New PC Help

[Xanthious]

Hello, I know this probably gets asked a million and eight times a day but I desperately need to upgrade my current system. I don't have a whole lot of money right now so bang for the buck is going to be a huge factor. I want this mainly for gaming and day to day stuff. I play mainly WoW but have a real interest in a lot of the current games like Bio Shock, Assassin's Creed and the like my current computer cant handle. The three main things Im replacing from the get go are my motherboard, processor, and video card. Im also replacing my memory and power supply but Im not too terribly worried about those. Im pretty sure I have my video card already scoped out in the GeForce 8800GT which leaves the mother board and processor getting me hung up. Im thinking Im going to go Dual Core rather than Quad and Im not too comfortable overclocking as well. Mainly I would like input. What is the best route to take if my only real interest is gaming. In short I would like a system that will allow me to go to EBGames for the next year or so and buy games off the shelf w/o having to worry if my computer will run them and if they are going to be slow and crappy. My current system is listed below.


Athalon 64 3000+
ATI Radeon X850 Pro
1 Gig RAM
Other stuffs not as important.

 

[Dangman]

Actually that other stuff IS important for us to know. We need to know what PSU you're using and what other hardware you're reusing. So please be as specific as possible when listing the specs of your current PC. We need to know everything about the PC.

Now you will need to buy new RAM and a new PSU as well since A) I'm betting that RAM of yours is DDR and most mobos today use DDR2 and B) I'm also betting that PSU isn't a particular strong or good quality PSU. See it all the time.

Also, we need the following questions answered:
- What's your budget?
- What parts do you need for that budget?
- What size monitor do you have?

Also please please read this link:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1217870