What should I buy...

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Karant

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Alright, now that I don't have a computer anymore, and a few decent components, I want to get a whole computer built for myself again.

Currently Owned Parts:
Albatron 6600 GT (AGP 8x/128 MB)
120 GB Western Digital 8MB 7200 RPM IDE HDD
2 x 512 MB DDR 400 OCz Premiere Dual-Channel Kit

Parts I Need:
CPU
ATX Motherboard
ATX PSU
ATX Case

Am Interested In:
Cooler Master Centurion 530 - $104.95 at CBIT
Intel Penitum 4 3.0GHZ with HT socket 478 800mhz Prescott E
MSI 856PE Neo2 P Series w/ Core Cell 2x SATA 2x IDE 1x floppy connector GB LAN 478 - $220 USED

What should I buy? Am I interested in good deals?

Thanks, any consideration is appreciated.
 
You need to give more information than that for us to help you.

1) What do you want to use the PC for? Gaming?

2) What is your budget?

I wouldn't get a Pentium 4, I would get an Athlon64 because they perform better in more cases and are cheaper than Pentiums.
 
I have low budget as always and I want a good system to run solely Battlefield 2.
 
I recommend the AMD Athlon64 processor. I got a 3500+ a year ago and it's great. I also got the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinium motherboard which is very good. I paid alot for my 3500 processor but they have gone down in price ALOT over the past year. You might want to get what I got, I did a lot of research when I bought mine.

As for PSU and case.... I bought both the PSU and case together as 1 bundle. I picked a nice Antec tower which came with a good Antec true power 430W PSU.

Here is a review on the Antec PSU http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1287&page=2 Page 2 and 3 should be of interest.

So that is what I recommend for you.

What would I do in your situation? Well since you are buying a new motherboard, I would sell that 6600gt on eBay and get a PCI-Express card and motherboard as I wouldn't be happy with a 6600gt card, but that's just me and you did mention your on a small budget.
 
Or consider something like this (newegg link for info, I'm sure you can find it somewhere locally). It will let you use your current vid card now, while allowing for an upgrade to a PCIe later without the need for a mobo change. Will support a cpu upgrade card down the road too. Here is the ongoing info thread about the board with trouble, tips, and such.

::edit::
this is a s939 A64 board with support for AM2 in the future.

 
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