• $1250 budget, no idea on what to get
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I've had my (pre-built) PC for around 6 years now, and I figure it's time to finally move on (and I'm tired of playing games on ultra-low settings). Because of their age, most of the parts will probably be unusable/ not worth keeping, and any upgrades I may have purchased were bought because they were cheap. (Current computer: Pentium 4 3.1GHz, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 160GB HD, 1920x1080 monitor, 9400 GT (EVGA) ) I do have my [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236053]ASUS VH222H (1920x1080)[/url] monitor, which I am planning on keeping. I am also planning on re-using my keyboard, mouse, and speakers, as they are still functioning quite well. My current hard drive is only 160GB, and has been full or near-full for the past few months, so I would like a new one. Additionally, my OS is Windows XP, and with this new computer I would like to have Windows 7. My optical drive still works, but I would prefer to get a new one. My current graphics card is not very good. I currently have 3GB of DDR2 RAM, so I'll probably need some new RAM as well. I have working speakers, but my sound card isn't doing very well. Most of the games I play are Valve (source) games. However, I do play other games as well. I live in the US. [b]Summary:[/b] Need a new computer: [list] [*]Budget [b]$1250[/b](USD) [*]I live in the US (near Washington, D.C.) [/list] I can reuse my: [list] [*]Keyboard [*]Mouse [*]Speakers [*]Monitor [/list] But I need new: [list] [*]Operating System: Windows 7 [*]Hard Drive: Minimum 500GB [*]Processor [*]Memory: At least 4GB [*]Sound card (Not too picky about this or the optical drive) [*]Optical Drive [*]Case [*]Motherboard [*]PSU [*]Anything else necessary that I haven't listed/ don't know about [/list] (Basically everything.) Any help would be appreciated, and as you may have guessed, this is my first time building a PC. Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions!
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