Upgrading my computer and digital camera on a budget, ideas?

[highlanderfil]

OK, I hope this isn't offtopic, I just didn't want to post separate hardware questions in different forums and clog them up. Here's what I have in my comp right now:

Antec clone 1040 case (power supply: 420)
Athlon 1700+
Gigabyte (Via chipset) 7DX+ motherboard
Volcano 7+ (loud as hell) cooling fan
various other cooling fans that might make more noise than sense
ATI 9500 Pro
Audigy2 Platinum
Plextor 708a
DVD drive
80 gig HD (Seagate)
various other stuff that I don't think is relevant to my question

also: Fuji FinePix 2650

MOST IMPORTANTLY - TO SPEND: $400 plus whatever money I can recover by selling the case with PS, mobo, cpu and cooler, as well as the digital camera. So about $550 if I'm lucky

Here's what I want:

New case
New PS (obviously)
New mobo
New processor
New digital camera
If I can't make it all within the budget, I'll can the digital camera idea. Basically, that purchase will be made (or not) last with what money I have left.


I know the case I want. It's the CoolerMaster WaveMaster...with PS about $200 (cheaper if I can find a coupon/pm deal)
Now my question is this:
What processor/mobo should I get so that they would be up to par with my aforementioned components? A year and a half passed since I'd built this thing, so I am out of touch with prices and such...ideally I would like to stay within the original 400 bucks on case/mobo/cpu/cpu cooler. One thing I'd like is for my resulting machine to be reasonably well cooled (water cooling might be too complicated and expensive, I'm guessing) and not as loud as this one...or is heat no longer that much of an issue with new processors? These older Athlons run hot as hell, let me tell ya...
And since I'm spending whatever money left on a digicam (if a right camera might come along with coupon/pm/rebate, I might bump up the budget), I am looking for: decent zoom (3x or greater); ability to shoot video with sound and 3+ megapixels. MSRPs on all these are higher than my remaining budget, but we are all dealseekers .

Send me your thoughts!

Thanks!!!!!


EDIT: OH YEAH!!! I NEED A MOBO THAT IS BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE WITH PC2100 DDR RAM!!!!

 

[highlanderfil]

Reading good things about the Canon A60...

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: highlanderfil
Reading good things about the Canon A60...

Very solid camera. A lot of users on here have it and like it a lot. I have the Canon A300 3.2MP and it works very nicely also except it doesn't have any optical zoom.

 

[highlanderfil]

OK, the camera is set...the other parts now?

 

[klah]

I thought the A60 was 2.0MP and the A300 has no zoom? Did you pick one of those?

So if you want the Wavemaster w/ PSU $200 and have already decided on which camera $?, how much is left for mobo/cpu?

 

[highlanderfil]

Well, I am not buying now...waiting for a good deal to come along...$150-200 for mobo/cpu?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: highlanderfil
Well, I am not buying now...waiting for a good deal to come along...$150-200 for mobo/cpu?

nf7-s and a 2500+

 

[ZL1]

buy.com has 2 great deals on cheap cameras
canon a300 and kodak cx6330 for 160 AR


D

 

[highlanderfil]

OH YEAH!!! I NEED A MOBO THAT IS BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE WITH PC2100 DDR RAM!!!!

 

[ZL1]

Originally posted by: highlanderfil
OH YEAH!!! I NEED A MOBO THAT IS BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE WITH PC2100 DDR RAM!!!!

oh yeah that would be about any ddr mobo out there


D

 

[highlanderfil]

oh, alright

 

[highlanderfil]

OK, so:

CPU: 2500+
MoBo: nf7-s
Digital: a60
Case: WaveMaster

Now...any combo cpu/mobo or any other deals out there??

 

[highlanderfil]

mobo question...how is the MSI K7N2 Delta-L (nForce2 Ultra 400)?

 

[highlanderfil]

Bump

 

[highlanderfil]

Scored the MSI MSI K7N2 Delta-L...I know one of the guys on Sharky's said it was crap, but the price was right ($75) and I never really found out why it was crap...plus a friend of mine who's had experience building a couple of computers already said it wasn't all that bad. I am guessing it's crap for OC? Anyways, I also got a 2700+ (thank you Staples, for not having either the 2500+ or the 2600+ in stock), so after PM and coupon @ Staples over the phone (took me 2 calls) it ended up costing me $170. Looking @ the WaveMaster and the Lian Li 6070 now, can't seem to find either one with PS under $200, but since my budget just got another $100 injection, I might not need to. Probably going to get CoolerMaster's Jet cooler, it's pretty quiet. There's a Xaser case (well, couple of them, actually) on eBay that I might get, if the price stays right (around $120).