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:
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[*]Budget [b]$1250[/b](USD)
[*]I live in the US (near Washington, D.C.)
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I can reuse my:
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[*]Keyboard
[*]Mouse
[*]Speakers
[*]Monitor
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But I need new:
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[*]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
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(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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