I probably should just go this route and ghost my hard drive on to this one. I could always put this new HD I bought in it too and have other systems I could slap the smaller one I am running in as well.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...Tab=2&NoMapp=0

 

Or even this doesnt look to bad on the cheap and better than I have

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...722255&CatId=0

Except add another $150-$200 for video card.

 

Cheapoer alternative, won't have the upgrade paths.

motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130526 62.99 (onboard video and sound 2gb max memory)

cpu:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103606 120.00 (same cpu I have essentially)

memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141307 81.50 (1 1gb stick)

Total and you'll have a "good enough" video to start out with, 264.50 and you might be able to use your old power supply on it. Though for $30 I'd go ahead and get the 500 watt I posted. This is a micro ATX board but it should fit in your old case. If not, well, cases aren't that much if you go basic.

 

LOL, that's the small version of the case I have. It has a decent power supply in it. I'm not a fan of the sempron though. It's like the cheapo pentium. For a few extra bucks the athalon 64 is much better.


"f you're looking for the ultimate gaming machine—something that's wicked fast and totally reliable, look no further"

 

If nothing else I've got a micro case siting in the attic needing a new MB. I can't remember what all it has. It was gave to me 3 or 4 years ago I messed with it for a couple of days tried different power supply and couldnt get bios to even flicker. Didn't have a use for it so put it away incase I ran across somebody who did.

Yea I seen that to and had to laugh.
Slight over marketing.

 

That micro atx motherboard I posted has a 24 pin power supply hookup FYI.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812201001

edit: oh and it's AGP, doh, no it's pci-e

 

disregard my agp comment, it's pci-e I got confused with another board.

 

That one's not too bad. Not big in the memory dept, but can be fixed. Has optical drives you probably don't need, but does come with a SATA drive wich is nice. Appears to have onboard video so, very close to the cheaper alternative I posted just a 939 version of it. Overall a faster board and processor than the cheap alternative I put up.

 

I like this one.....
I've got one more store I didn't get to yesterday, I'll run by there tomarrow after work. I didn't find anything better yesterday so likely that I'll be going with this exact set up. Upgradeability isn't a big concern, I'll run it a year or two (as long as it all last that long) then buy new again.

 

Well, somehting have happened and I dont want ot spen money to upgrade right now. I may need it to eat soon.
But browesing thru the Nvidia website I ran across a site they vend to called zipzoomfly.com.

There I found this barebones...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=150946

Now I can't tell if this comes with CPU or not.
If you have time look it over and see if there is anything that I may need in the next year, that it doesn't have.

But for this price I may buy 3 or 4 and sell the rest.