Building new box...

[p1g]

What do you think? upgrading out of a dell, only keeping the 80GB HDD and RAM.. Any help greatly appreciated...p.s. im on a budget.
X-Dreamer II
Gigabyte "GA-K8VT800M"
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Kingston 256MB pc3200
Rosewill 9600 128MB DDr 128-bit
Coolmax 400W PSU

 

[c0rrupt]

Ditch the reg. 9600 for a 9600 Pro. Heres one on newegg for $91 refurbished.

 

[The Bryophyte]

Is the RAM from the Dell any good? You should look at the chip and see what kind of timings and such it is capable of. Other than that, a bit nicer vid card would be nice but if you're on a budget that might not be possible.

 

[p1g]

the ram from the Dell is pc2700 and i realize the 3200 stick will be lowered to 2700, but i plan on buying another stick of 3200 soon after.