got an idea
 

Ok how about this..if you all had $800 to get the following, what would you pick? I'm been concentrating on intel, as my friend its the best...he has a duo core amd and is not happy with its preformance. THERE IS NO NEED TO BE COMPATABLE WITH THE IDE DRIVES OF MINE....I'VE ALREADY ADMITED DEFEAT AND KNOW I'LL JUST HAVE TO GET SATA AND TRANSFER THE DATA OVER TO ANOTHER SATA DRIVE LATTER ON...


LIST:


CPU
CPU COOLER
THERMAL COMPOUND
MOBO
MEMORY 2 GIGS
VID CARD
SATA HARD DRIVE
CASE AND PSU



THATS IT....SO WHAT YA THINK?
I'M HALFWAY TEMPTED TO TOSS ALL MY CASH INTO THE PARTS AND LEAVE THE CASE OUT OF IT, AND JUST GET THE PSU, AND RUN MY SYSTEM THE WAY I DID TO A FRIENDS WHEN HE HAD NO CASH FOR THE CASE HE WANTED...WE JUST BUILT A WOODEN CASE TILL HE COULD AFFORD THE ONE HE WANTED...LOL...IT WAS MORE LIKE SEVERAL TEIRED SHELFS....:)


ALSO THIS IS NOT YELLING...IM TIRED, JUST GOT OFF OF WORK, AND MY EYES HURT...


LATTERS

personal choice:

- E6420 (nice stock speed, 4mb cache)
- Scythe Mine/Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro/ Coolermaster Hyper TX/... (good price/performance/noise balance)
- Any P35 chipset mobo with enough features will do
- PC2-6400 memory, cheapest with best warranty
- casual gaming €99 8600 GT -- hardcore gaming €250 8800 GTS 320Mb
- Any 500Gb HDD will do, longest warranty
- Seasonic or Seasonic Build PSU for good efficieny, case... too many to choose from;)

new build
 

ok how about this buiild? Though I'm still unsure about the cpu cooler and the memory choices...thanks again all for your help and advice....its been a steep learning curve for me, as I've just not paid attention to whats been going on with hardware for a very long time....

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CPU
$175.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115030

CPU COOLER:
$45.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106069

CPU THERMAL COMPOUND:
$5.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100007


MOTHERBOARD:
$99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...pk=GA-P35-DS3L


MEMORY:
$111.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220144

OR
$104.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034

OR THIS ONE THOUGH I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIGHT CLEARANCE
WITH CPU COOLER...

$122.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227231


HARD DRIVE:
$119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152052


VIDEO CARD: short term sale....hurry on this please
$155.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16814102067R


CASE:
$49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119106


CASE POWER SUPPLY:
$129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...sair%2b52 0HX