Upcoming upgrades not sure where to go

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz Dual Core
CORSAIR 4GB DDR2
Zotac GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Western Digital Caviar 500GB
LX3 Optical Mouse

^Hyper-Boxing on

Processor Core 2 Duo T5450 (1.67GHz 2MB 667FSB)
Memory 4gb DDR2-667
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 512MB
Display 17" WXGA+ (1440x900) UltraBright LOVE this screen.
Hard Drive 250GB 5400RPM 8MB Cache
^ And gaming from work on and Dual boxing with.

These are my two systems. I do not plan on changing anything on my laptop.
I have been amd since I started building in 2003. Now I am thinking I want to go quad core... Or memory.... or new video card.... Or I dont know.

I can 5 box on this machine just fine with around 23fps on the slaves. I just feel its a bit laggy at times. Not due to the latency. So with that being said I would like to keep 5 boxing on this machine. But what would be my biggest upgrade. I am not sure with the CPU and MOBO or if it would go to the Video card. Either way I am adding another 4gb of memory. Due to that is all this MOBO can handle.

With all of the knowledge with Multi boxing where should I head first?

Thanks for your input. Thanks.

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[jag989]

I want to go quad core... Or memory.... or new video

These. All of them.

For a quad core, if you're willing to go Intel, the q9550 is a great starting point.

Don't go less than 8gb with your RAM

For a video card, nVidia's 275 is an inexpensive and nice option (as is ATIs 4850).

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Thank you much

[jak3676]

If your mobo can take it, some of the newer Phenom II x4's are nice too. For the same price as the 9550 you can find a comperable AMD. It may not be as good as the i7, but the top AMD's can often beat the 9550 or 9650 and cost a bit less.

If your mobo can handle it, the cheap option is a new quad core CPU (~$200) and 8GB of RAM (~$100). I'd start with those and then look a new video card after that - get something with at least 1GB of video memory. The 4850 or 4870 is a nice performace/price point right now.