Ahh, a new job brings back my love of PC hardware. 
Anyway, first here's my current system:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1600Mhz-and change
ATi Radeon 9600XT 128MB
256MB x 2 Geil Value DDR-400 (PC-3200)
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe (I love this board
)
Antec case with an Antec SL400 400w PSU
So anyway, here's what I'm thinking for a new system:
-AMD Athlon-64 X2 3800+ (939)
-ATi Radeon x1800xt 512MB
-512MB x 2 _________. I'm stuck here. What's the newest and best RAM to add to this kind of setup.. Obviously DDR2, but I need some more advice here
-No clue on a motherboard. I was leaning toward the Asus A8N-SLI... but I'm not running SLI. I'd like to stick with Asus, if possible. I'm sure they have some good 939 boards out.
-As for the case, I'd like to keep my current one, however I think my PSU needs to be changed. On top of it being kind of a beast (loud), I don't think the wattage is sufficient for all these new toys
I'm on a budget, but not a set one, if that makes any sense. I don't want to come out of this upgrade spending $3,000.. I'd like to keep it under $1,000 if possible.
Thanks in advance for your advice/support!
Chris
EDIT: The budget does not include a monitor, which I don't need. Still perfectly happy with my giant ViewSonic G90f
Anyway, first here's my current system:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1600Mhz-and change
ATi Radeon 9600XT 128MB
256MB x 2 Geil Value DDR-400 (PC-3200)
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe (I love this board
Antec case with an Antec SL400 400w PSU
So anyway, here's what I'm thinking for a new system:
-AMD Athlon-64 X2 3800+ (939)
-ATi Radeon x1800xt 512MB
-512MB x 2 _________. I'm stuck here. What's the newest and best RAM to add to this kind of setup.. Obviously DDR2, but I need some more advice here
-No clue on a motherboard. I was leaning toward the Asus A8N-SLI... but I'm not running SLI. I'd like to stick with Asus, if possible. I'm sure they have some good 939 boards out.
-As for the case, I'd like to keep my current one, however I think my PSU needs to be changed. On top of it being kind of a beast (loud), I don't think the wattage is sufficient for all these new toys
I'm on a budget, but not a set one, if that makes any sense. I don't want to come out of this upgrade spending $3,000.. I'd like to keep it under $1,000 if possible.
Thanks in advance for your advice/support!
Chris
EDIT: The budget does not include a monitor, which I don't need. Still perfectly happy with my giant ViewSonic G90f