I realized the other day that I've had the same computer for about 6 years now.... specs are as follows

got it for when i went away for school it was an emachine and still mostly is..
AMD athlon 64 3200+
1 Gig Generic ram
Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO2
stock everything else except a new case....

this is what im thinking about making...

OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W Power Supply
BIOSTAR TA790GXB3 ATX AMD Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
SABRENT CRW-UINB 68-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader w/ USB 2.0 Port supports SDHC/VISTA
AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black Computer Case
XFX Radeon HD 5750 HD-575X-ZNFC Video Card

all from newegg gonna cost about 630$ just trying to see what you all think. I havent been following comp parts or specs for awhile now so i'm trying to catch up. I'm also trying to decide on a OS for this system. Let me know what you think i should change, add? or anything im missing.

That looks like a solid build, although I would replace that 5750 with a GTX 460. Much better performance, and the GTX 460 is actually a pretty cool and quiet card, even though it's a GTX 4XX series

yeah, it really all depends on how much you want to spend. I just built a compy my self. So I spent a little extra to have some upgrade room.

I would get windows 7 64 Bit, it's a VERY fast operating system. And down the road, you should get an extra 4 GB of RAM, to future proof your system

wtf where my post go lol sigh. Anyways I'd upgrade the powersupply to 750 atleast and atleast aother 2 gig of ram for now if you wanna do some high graphics games or run media on it (streaming video) ul need more ram so it's a bit smoother if ur running multiple apps. Also if it isn't strainous on ur budget try gettn an i5 or i7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115220

Yeah, we really need your budget so we can find you the best possible PC parts.

How F*CK..oldie goldie alert.

eh im not trying to spend more then 800 im just gonna buy the parts over the next couple of months so its not that big deal.

Bigger power supply! Also if you can afford it go more ram and try for the quad core Athalon.

I think I would just save money and buy it all at once. If you buy it over time, you might spend more on parts that have droped in price by the end of your build.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.441099

Then just pop in any GPU u want

The whole build looks great.Power supply is rock solid also,25 amps on the 12v rails is more than enough.Amps over watts,that pws will be a keeper for many years.