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Intel i740 GeForce 2 MX/MX400 GeForce 7800GTX Quadro NVS 140M (got a laptop for university)

Gigabyte mATX mobo, Athlon II X2 $123 Corsair 2GB stick $25 Antec NSK 4480B II, 380W PSU $100 WD Caviar Blue 80GB $35 Lite-On DVD Burner $25 Total pre S+H: $308 I will update my post if I find cheaper/better for the price. Hope this helps!

Noted on the PSUs. Thanks for the clarification! On the 4870: are there any on NewEgg that are of reference design? The XFX one is said to be slightly different from stock, but I don't know if it's enough to make it incompatible with the Accelero Twin Turbo. Perhaps this one from HIS?

lt_shiro: Thanks for letting me know that AM3 is probably the best way for me to go. I've been very conflicted about how well my future systems would age as I don't upgrade often (I haven't upgraded my S939 system since I built it in 2005). About your suggestions: -I'll keep the motherboard...

Coming from a S939 A64 3700+/1GB RAM/7800GTX setup, I think it's high time I overhauled my system. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Lots of gaming and web browsing. Some photoshopping, encoding, maybe 3D modeling. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and...