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So as you can see, my desktop is dead... totally dead. I don't want to get into the nitty gritty of how it happened, but the end result, I'm fairly certain, is a dead motherboard. So apparently, I'm now in the market for a new computer. I'd been planning on building a new computer this year anyway, so what the heck.
I've been looking around at what I wanted to do, and found this bad boy on Tom's Hardware. The only problem is that I'd really like to recycle some of my current stuff (case, hard drives, DVD), and with this particular project it doesn't look like that's possible. That and it apparently has a slew of technical issues. So I've decided to come to you, our readers, for some help.
What do you think I should use to build my new computer, keeping in mind these constraints:
I'd like to keep it to $1,000 or less.
I'd like to keep my case, power supply, harddrives and CD/DVD drives, maybe even the memory if possible.
I'd rather avoid doing any sort of heavy lifting beyond the putting together of components and such. I've built tons of computers, but I don't want to start cutting sheet metal or soldering shit.
The main thing I need suggestions for are the motherboard, CPU and graphics card... I think.
