I've been on a old budget system for over 2 years now that I was forced to throw together out of random parts when my old one died as school was starting and I was pretty much broke and the PC is finally starting to show it's age very badly.
I am looking to upgrade/rebuild in the next couple of months into a decent/mid line system that will last for a couple of years like this one did at least.
My PC is mostly a multimedia oriented one, I'd like to play games but its usually not strong enough.
At the moment I have (will be thrown way at upgrade I assume)
Sempron 2600+ (1.8 GHz)
512 X 2 PC 2700
No Name Motherboard Board
GeForce 3
Also I have (can and probably will be reused)
19 inch lcd
mid tower case
2 * 250GB IDE Drives (one is dying though I'm pretty sure)
320GB IDE Drive
420 Watt 20+4 Pin Power Supply (no name came with the case so I'm not sure about using it in a new build)
Things I'd Like in my new System
PCI Express 16x support
256-512 MB Video Card
SLI Support not necessary but would be nice for future
2 IDE Slots
2 SATA Slots
4 Ram slots
Some OC possibilities
2 X 1GB Ram
80 GB SATA "System" drive
Have no preference to dual vs single core but ual will be better i assume down the line
For a budget I'd like to keep it around $600 for new components.
I don't need the best technology right now, just something that does well right now and will be ok for a couple of years.
Also a big benefit would be to be able to use something that can be upgraded later down the line, so when the socket is being phased out I can buy the best processor available for it and throw in more ram and get some more life out of the machine, so no socket 939 suggestions because that is a very dying breed from what I have read.
Thanks for your help.
I am looking to upgrade/rebuild in the next couple of months into a decent/mid line system that will last for a couple of years like this one did at least.
My PC is mostly a multimedia oriented one, I'd like to play games but its usually not strong enough.
At the moment I have (will be thrown way at upgrade I assume)
Sempron 2600+ (1.8 GHz)
512 X 2 PC 2700
No Name Motherboard Board
GeForce 3
Also I have (can and probably will be reused)
19 inch lcd
mid tower case
2 * 250GB IDE Drives (one is dying though I'm pretty sure)
320GB IDE Drive
420 Watt 20+4 Pin Power Supply (no name came with the case so I'm not sure about using it in a new build)
Things I'd Like in my new System
PCI Express 16x support
256-512 MB Video Card
SLI Support not necessary but would be nice for future
2 IDE Slots
2 SATA Slots
4 Ram slots
Some OC possibilities
2 X 1GB Ram
80 GB SATA "System" drive
Have no preference to dual vs single core but ual will be better i assume down the line
For a budget I'd like to keep it around $600 for new components.
I don't need the best technology right now, just something that does well right now and will be ok for a couple of years.
Also a big benefit would be to be able to use something that can be upgraded later down the line, so when the socket is being phased out I can buy the best processor available for it and throw in more ram and get some more life out of the machine, so no socket 939 suggestions because that is a very dying breed from what I have read.
Thanks for your help.
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