I like performance boosts better than what my cd,dvd,rw-rom can do.
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well not exactly... i know people who are at 2.7 ghz on a 3000+, fine proc for the time
 
But where I only have a S754 CG stepping Clawhammer.... could I overclock my CPU that high? I doubt it. However I might be able to get like 2400mhz or something. Is it worth it to buy a new motherboard (with an Nforce chipset and AGP/PCI lock), decent OCing ram and a new cpu cooler, just to try and see if I can get a faster CPU?
 
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