My current one's actually fine, just that dad kinda stuffed up their computer (probably can be fixed, but I really can't be bothered with a Pentium 200MHz) and the rest of the family are trying to use mine (I must have my computer for at least 12 hours a day XD).

Anyway, that out of the way, I'm just planning to get a new computer and give them my current one (AthlonX2 4200+, 2x512M DDR500 RAM, 2x200GB SATA HDDs, NVIDIA 7800GT, onboard 7.1 audio) and get a new one for myself.
I don't really game much, so the build obviously isn't really focusing on that.  The main drain of system resources would probably be my video encoding.

Anyway, this is what I plan to get (prices are what I can get here in $AUD):

• Intel Q6600 QUAD CORE 2.4Ghz 8M CACHE1066 (G0 Stepping) [$195]
  
• Kingston DDR2 4(2x2G)PC6400 800Mhz - KVR800D2N5K2/4G [$85]
  
• Samsung 750GB 3.5" SATA II HDD 32M 7200rpm Hard Disk [$99]
  
• MSI GeForce 9600GT 512M DDR3 [$118]
  
• Omni ATX Midi towe case (1837) 500W Black [$69]
  
• Already have a DVD burner, will also be taking over my current TV tuner card
  

(total without motherboard: AU$566)

Haven't decided on a motherboard yet.  Probably going to go for a Intel P35 or later based chipset, probably a board from MSI or maybe ASUS.  Expecting price to be around AU$100.  If the board doesn't have onboard audio, I'll probably get the Creative SoundBlaster Audigy SE Sound Card 7.1 for $39.


Yeah, it's not really much of an upgrade, but what do you guys think/suggest?

(This post was last modified: 01/10/2008 05:49 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)