i was looking into upgrading my current pc its premade by compaq its pretty good though has 1gb of ram amd athlon 64 3400+ processor and geforce fx 5600, but im lookin to upgrade to a real pc that i can build myself, i already have some plans but if you can top this build but for cheaper ill give you a creds - current in mind: MotherBoard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813136152 $128.00 Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103533 $201.00 Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811195002 $32.00 Sound Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102177 $29.00 Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102561 $194.00 Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820223020 $89.99 ------- $674.00 DVD Drive: Have one Hardrive: Have one Keyboard Mice: Have one
also im not sure what i might need like thermal paste or whatever you need to build a pc would appreciate if you could include all that stuff
if you have a 3400+ it isn't worth 200$ for a 3500+ since it's just a small amount of core architectural improvement. Sell your 3400+ to a friend and go for the 3700+ which has a meg of L2 cach ass opposed to 512kb. Mother board seems fine, you don't need a sound card though you have integrated sound. Also, you want dual channle ram, it effectively doubles your computers performance. DUAL CHANNEL RAM! DUAL CHANNEL RAM! DUAL CHANNEL RAM! DUAL CHANNEL RAM! DUAL CHANNEL RAM! so make sure you buy dual channel ram, it's similarly priced and is far more powerful interms of output, it's even single channel downgradeable.