Need advice for upgrading my PC - please

[Bongbuster]

I currently have the following system

generic mother board
amd2500 cpu (64bit)
raedon 9600pro graphics card
1 gig kingston ram
audigy zs sound card
NEC dvd burner/player
creative inspire 5700 5.1 digital speakers
19" widescreen benq monitor

What i'll be replacing and need suggestions for are
-mother board
-cpu
-ram
-graphcs card
-case and power supply

What i'm after is a system that can play all the latest games and will be able to play starcraft II when it comes out. I don't want top of the line because its a waste of money. Basically the cheapest quality system that will meet recommended requirements.

Please give me your advice on what i should get

 

[HookeyStreet]

I currently have the following system

generic mother board
amd2500 cpu (64bit)
raedon 9600pro graphics card
1 gig kingston ram
audigy zs sound card
NEC dvd burner/player
creative inspire 5700 5.1 digital speakers
19" widescreen benq monitor

What i'll be replacing and need suggestions for are
-mother board
-cpu
-ram
-graphcs card
-case and power supply

What i'm after is a system that can play all the latest games and will be able to play starcraft II when it comes out. I don't want top of the line because its a waste of money. Basically the cheapest quality system that will meet recommended requirements.

Please give me your advice on what i should get

TBH, with what your replacing, your actually building a new PC, not upgrading your old one

The best thing would be to sell your current system and put the money towards a totally new one (keeping back the monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers etc)

Whats your budget going to be, let us know this then we can help

PS: never go by the 'recommended requirements' of a game! 90% of the time its BS and you will need a lot powerfuller PC to run the damn thing!

 

[Siluro]

mb with am2 socket (something with nforce 550 chipset) by gigabyte or asus (80$)
amd athlon64 x2 4200+ (85$)
2 x 1gb ddr2 800mhz ram (80$)
sapphire radeon x1950 gt/pro with 256/512mb ddr3 ram (135-160$)
case & psu to ur taste
about 400$ altogether

 

[Bongbuster]

TBH, with what your replacing, your actually building a new PC, not upgrading your old one

The best thing would be to sell your current system and put the money towards a totally new one (keeping back the monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers etc)

Whats your budget going to be, let us know this then we can help

PS: never go by the 'recommended requirements' of a game! 90% of the time its BS and you will need a lot powerfuller PC to run the damn thing!

Thanks for the tip.

Yup build a new system would be more accurate.

So what would you recommend as a new system given that i will keep the monitor, hard disk, sound card and speakers?

 

[Bongbuster]

mb with am2 socket (something with nforce 550 chipset) by gigabyte or asus (80$)
amd athlon64 x2 4200+ (85$)
2 x 1gb ddr2 800mhz ram (80$)
sapphire radeon x1950 gt/pro with 256/512mb ddr3 ram (135-160$)
case & psu to ur taste
about 400$ altogether

Thanks, the price sounds reasonable.

With dual cpu, do you need any special cooling system or fans?

I'll look up those components and see what they are like.

 

[keakar]

select the top of the line everything in every catagory then get the next best thing to that in each catagory, dont buy the #1 buy the #2 best there is. this will give you what you are asking for and save you as much money as is reasonable to expect to play the latest games.

 

[Bongbuster]

Bump

Any more suggestions anyone?