[spot]

Originally Posted by xioner oh and i forgot to mention that i would like to go for Dual screen so more ram would be needed and should i get vista or what?

No, XP and the graphics card's memory will be fine for dual screen. Tuning the operating system into a background zen trance is easier with XP than with Vista, the less the OS does the better.

In my opinion the cheap answer is to build a new machine from scratch every 18 months and give the old one - still a stunning piece of kit - to relatives. They'll all remember you in their wills, more than making up for the hardware costs. There'll be more interesting computers in your family. You'll have the perfect machine.

[xioner]

my friend is going to Las Vages in a month and im going beg him to get me some products from there since its much cheaper there.
So could anyone help me with the list of products that i should get monitor included ?

[andymac2k1]

if ur gettin a monitor make it an acer p223w its beautifull. best ive ever bought

[Carbon]

Okay, here's the deal.

You have a 350W PSU. It's also not going to be that great of a 350W PSU. Stuff it, buy a new one, 500W or over from a good brand.

You have a PCI-E slot, so pick up a 9500GT.

That should be about it. I'd grab some more RAM, preferably just buy two gigs and junk the generic stuff you probably got buying OEM.

[spot]

There's a wonderful phrase on the review I saw explaining why the 9500GT DDR3 variant is so desirable... "The 9600GT with 64 processors and 256-bit memory interface design, the overall performance of exceptional, but the price of 1,500 yuan listed from the user level there is still a certain psychological distance". The whole thing's here.

Presumably the higher-spec PSU might drag more air through the case, Carbon? I didn't see a figure for the power consumption of the card yet.

[xioner]

Getting the Coolermaster 690 Case

[Desertfish]

I'd go with Carbon's recomendations. That's all you need in order to upgrade your system at the moment. However, Spot was right too. If you use your system mainly for gaming (or if gaming is important) than you HAVE to upgrade your PC every 18 months or so. The only way you could stick it out with the same PC for 3+ years if you use it for word processing, DTP or if you're like me and play the same old games over and over again...