I am looking for anything more cost effective. Also, should I look into selling the entire old machine and converting over to Intel and nVidia GFX cards? I have someone who is very interested in purchasing it.
NOTE: The motherboard needs to be upgraded because the PCIe 2.0 x16 slots are too close together, so I can't fit two cards there, and it only runs DDR2 Ram.
I will first list what I currently have in my machine, then the next post (2nd of this thread) will list links to the four wishlists I have (titled step 1 through 4)
All of these items can be found on newegg, although some may be out of stock.
Case
1 x Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case~
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042&cm_re=Antec_Three_Hundred_Black_Steel-_-11-129-042-_-Product
Motherboard
1 x ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131381&cm_re=ASUS_M4A78-_-13-131-381-_-Product
GFX Card
1 x XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462&Tpk=XFX%20HD-577X-ZNFC%20Radeon%20HD%205770\
Power Supply
1 x Antec Basiq BP500U 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371004&Tpk=Antec%20Basiq%20BP500U&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
Processor & Heatsink (Currently Stock)
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX~
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=AMD_Phenom_II_X4_955_Black_Edition_Deneb-_-19-103-808-_-Product&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
Hard Drives Extra copy of windows 7 on the 640GB, and 3-4 variations of linux mainly for troubleshooting/failsafe reasons
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Optical Drive
1 x SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black EIDE/ATAPI Model SH-S222A
Monitor
1 x Acer P235Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009179&Tpk=Acer%20P235Hbmid
NOTE: The motherboard needs to be upgraded because the PCIe 2.0 x16 slots are too close together, so I can't fit two cards there, and it only runs DDR2 Ram.
I will first list what I currently have in my machine, then the next post (2nd of this thread) will list links to the four wishlists I have (titled step 1 through 4)
All of these items can be found on newegg, although some may be out of stock.
Case
1 x Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case~
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042&cm_re=Antec_Three_Hundred_Black_Steel-_-11-129-042-_-Product
Motherboard
1 x ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131381&cm_re=ASUS_M4A78-_-13-131-381-_-Product
GFX Card
1 x XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462&Tpk=XFX%20HD-577X-ZNFC%20Radeon%20HD%205770\
Power Supply
1 x Antec Basiq BP500U 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371004&Tpk=Antec%20Basiq%20BP500U&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
Processor & Heatsink (Currently Stock)
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX~
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=AMD_Phenom_II_X4_955_Black_Edition_Deneb-_-19-103-808-_-Product&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
Hard Drives Extra copy of windows 7 on the 640GB, and 3-4 variations of linux mainly for troubleshooting/failsafe reasons
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Optical Drive
1 x SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black EIDE/ATAPI Model SH-S222A
Monitor
1 x Acer P235Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009179&Tpk=Acer%20P235Hbmid