looking to buy a pc in the 800-1000 dollar range, need lots of help

[BBBworship]

hi im new to the forum, as well as a noob when it comes to hardware and the like. im interested in a good gaming pc, and was wondering if i should purchase a brand desktop or build my own using seperate parts. i have a 9600xt radeon on this old one im using right now, so thats another thing that i consider a factor as far as the build your own vs. store-bought comp goes. would somebody mind helping me?

 

[XHotxEx791]

Okay. Ill help. All costs from newegg.

ASPIRE X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-AL Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply-57
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Socket 939 Processor-146
Arctic SIlver Premium Photosynthetic Silver Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5-8
DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard-198
Corsair XMS 1GB (2x512)PC3200DDR RAM 3200C2PT-121
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST380817AS 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive-62
NEC Beige IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A BG-41
Microsoft Windows XP Home w/Service Pack 2-92
Mitsumi USB2.0 Digital Card Reader/Writer W/FD INTERNAL, Model FA404A/404M-20
eVGA 6600GT 128MB DDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/Dual-DVI-169
3x Antec LED80XFAN 80mm Blue LED Light Cooling Fan-24
THERMALTAKE Silent PurePower TT-420AD(DUAL FAN) ATX 420W Power Supply 115/230 V-37
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Edition-113
Better to build if you have time. Cost so far around 1000ish.
Roger

 

[Praetor]

hi im new to the forum, as well as a noob when it comes to hardware and the like. im interested in a good gaming pc, and was wondering if i should purchase a brand desktop or build my own using seperate parts. i have a 9600xt radeon on this old one im using right now, so thats another thing that i consider a factor as far as the build your own vs. store-bought comp goes. would somebody mind helping me?

AMD Athlon64 3200+ [OPN ADA3200DAA4BP] $190
MSI Neo4 Platinum $125
OCz ValueSeries 2x512 PC3200 CL2.5 $80
Hitatchi 160GB 8MB $75
XClio 450BL 450W PSU 12V32A $50
LiteOn 52x32x52 $20
LiteOn 16X DVDROM $20
FujiPlus 6600GT 128MB $155
Subtotal = $620

You can keep or upgrade the videocard if you'd like

THERMALTAKE Silent PurePower TT-420AD(DUAL FAN) ATX 420W Power Supply 115/230 V-37

At 18A its on the low end of PSUs and for not-much-more you can get a much more solid PSU (and since yer upgrading from a case-PSU you might as well upgrade to a real PSU)