Time for an upgrade...

[gazzman]

What do ya think? I can do this for less then C$1000! Not bad, eh?

Kingston Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 x 512MB)

2 - Seagate / 80GB / 7200 / 8MB / SATA-150 / OEM / Hard Drive with NCQ RAID 0

ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB and 400Watt Power Supply -Black

Asus A8V Deluxe VIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / AGP 4X/8X / Audio / Gigabit LAN / Serial ATA / RAID / USB 2.0 / Firewire

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ / 512KB Cache / 2000 MHz FSB / Socket 939 / Processor with Fan

I'll use my existing ATI 9600XT and Audigy 2. Hehehehe! Time for an upgrade!

[Amarsaudon]

Memory - I have the same memory, Love it to death. Economical, and preforms like nothing else in its price category. I definately suggest it

Hard Drives - I've never been a Seagate man, but to each his own (I love my IBM, so Hitachi it is )

Case- Couln't care less, front usb is nifty though

Motherboard - Typing this on that mobo now, I'm simply in love. she's a beaut, more toys then I'll ever need or use. Nice twin onboard raid cards as well.

Processor - I'm on that processor now as well, and god I love it. I have it water cooled (never tried it with the fan), and I have overclocked it up to 10% through Asus's "AI" over clocking thing, and it remained stable and cool. Not much else to say, I'm impressed.

I have to say, I would be tempted to delve into Asus's new SLI technology if I could go back in time, but then you would need one (preferably 2) PCI-X video cards, and I could completely see that being veiwed as simply impracticle if you're on a budget.