please help me build a comp.

hey everyone,

im currently running a p4 3.2g w/ 2g ram and a x1800. back in its day it was pretty badass, but now.... uhg :)

can someone please help me build something on newegg? i used to love ati, but im not against going w/ an nvidia card. the computer doesnt have to look pretty at all, in fact i dont want a pretty one.

the limit is around $1,500. i have a few hard drives, a monitor, keyboard and speakers.

i have an x-fi for sound right now, should i just take it out and put it in the new comp?

please help :) i've been out of the hardware loop for a few years now.

thank you.

This would be a good starting point:

Infinity Blood Iron P35-T2RL http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136038

CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103052

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

DVD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151154

Game is starting got to go !!!!

is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017 better than http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115037 ? is it worth the extra 50?

linked i hope.

if you want raw power, I would go with the E8400 Wolfdale. The Q6600 is great if your a big multitasker but not many programs today are written to take full advantage of multi core processors. Actually both are pretty good multitaskers and overclockers. But the E8400 has the advantage of being able to do all of that and be cheaper.xwengstax

im not going to upgrade again for a while, so would it be smart to go for the quad as a new apps are sure to take advantage of it sometime?