I currently have a Gateway Athlon 800 (cartridge style) P.C. I have upgraded bits and pieces of it over the past few years butt hink it is finally time for a new one. Pieces that I may use (but could be swapped out) are the Geforce 2 GTS 32 mb DDR Video Card, 30 gig HD (from Gateway) 20 gig IBM Deskstar (both HD's are 7200 RPM), Intelimouse Explorer, Logitec wireless keyboard, 19" monitor.

So far this is what I purchased:
ECS K7S5a Pro Motherboard - Newegg - $56

AMD Athlon 2000+ Retail - Newegg - $78

This Case - dealsonic - $39

All the prices were shipped. So far I have spent $173 which is not too bad. I currently have 512 megs of PC100 SDRAM to use for the time being until I can purchase some DDRAM. Also, I am debating on whether or not to get a new HD. My aunt gave me a Best Buy gift card for my birthday so I may use that to either buy RAM or a Maxtor Ultra 120 gig HD.

I thnk that is enough to get me started. I am not a hardcore gamer or an overclocker. I just want it for internet, photo editing and occasional gaming. Please give me any suggestions that you can. Thanks a lot