New better/faster socket 939 single-core CPUs are too much now to be worth buying a them, so I've decided I'll just upgrade completely now. (Found a 2.6Ghz from google for almost as much as an i7 :<)
I'm thinking I might go with this combo, trying to keep similarly to this. Would it be enough to run games like Crysis/GTA 4/Saint's Row 2 well, and is it compatible with my current hard drives/optical drives/etc? Would be running at 1280 x 1024 full screen or 800x600 windowed, and I don't know what exact type, but my current mobo says it supports 2 SATA drives. Of course I still need RAM, new case, a new PSU, and probably CD/DVD drives as my current dvd drive is dead, and my cd drive is following suit.
Also, stupid question but I'm probably going to need to buy Windows/burn Ubuntu/etc after I upgrade everything with the HP locking stuff and all, correct? This computer never came with an XP install disk, just a separate partition for recovery and the like.
Current motherboard specs : here
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