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 Member 14246 Level 8.68 Oct 2006 
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Mobo: $100 , Good enough to pick up a GA-P35-DS3L mobo, can't go wrong with it for the price RAM: $75 will get you 2GB easy. With MFR you can pick up descent ram for $25-30, 2x1024mb sticks PSU: I'd go a little higher in price.. like say about $80. A good PSU is always needed, especially with a descent video card and any overlocking. DVD-RW: I've seen descent ones floating around at $35 As for the Video card, a 3850 is probably your best bet then. A few places had them at $145 for awhile, but it's easy to find one at $159. The only things better would be the 3850 512mb version around $189, 3870 around $229, or 8800GT at about $245 (all approx prices i've seen). As always, you can find deals, such as the 3850 for $145, or the 8800GT I ordered a buddy for $205 on a boxing day sale. Jam it back in, in the dark. 
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Member 14246 Level 8.68 Oct 2006
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Depends what games you are playing, and on what monitor/resolution.
If you are playing Orange Box on a 19inch LCD monitor, the 3850 will blow the game away. The only time the 256mb vs 512mb of video memory comes into play is 1440x900+ resolutions. Heavier games though at higher resolutions will require the 3870 or 8800GT, but that is referring to crysis etc (which almost no card today can play well... 3 way 8800GTS SLI anyone?). There's nowhere I can't reach.
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Garret