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Note that I'm upgrading my old system and keeping some stuff. My budget is $600 and I'm hoping to build a mid-range (probably low end to you guys) gaming machine. I won't be doing any OC/SLI and I don't have a ton of peripherals and such. My OS will be XP Pro (possibly x64 edition?). I want to keep my ide(pata) hd and be able to boot from it with the new mobo.

Keeping:

IDE hd
external usb 2.0 hd
mATX case
mouse/keyboard/etc
IDE dvdrw

Upgrading:

video card
processor
memory
psu
mobo
?

EDIT: OLD BUILD! 3 posts down for NEW BUILD
Here's what I have sofar. I'm not very good with hardware so I need some advice.
MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail
Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

I will most likely change the psu.

Cost: ~$550

Message edited by Stovokor on 06-07-2008 at 01:55:35 PM

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Question: Why keep IDE drives? They imped airlow with large cables, but I guess on a budget, you cut corners.

Video card- Wait for the new cards out by July- don't upgrade right this moment
CPU- E7200 and overclock
RAM- spend $5 more for the same stuff with 4-4-4-12 timings
PSU- Get the 500W version
Motherboard- Fine

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Reply to shadowduck

ram if you get the x64 edition spend another $40 and get 4gigs of ram

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Okay, here's my new build. I'm buying sometime today and still open to suggestions. I'm not going to switch to the 4-4-4-12 gskill ram, but am thinking of getting the 4-4-4-12 kingston ($12 more) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820134125

Here it is:
https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/ [...] le=lolwut3

Reply to Stovokor

um does your case support a micro atx motherboard, might want to check that out, as far as ram goes either will be fine

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gators1223 wrote :

um does your case support a micro atx motherboard, might want to check that out, as far as ram goes either will be fine

He says he is keeping a microATX case, so I would think so.

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lol srry did see that

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