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Upgrading old computer for less than $500

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Next Month BUDGET RANGE: $500 MAX

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, disk drive, hard drive, case, power supply (Ultra 500W from about 2 years ago), videocard

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: tigerdirect, newegg

PARTS PREFERENCES: none

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Want a PC where I can play games, talk to friends on skype, have Firefox running in the background (maybe on a separate monitor)


My current system is starting to crap out on my pretty bad. I want to be able to have a game running, be able to alt tab and go check something on firefox and go back to the game rather quickly.

More about : upgrading computer 500

Here allow me to condense what you just said into 1 short sentence that means exactly the same thing.

"I want to buy something for $500 that is better than what I have, and will work with all the stuff I do have."

Okay............we would love to make some suggestions, but like he^ said, we kinda need to know exactly what you have right now.... in a little more detail please.
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Currently I have a:

Socket 939 motherboard
amd athlon x2 3200...i belive (old socket 939)
2 gb ddr ram
9800gt
500w power supply from ultra
300gb sata hdd
old dvd burner

sorry i can't be super exact but that's what i have to work with right now

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-P55M-D2 Combo Price: $299.98 | $279.98 $20 off w/ code 3DAYCPU20 Free Shipping
GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 Socket 1156/ Intel P55/ DDR3/ CrossFireX/ A&GbE/ MATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5 Processor i5-750 2.66GHz 8MB LGA1156 CPU, Retail

*Pair up the mobo/cpu combo above with any of these RAM/vid card combo's below.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite... Combo Discount: -$15.00 Combo Price: $184.98 $10.00 Mail-In Rebate Card Price After Mail-In Rebate(s): $174.98 Free Shipping*
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Retail
MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCv2 GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Total: $464.96 | $454.96 w/mail in rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite... Combo Discount: -$15.00 Combo Price: $199.98 Free Shipping*
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Retail
SAPPHIRE 279L Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Total: $479.97

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite... Combo Discount: -$15.00 Combo Price: $209.98 Free Shipping*
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Retail
SAPPHIRE 100279-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Total: $489.97
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