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Partial Glass upgrade-advice please

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I'm getting ready to start my IFR training and I'd like to upgrade my panel prior to starting but looking for cost vs benefit analysis on the available units.
Goals: (1) orient myself to looking at glass instruments for future planes; (2) get GPSS steering to reduce single pilot workload; (3) no need to overhaul my DG and AI which are starting to show their age; (4) less reliance on vacuum pump for critical instruments (must keep vac pump for autopilot); (5) electronic OAT probe.

Installed equipment:
Avidyne 440
Narco MK 12D TSO Nav/Comm
Garmin GI-106A VOR/LOC & glidescope CDI indicator
Narco ID-824 VOR/LOC Indicator
Piper Autocontrol III autopilot
STEC-System 60 altitude hold/vertical speed/glide scope

This isn't my forever plane, but I'm going to keep her for awhile longer. I've gone back and forth between an Aspen, couple of G5's or GI-275's, and waiting on the AV-30 but I'm looking for some advice before I delve into getting quotes from shops. I've also got a great IA/A&P that lets me assist with owner installs and sign offs so the AV-30 is appealing. Are the other units capable of this kind of install? Where's my best bang for my buck?
 

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