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Im looking to take what I have and upgrade a lil, so i can use my new vid card.

What I have now is a Pentium D 945, 3.4ghz LGA 775, a BFG 650Watt atx 12V 2.0/eps 12v with dual pci-e connections and dual 12v rails, last of all I have a ATI Radeon x1900xtx pci-e.
Im just looking for mid range system...something I can keep what i have and get anew MB that does run at "pci-e 16X" also need ram...looking 2start with 2gig and a sata HD.

Need some help at selection, anything would be great !-..-!

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GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128050

Best P35 based mobo out there, will run your PD chip flawlessly (Aside from the obvious netburst flaws, those can't be fixed by the mobo :P)

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822144417

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231098

By the way, BFG makes very good graphics card, but their power supplies are less than doubtful quality. I'd recommend getting a new one before you end up losing your system components to it.

If you decide to follow my advice, I'd recommend choosing any of these three high quality units:

CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] sair%2b520

Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CCC, CB, C-tick - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] eoHE%2b550

SeaSonic M12 SS-500HM ATX12V/EPS12V, 80Plus, Active PFC, RoHS, Dual-Fan, 500W Power Supply - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817151029


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