time to replace the dual athlon MP desktop

[tiebird321]

yeah its just maybe a bit old....

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
everything, coding, gaming, DV editing etc

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

$600usd all inclusive
3) Where do you live?
cold and bitter wisconsin

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, MOBO, video card, CPU cooler, ram

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
case- antec lanboy
PS- antec truepower 2 550EPS
NIC- Intel Pro1000/MT PCI
IDE LG-20x burner
SATA LG 20x burner
samsung 500gb SATA HD

6) Will you be overclocking?
would like to

7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
current- Twin HP L1706 LCD's
soon- BenQ 24" & 1 of the HP's
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
next 30 days
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Need-
Sound, PS2 port, 4 USB ports +1 header
Want-
Dual IDE, 1394, 8 usb ports + 1 header, sound headers on mobo

Overall desires
I want to go with the Intel Q6600 or AMD 9350e and an asus mobo
I want a single card graphics solution that isn't a radeon 9800
dual DVI ouputs is ideal and I want to be able to run crysys/stalker/quake4 etc nicely on the 24" lcd
I'd like to have 2-4gb of ram,

 

[Actuary]

Q6600 - $190
Asus P5Q Pro - $100 after MIR
4 Gb (2x2) G. Skill DDR2 - $45
Xigmatek Coolor - $22 after MIR
EVGA GTX 260 (the older version, not core 216) - $220

Total - $577

Alternately, you could get

CPU - e8400 - $165
Vid Card - Sapphire 1gb 4870 - $275 after MIR

These 2 bump the total to $607 pretax and shipping.

There's also this 512mb 4870 for $260.

 

[Dangman]

Is your Truepower 2 making any sort of squealing noise or such? And how old is it?

I'm asking because the Truepower series were very well known for their above average failure rate. I think the last thing you'd want is that PSU dying and taking out the rest of your new parts.

 

[Actuary]

Is your Truepower 2 making any sort of squealing noise or such? And how old is it?

I'm asking because the Truepower series were very well known for their above average failure rate. I think the last thing you'd want is that PSU dying and taking out the rest of your new parts.

/Agree. I was tempted to include a new psu in the build I posted for you, but it definitely would put you over budget.

 

[jbmx4life]

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