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Originally Posted by merlin
What do you planning on doing with your system? One suggestion for your system to future-proof is to upgrade your vid card if you can afford it. I'd say a 9600 pro or 9600 xt would be decent. Go for a 9800 pro if you can afford it. Besides that, it seems like a well rounded system.
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I was about to comment on the same thing. That videocard you have is a piece of shit.
It's the usual default videocard from companies that sell custom built computers. They usually stick in the 256 MB version to make customers think their videocard is gonna haul ass. I suggest upgrading the videocard if you're gonna play games at all. Even old DirectX 7+8 games will have a hard time running with an FX 5200. If you do want to upgrade the videocard, just name a price range.
Secondly, I'd get more RAM. Get at least 768 MB if you can afford it.
Now, on to what your post is about
: putting it together! Good luck. I watched someone put a PC together from scratch before I tried putting mine together a few years ago. I did get mine together the first time I tried, but like I said, I saw someone else do it about two months before. If you are willing to put it together yourself, read the manual extensively if you have any questions and make sure to be careful. You're probably gonna have a ton of questions -- just ask here and we'll help you.
-Lasereth