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Now that Phenom II is out, what is the trend now, is it to get Phenom II on a AM2+ mobo so that you can use the cheaper DDR2 ram... or just get the new AM3 mobo and get DDR3 ram which I notice always comes in either 3GB or 6GB.... which I think is more for I7 + X58 system.....

So what do you guys suggest??

I am thinking of getting basically everything new, except for graphic card or perhaps sound card (was thinking of just using the on-board), and intend installing my extra RMA-ed MSI 7900GTX on my old system as a backup.

Of course my monitor will remains, as it is still a LG 21.6" monitor.

My current system is pretty old but still usable.
AMD Athlon X2 4400+ @ 2.2Ghz (S939) + Abit KN8 Ultra
Patriot DDR CL3 2 x 1GB
Seagate ES 320GB
Hitachi 240GB
GeCube HD3870 X-Turbo III GDDR5 512MB
Soundblaster Audigy DE
Tagan 530W Easycon
CoolerMaster Centurion 534
Windows XP SP2