Looking to do a 3 year upgrade. Advice Needed

[roninblade]

Hey guys. Well its been 3 years since I really built my last computer, which i eventually gave to my brother and now I just use a MacBook. Well his build ain't working no more and I figured it was the video card but it wasnt so I figure I will just rebuild the whole thing.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Light Gaming (CS:S) Web Browsing

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$200 Yes

3) Where do you live?
Pennsylvania

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, Motherboard, Powersupply

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Case, DVD Burner, 2 Video Cards (Both 7800 GTXs), 19in LCD

6) Will you be overclocking?
No

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I have 19in LCD

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Now

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
I have two video cards for SLI, never did SLI before, doesnt make a difference if the computer has SLI or not

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes

 

[sirmonkey1985]

with a 200 dollar budget you are going to be very limited on what you can build.. your pretty much going to be stuck with all AMD products..

something like this might work for you though.. this is just an example to help you pin point exactly what you want or need..

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI

AMD Athlon X2 4050e Brisbane 2.1GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core

if you know how and are comfertable with overclocking.. i would go with the above processor since it can be overclocked to 3ghz.. if you arent then i would go with the below processor..

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ Brisbane 3.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 89W Dual-Core

but even then that will put you to close to your 200 dollar budget to get a psu, memory, and hard drive so you would probably have to recycle parts from your other system.. in all honestly id worth on trying to trouble shoot the problem with your current system.. it could be a cheap fix.. maybe the memory is bad or something along those lines.. and just save up to build a new system.. if you could get to the 350-400 dollar budget mark you would be able to build a much nicer rig..

 

[engiNURD]

Wow, all that for only $200? I'd say save a bit more, unless you live near a Fry's. Do you? Or you could go used...

Find a CPU/Mobo combo for under $100 (E5200+ECS board, or X2-7750+ECS board)... Find 2GB of RAM for like $20... Find a good deal on a PSU, like the TP-430 for $30 at Fry's today... and pickup a HDD with whatever you have left.

 

[PC_User]

I agree with enginurd. Save a bit more because that's too tight of a budget for all those parts that you listed.