before i hit the buy button....

I have around £500 to spend on my pc and have an idea what i`m wanting but have a few questions.

What i have....

AMD Phenom X2 550 Black Edition 3.3GHz
Sapphire 790GX Socket AM3 DDR3
OCZ 4GB Kit 1333
Corsair 650W PSU
Western Digital 500GB SATA II
Sapphire HD 4850 512MB (crossfire)

ASUS HD 4850 512MB (crossfire)

Windows vista home 32

Arctic freezer pro 7 rev 2

What i`m looking at..

i5 2500k

p68 mobo

8 gig ram

gtx 560 ti

windows 7 64

Questions..

Will it be worth waiting for ivy bridge? will it be the same price as the current chip?

8gig vs 4 gig ram and can i use my current ram?

looking for a sub £200 gfx card, gtx 560 ti vs 6950 (theres about £30-£40 difference)

Upgrade os now or wait for windows 8? (i know my os limits me to 3 gig ram)

I have decided to upgrade now as i`m having a horrible time with crossfire and dont see the point of upgrading just the gfx on this system , plus there is a few games out this year that i want to enjoy playing.

dont use your old ram.

youll want a motherboard supporting ddr3 which isnt backwards compatible to ddr2.

some of the p68 mobos are pretty old now and dont support the newer techs such as ddr3, sata3 and usb3.

dont use your old ram.

youll want a motherboard supporting ddr3 which isnt backwards compatible to ddr2.

seercirra

my bad

Yes, its DDR3 ram i have, just didnt know if it was wise to go from 1333 to 1600.

I`m not sure set on the board yet p68 was the first that poped into my head when i was typing.

Yes, its DDR3 ram i have, just didnt know if it was wise to go from 1333 to 1600.

I`m not sure set on the board yet p68 was the first that poped into my head when i was typing.

thebigyin