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[WordofGod]

I am looking to upgrade my wife's computer, which is mainly used for gaming and photo editing. I want to spend between $300-$400 for the motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Any suggestions are much appreciated.

 

[AntoneM]

if it's primarily a gaming machine, i'd like to know what GPU it's using, you may be able to save yourself the CPU and mobo upgrade and get a better GPU and still run games much faster that you currently do.

However, if I were to choose a mobo, cpu, RAM combo I'd go with an Nforce4/Nforce3 mobo (socket 939), AMD 64 3200 (Winchester core) and 1 GB of PC 3200 RAM; shouldn't cost more than $400

 

[WordofGod]

if it's primarily a gaming machine, i'd like to know what GPU it's using, you may be able to save yourself the CPU and mobo upgrade and get a better GPU and still run games much faster that you currently do.

However, if I were to choose a mobo, cpu, RAM combo I'd go with an Nforce4/Nforce3 mobo (socket 939), AMD 64 3200 (Winchester core) and 1 GB of PC 3200 RAM; shouldn't cost more than $400

She is currently using the GeForce FX 5900 128MB. That should be good enough for HaloPC. We are upgrading because her 1.5 gig celeron slows down way to much on the huge levels of Halo.

Where would you recommend that I purchase those items that you mentioned?

 

[AntoneM]

for a reliable site I'd choose Newegg/Chiefvalue (they're the same company but sometimes prices differ) or Zipzoomfly otherwise you could gamble with some of the sites on Pricewatch.com, not to indicate that all the sites on Pricewatch are a gamble, but some are.

 

[WordofGod]

Max, what do you think of these items I found and what would you upgrade?

EPoX "EP-8KDA3J" nForce3-250Gb Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL $72.75
Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200 - OEM $91.00
AMD Athlon 64 2800+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail $120.00

 

[WordofGod]

Where you go max?