Have a XP system that is about 7 years old. Looking to change out the Motherboard, video card, memory, and CPU with these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131701 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148466 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 Total is $915. Looking to get windows 7 so now I am over 1000. Do you guys think I am better off just switching out those parts or going to best buy and buying something "similar" like http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pa...rive/2834076.p?id=1218354838662&skuId=2834076 Or if you have another idea I am open for suggestions. Computer is for trading and gaming. Nothing too serious in the gaming but needs to support the new Star Wars Old Republic
I built my own trading computers( 2 of them) so obviously Im biased. In terms of the video card, a better deal would be this 4 DVI quad card for under $200 You can start out using 2 monitors and easily expand to 4 without needing to buy another vid card http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Rad...UTF8&coliid=I14GJR418L8UB2&colid=LB5S5WGWZA3S
I would also buy a new drive for your OS. Can't see having all that new cool stuff and some old clunky drive.
You're replacing all but the case and power supply... effectively buying a new computer. For $1000-ish range... 1. If you're not going to BIY, check out ibuypower.com as a reference for price. If you're going to trade with >2 monitors, the mobo is important.... something with X58, P67, or Z68 chipset and at least 2 PCIEx16 slots (nearly all will). 2. Keep abreast of good deals on Dell's Outlet site... specifically for Precision T3500, ONLY... no other models. (Yesterday they had one with Xeon W3530 CPU... and excellent trading machine... for $599.) For gaming, choose a video card with enough horsepower. 3. Don't bother going to Best Buy. Unlikely they will have anything good for trading... or if they do, it will be an overpriced gaming machine.