I have that same case static, it pwns.

ugh, i figured someone would say that - no sense in getting a new monitor when i havent upgrade in 5 years...what do you think i could get for the $500 that i would have spent on the monitor? i already have a CRT, i just need a mobo, cpu, ram. how much of a stretch would my Radeon 9800 be if i wanted to play HL2, BF2, FEAR,etc? would i need a new vid card? i could possible toss in an extra $200. damn, its been too long - i havent followed the newer stuff lately, i dunno what i should get for my money..

my 9800AiW runs HL2 perfectly....... HDR.. or HDL lighting ?? maxed @ 1600x1200....

i dont know how to overclock stuff, im not that savvy..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822144415 hard drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824001228 Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813136152 mother board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814143048 video card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6836121130 Speakers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103562 Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811129155 Case + PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145505 RAM

so far how does it look?

Looks good.

I'd go for dual channel ram though

thx for the links, my main concern isnt necessarily the price, the choices you picked were a bit out of my range, although i havent factored in that i have a monitor, speakers etc. i just need

RAM
mobo
CPU

i have an 80gb RAID using a modified IDE card. these HDs are circa 2002 and so they dont have the extra buffer, all i know is that there are to 40gb 7200rpm EIDE drives. is it proper to assume i will need a new RAID as well if im going to get a mobo that has DDR RAM, is faster and has more capabilities?

how do you know which components will function properly with eachother? thats the hardest thing for me to understand...
thx for the replies fellas.

i got that card last night with my new system. rock:

i plan on buying this pc because i dont really feel like building one, [url:edd28]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16883102668[/url:edd28], i was just wondering which video card to get with it

Lot of motherboards have built in raid functions, if it runs off a raid card then it should install in the new mobo with no problem.

Depends on the amount you're willing to spend on a card.

under $200

Prolly this then

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130283

[quote="9mm BeRetTa":76540]Looks good.

I'd go for dual channel ram though[/quote:76540]
I was thinking about that. My question is: Is 2x 512 faster than 1 gB?

I need to upgrade my mobo and video card, and I'm having some trouble.

So far this video card seems pretty good...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814143050

but now I need help finding a good socket 775 mobo that supports pci-e and a bonus would be if t supported agp also.