Okay its been along time since ive upgraded my PC to really work with today's games & im looking to do so.

This is what im using ..... a alien ware PC bought in 2005

Motherboard: ? just note that its old lol.
CPU: Pen 4 Prescott.
Video Card: it was a NVIDIA 6500. it was up graded to a ATI Radeon HD 3850
Ram: 1gb . Now its 3gb

Now i wanna know if this CPU & MB is gonna be good enough for fallout 3 & the likes & would i have to upgrade my Video card to?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.524276

You would need to upgrade the Memory/CPU/Motherboard. And most likely the case is proprietary and wont fit that motherboard, so you may need a new case too.

okay but is that CPU & MB i linked okay or do i need something stronger?

No it would be fine, its a good combo. Just need to worry about the memory and the case then.

i have 3gb now.... to use 4gb i guess i gotta upgrade my OS to 7?

You would need a 64 bit OS to see all of the memory. And the memory you have now, is incompatible with the new motherboard. (You have DDR2/DDR and the new motherboard needs DDR3)

Okay here is what i got so far.... does it look good?

http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?submit=ChangeItem

No, it looks terrible! :laugh: Haha nobody but you can see in there, since its your shopping cart. Its on your account. To us, its just a blank page.

DOH i forgot about that lol.... Grand Total $420.93

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

(Combo Deal)

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

(Combo deal)

GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX

Looks good. What PSU do you have in your current PC? Is it standard ATX or a proprietary model?

Enermax... its never been replaced.

Ac power 460w..... it seems ill have to get a new one, damn this PC building is breaking my bank :cryvaultboy:

Well by googling it, it looks to be a standard ATX. Meaning you could take it out and place it in the new build. (But the age of the PSU and the brand I would get a new one. Just putting it out there that you should be able to place the old one in the new build. Possible, but not recommended)

what would be a good PSU to get that dont break the already broken bank? lol

something in the 750w range? lower, higher?

Well, brand is more important then Wattage. Corsair is a good brand I like to stick to. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&cm_re=650w_corsair-_-17-139-005-_-Product This is more than enough to power what you want, but it also lets you expand in the future.

thanks for the help.

Not really, though you wouldn't be able to use all of the 4 gig. You can put 4 gig into an XP machine but but it will only use up about 3.5 gig. So there'd still be a benefit to going with 4, but it would be rather marginal.

No problem, good luck with the build.