Upgrading computer!

[andyv0x]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
School and light gaming (LoL, CS:S, Maplestory)

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
~$300, excluding tax/shipping.

3) Where do you live?
Los Angeles, CA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
motherboard, psu, case.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe
GeForce 8800GTX
4GB RAM - PC6400
250GB Seagate HDD
Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Rev 2
DVD drive
Windows 7 OS

6) Will you be overclocking?
If necessary or recommended, yes.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
22" LG monitor

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Before Summer ends!

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
SATA, 4 RAM slots, PCI-E

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Windows 7 64-bit.

 

[HardwareGuru]

This will do

GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P43 for $79.99 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128380

Antec Three Hundred Illusion + Antec Earthwatts EA650 both for $114.98 ($15 MIR on psu)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.432087

Total: $194.97
Tax: $19.01
Shipping: $11.92
Grand Total: $225.90

Or, forget about that dual core E6300 cpu at 1.86ghz and get this

Antec Three Hundred Illusion + Antec Earthwatts EA650 both for $114.98 ($15 MIR on psu)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.432087

AMD Athlon II X3 440 Rana 3.0ghz + ASUS M4A785 both for $127.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.436270

Total: $242.96
Tax: $23.69
Shipping: $11.92
Grand Total: $278.57

 

[E4g1e]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
School and light gaming (LoL, CS:S, Maplestory)

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
~$300, excluding tax/shipping.

3) Where do you live?
Los Angeles, CA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
motherboard, psu, case.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe
GeForce 8800GTX
4GB RAM - PC6400
250GB Seagate HDD
Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Rev 2
DVD drive
Windows 7 OS

6) Will you be overclocking?
If necessary or recommended, yes.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
22" LG monitor

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Before Summer ends!

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
SATA, 4 RAM slots, PCI-E

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Windows 7 64-bit.

Actually, what you originally want is no upgrade at all. In fact, it is merely a parts replacement for a failed motherboard, a shitty PSU and a cramped case - or (more likely) you have all of those spare parts just laying around and want to build a system based on those core components (in other words, you have no spare case, PSU or motherboard). In other words, you're keeping the exact same core components, such as the CPU, GPU, memory and hard drive. Thus, don't consider that an upgrade at all - but instead, it is actually almost the exact same system in a new shell.