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 Member 1222 Level 37.11 Mar 2006 
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Well... you'll have to crack that Dell open to see what is standard and what is not. Fortunately I bet your HDD and your optical drive will be fine... and I'm almost certain that your RAM and any PCI cards will be good too. Your PSU? probably worthless to anything but a Dell.
If it were me I'd get an Antec case with one of their PSUs built in, because I've had nothing but good experiences. This Sonata is nice, but not so cheap. I mainly like it because it's helps to keep everything quiet, and it's got space to mount some really chunky fans. Almost any case from Newegg will do though. With regards to your motherboard and CPU, it is important to ask if you plan on gaming. If that's a no, or at least a "not seriously", then I suggest you go with an AMD CPU. If you plan to game, then you can only consider Intel Core 2 Duos, but that comes with a premium pricetag. The difference in performance is huge though. Jam it back in, in the dark. 
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Member 1222 Level 37.11 Mar 2006
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CPU Graphics Card Those three items would form the basis of a pretty decent gaming system. It won't be the best rig on the block, but it won't suck. In case you saw this post before I edited it, I've been having this conversation a few times recently, so I tried to cut and paste some recommendations from a thread elsewhere. Got the wrong ones, whoops. If you want to keep the price down, I'll have to find some alternatives though. Motherboard CPU Somewhat more reasonably priced. You've got the full range of options with any build. You can spend as much or as little as you like. There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Soluzar; Mar 25, 2008 at 05:50 PM.
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Member 1222 Level 37.11 Mar 2006
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Disregard all that. It's total overkill for the Sims 2. You can pay like half that and still run the Sims 2 just fine. I'm sorry, I was expecting you to want Crysis and whatever. Go for a cheap AMD. I'm sorry I misunderstood your needs so completely. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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