gettin a new desktop

[hallwagner]

Discontinued?It's anything but.
Besides,on Amazon it's still sold within the $50-70 range.No need for $150-400 Graphics Card,a $50-70 one that can alreadly handle just about anything is more than enough.

Just trying to save Hallwagner over there some money,I went through this whole thing myself last year.

i've gotten the setup to a little under 1000

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H LGA 1156 H55 ATX Motherboard
ram: OCZ Technology Gold Series XTC Cooler 4GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10666) Dual Channel Memory Kit (Two 2GB Memory Modules)
graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX460 SuperClocked PCIe 2.0 x16 Graphics Card
optical drive: gettin a used 1 from my friend
monitor: Acer G215HAbd 21.5" Widescreen LCD
processor: Intel Core i5 650 3.2GHz Processor Boxed
keyboard: Adesso Desktop Multimedia Keyboard
hard drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
case: Thermaltake Armor A90 ATX Mid Tower Case
power supply: OCZ Technology ModXStream Pro 700W Modular ATX Power Supply
all for $1025.98

[StarsMine]

Hall did I not already say go for a p55? its the only mobo that supports sli in the 1156 socket. even if its $20 more get it as the fermi scales amazingly in sli. If you dont want to sli get a cheaper PSU because that is OC.

What I mean is you will be able to get a second 460 gtx (get the one gig, its awesomer) in 2 years for like 100 (and give your fps a 90% increase ) instead of spending 200 again for a brand new GPU

[Fluffy Frufflebottoms]

i've gotten the setup to a little under 1000

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H LGA 1156 H55 ATX Motherboard
ram: OCZ Technology Gold Series XTC Cooler 4GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10666) Dual Channel Memory Kit (Two 2GB Memory Modules)
graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX460 SuperClocked PCIe 2.0 x16 Graphics Card
optical drive: gettin a used 1 from my friend
monitor: Acer G215HAbd 21.5" Widescreen LCD
processor: Intel Core i5 650 3.2GHz Processor Boxed
keyboard: Adesso Desktop Multimedia Keyboard
hard drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
case: Thermaltake Armor A90 ATX Mid Tower Case
power supply: OCZ Technology ModXStream Pro 700W Modular ATX Power Supply
all for $1025.98

To give you a pre-built alternative, check out this.

Same motherboard, same processor, slightly smaller case (A60, as they don't carry the A90,) 4 GiB of better DDR3-1666 memory, a better video card (EVGA GTX460 1 GiB,) same size hard drive, a better power supply (Corsair CMPSU-650TX,) and optical drive, keyboard, mouse included. Comes assembled and delivered with a three year warranty on the whole thing for $799. The monitor you picked is $150, so with that system, and the same monitor, you'll get a better computer with a better warranty for around $100 less, and you don't have to deal with the hassle of assembly and dead parts.