[geverett87]

so here's the deal, my old dell dimension 3000 is really starting to show its age, (2.8 P4, 2gb ram, 80gb hard drive, 256mb PCI xfx GeForce fx 5200).

Recently I've been going back and forth between building a new PC or buying a newer dell for $450 or so and adding a decent graphics card, ram and sound card. What would you guys suggest?

the most I've ever done is adding PCI cards and ram, so my experience is fairly low with PC hardware, but i am a quick learner, and build cars for a living, so i do know about wiring and tools.

Thanks for any responses!