New Kit, Gaming Capable for 200 notes?

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I'm half heartedly thinking of an upgrade to my old shuttle system (x800 XT, 2500+ Athlon XP-M, etc).

I figured that I can reuse the IDE hard drive and DVD writer so that saves a little - so I'd need:

New Processor
New Motherboard
Case
PSU
RAM
Graphics Card

Ideally would like a smallish case, 2nd hand stuff is always an option!

... and how much could I get for the below to go towards my upgrade?
Shuttle SN45G (Athlon)
1Gb DDR Ram
XP-M 2500+
X800 XT AGP

Cheers!
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4650 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £49.99
(£57.49) £49.99
(£57.49)
**B Grade** Asus Vintage V3-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD Socket AM2 £39.99
(£45.99) £39.99
(£45.99)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £29.99
(£34.49) £29.99
(£34.49)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £19.99
(£22.99) £19.99
(£22.99)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.54) £16.99
(£19.54)
Akasa AK-862 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £7.99
(£9.19) £7.99
(£9.19)
Sub Total : £164.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £24.74
Total : £189.68

better going 2nd hand in my opinion
 
Yup, what i really wanted was a rough estimate of gaming-grade components (I haven't looked into PC parts for at least 3 years or more!).

E.g. I know that the 8800GT is a nice card which can be had for around 50 quid ish 2nd hand.

If the x800 XT supported the newer shader models then that'd be fine, but it doesn't unfortunately :( So I can't even play mass effect!
 
Nothing wrong with a good ol 16mb cache IDE hdd!

Surely spending 200 quid on dual core, gfx that supports shader model 3 would be better than my current setup?

Though I'm not a hardcore gamer, I still play quake3 haha. I want something that can play single player games (latest and greatest ones).
 
"Surely spending 200 quid on dual core, gfx that supports shader model 3 would be better than my current setup?"

Yes, but I think if you save up for a month more to get £300, £250, maybe even £230 there will be some quite noticeable benefits. :)
 
Saving isn't a problem, but having a wife is! :D

Just wanted to shift my old gear and spend roughly 100 quid in real money really!
 
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