upgrading my pc?

hi,

i have a 4 year old computer.

it has a pentuin 4- 1.7 ghz,
512mb of ram,
80gb hd,
64 mb gf3 graphics card,
5.1 card and speakers.

i was thinking of gettin an upgrade. to;

1gb of ram,
another 80gb hd,
128 mb gf (dunno which card, any recommendations?)
network card,
and dvd-rw

i wanted to know, is it worth gettin an upgrade with my current spec??
would the processer be able to handle the upgrade? would the graphics be any
better? would the processor be able to handle the extra ram?

has any1 got any advice? sites could use?

thanx

john


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