Quote Originally Posted by jak3676 View Post
upgrade vs buy new - always a fun argument

I think the upgrade would probably still be a bit cheaper for you. You already have the mobo and RAM, but sounds like you'd be buying a new case, power supply and CPU. if you haven't started multi-boxing yet, the 9600GT should last you at least until you get to northrend.

Of course if you buy an all new system then you can always do some amount of splitting between hardware and software multiboxing.

i5 series CPUs and mobos should be out soon, ATI could be releasing new GPUs soon as well. Of course the longer you wait, better the hardware will get.
The 9600GT is not a bad GPU. It's lasted me all the way through TBC/Wrath (well, I didn't do much raiding past naxx), both five and single boxing, across two builds. The only reason I upgraded was for folding@home, not gaming.

For right now - we're only looking at a new CPU, case is probable, we're not sure about the power supply.

Oh, Deann, pictures of your current system(inside and out) are always welcome, if available. Just because I like looking at naked computers.