Building a New PC

I have been a user for 10 years. I am now running a 486 Dell XP T500, 11Gig
Hard Drive, 256k Ram, Win 98 SE. It's old. I want to build a HUMMER and use
some of my old hardware if possible. I have a 21" Trinitron Monitor and have a
Altec Lansing ADA 880 Dolbyy Digital Multi-channel surrond sound speaker system.
I would like to spend $500 to $600, but am not Geek enough to know what components to buy that would give the most bang for the bucks.
Help!!!!!
JD

 

Hi and welcome to MajorGeeks.

You can't, and certainly shouldn't, use any of your old hardware. (apart from things like monitor and speakers etc) It's not really compatible with modern stuff.

What do you use the PC for?

 

My wife, less than novice computer user, has a greeting card program that she uses almost daily for making GREAT looking cards to send to her friend.
I use it for E-mails, I watch DVD's on it, my 21" Trintron, I have the sound system with the subwoofer that makes it a great experience. I also do some graphics work, buisness cards and I did at one time make a layout for a company newspaper on it. I occasionally play a game or two, but I am not an online gamer. I also love to load photos of my grandkids and play and print them.
I have a TV tuner in my machine now, but I did not get great reception with rabbit ears and have yet to hook a line from my direct tv dish to it but that is a future possibility.
Jd

 

I have used a computer for many years. I got a motherboard from a frienf, and got back
my first mimi tower from my first 286 computer. I have a 150 watt power supply from another geek friend and now I need 1-video card, 2-cd/dvd read-write drive 3- ram, 4-a
hard drive....
I think????

 

Sorry,
I do not do heavy gaming, mostly e-mail, making photos of grandkids, and mp3's.