Deciding on which old parts to keep

[paul6835]

I've got the following parts that were running on Vista and was about to order a Windows 7 OS. They were a pretty good midrange build 5 years ago. Computer keeps crashing, so I'm going to rebuild. I'm looking to spend $1000 or less including OS.

Whats a sensible approach here? My thought was to keep the PSU, GPU, Case, Heat Sink, the HDDs for bulk storage and buy a SSD for OS, replace motherboard & processor & memory. Thoughts?

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Components:

MB: P5B Deluxe <- I have my suspicions this has issues but won't know until I get new OS, may be driver issues, corrupted OS, who knows
CPU: intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz / 4mb L2,
Intel heat sink and fan
PSU: AX450 PN (450W)
GPU: Radeon XT1900 XTX
HDD: 2 Barracuda 7200.10 @ 320GB & 250GB
Memory: 2 x Corsair DDR2 6400 800Mhz / 1024 MB 5-5-5-12
CD/DVD R/W drive that doesn't get used much
Case: Coolermaster case that I like and works
24" monitor
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Usage: some amatuer photo editing, light gaming, web.

 

[mfenn]

Honestly, I think the only things worth keeping are the case, monitor, and optical drive (only if it's SATA). Those HDDs are tiny and slow by modern standards and could easily be replaced by a single 1TB-2TB drive.

Here's what I would do:
i5 760 + GA-P55A-UD3 combo $300 AR
G.Skill DDR3 1333 4GB $46
GTS 450 $95 AR
Corsair Force 60GB $116 AR - Sandforce, cheap AR
Samsung F4 2TB $100
Antec Neo Eco 400W $30 AR
Total: $687 AR

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

WOW!!! I KNEW there were still a few 1900XTX's in the wild, i think i still have mine!