Pointless downgrade?

[eggcream]

Wondering if I would be inadvertently downgrading myself if I bought a bare bones from newegg put my 2gigs of ram, 8600gt and 2.8 dual core into it to replace a about 3 year old Dell system. I figure the only real difference in it would be the Mobo and power supply. I don't really know much about Mobo's or how to compare then aside from the simple things like what type of processor and ram they support. Only reasons I'm considering this is because the case I have now has bad airflow and as you may know Dell mounts all the power supply wires to the case and has pointless little extras in the case, making it hard for further upgrades. Also the power supply is small (350w) witch is forcing me to have my two CD drives disconnected so my TV tuner card gets enough power.

 

[Invisible]

I would buy a decent cheap psu
what 2.8 dual core do you have?

 

[eggcream]

its an Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz dual core.

 

[Poizen22]

how much are you willing to spend in upgrades? if u give us a bit of a budget im sure we can come up wit a good upgrade line up for you. and if ud liek to stick to intel or amd.

 

[eggcream]

I'd say my budget is about $200 I know thats not much to work with but I've seen bare bones that will support everything I'm trying to put into it for under that but not sure if that's going to downgrade me, with is why I'm posting

 

[thirdshiftdj]

200 for a board and case is a good budget to buy things w/. You can get a cheap p35 for 90 bucks and maybe
Newegg.com - SILVERSTONE Kublai Series KL01B-W Black Aluminum front panel, SECC body ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Edit: Crap nvm I forgot you need a psu too.
Newegg.com - FSP Group SAGA+ 450R ATX12V 450W Power Supply 100 - 240 V NEMKO, TUV, CSA, IEC, UL, CE - Retail
Newegg.com - ABIT IP35-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
or
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
200 total

 

[Poizen22]

thats actuall ya really low budget and ya you probably would be down grading abit, try to save about 400$ and you can get a great upgrade.

 

[Trotter]

Actually, DJ's setup is a good one, considering you will be re-using your parts. An upgrade is just that, an upgrade. If you were building new it would be different.

Plus, you could later upgrade to a C2D later on, as that mobo can handle up through a quad.

 

[eggcream]

Sorry if this sounds noobish, C2D?

 

[NightSurge]

Intel Core 2 Duo.