1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Light gaming
Web browsing (with Dark Orbit being the most intensive thing)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500-600 tax and shipping included, slightly variable if shipping/tax puts it a little over $600.
3) Where do you live?
Missouri
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Since I'm getting tired of Black cases, so I have my eye on this case: SIGMA ZEN ZEN-WAR alpine rain blue
RAM ~4GB
Processor
NVIDIA Video Card (as this system will be running Linux dual-boot, and AMDs drivers are not as good for Linux, last I heard)
Power Supply (was eyeing Antec Neo Power 500)
Hard Disk
DVD DL burner, Blueray reader would be great
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Will be transfering over files and playing with OSes with a PATA 160GB from my last system, but will still need another drive. Peripherals like keyboards and mice will come along.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Probably not.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I intend to get a 22" widescreen monitor as my primary.
I might decide to play around with Future Pinball's arcade render mode in which case I'll have a secondary 19" 4:3 LCD
Depending on my brother, I might play with a 36" HDTV via HDMI and a 27" SDTV via component, so component out would be great to have in a card.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Very soon.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
I'd like a board with two independent PCIe x16 slots, so I can have an extra card for tertiary displays mounted in the case itself. Also needs PS/2 ports and one IDE at least.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes, Windows XP Pro and Linux
Thanks.