New system suggestions

Planning on replacing an old HP. Indications are this one was used by Moses.
System is at stage it simply has chronic problems, so much so I hang out here more than any other site. At this rate MG is going to list me persona non grata just to allow someone else a chance too get help.

I am listing what I have below. Not sure it will mean anything helpful, but just in case...
We play some games, none of the high power needs one requiring sophisticated gaming systems.
I publish an in-house newsletter with MS Publisher and do a good amount of net surfing and emailing for researching.
I use Win 7, plan on going to Win 8 with new system. I use AT&T UVerse and wifi to my computer (one room to an adjacent one). My email is Thunderbird.
I would like to get some suggestions/ideas on what to look for and or get. I plan on getting a PC clone.
One primary factor I must adhere to is cost. I am retired Army on a quasi fixed income. So money is not an issue, it is the issue 'cause I ain't got any.
My experience/skill level is moderate.


System Model
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 2/5/2015 11:23:17 AM
Boot Mode: BIOS (Secure Boot not supported) Hewlett-Packard HP dx5150 SFF
System Serial Number: 2UA7040F08
Asset Tag: 2UA7040F08
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded Board: 09AC
Bus Clock: 199 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 1.18 08/01/2006
Drives Memory Modules c,d
79.92 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
52.05 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

OPTIARC DVD-ROM DDU1678A ATA Device [Optical drive]
Floppy disk drive

SanDisk Cruzer USB Device (8.00 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 4C532000030926123153, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD800JD-60LSA5 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAM9JD64504, rev 10.01E03, SMART Status: Healthy 3136 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A3' has 1024 MB

ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series [Display adapter]
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series Secondary [Display adapter]
Acer X203W [Monitor] (20.0"vis, s/n ETLAN0802484304BE64200, October 2008)

If I forgot something or need to furnish more, please let me know.

Thanks,all

Sarge:cool

 

What price range?

 

< $650 -
No monitor, printer needed

Tnx,
Sarge

 

How about something like this?

the only thing missing is the OS and DVD drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2008544

Intel Core i5 4440 Haswell 3.1GHz Quad-Core CPU
MSI B85 MOBO
ZOTAC GTX 750 1GB
HyperX Fury 8GB MEM,
WD 1TB HDD
Kingston V300 120GB SSD
Rosewill 500W PSU
DEEPCOOL Tesseract Case

589.99


Will be quite speedy and can do some decent gaming (not super heavyweight though).

Alternatives:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2072520

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2097025

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2188000


Whatever you choose, I advise 8GB + for ram and an SSD.

They require assembly, but its pretty straightforward.

If you want something built ( none of these have SSDs):

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9167357&CatId=2627 (12GB of ram, read up on removing superfish, however)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8947746&CatId=2627 (scratch and dent discounted)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9418469&CatId=2627 (Optiplex is a workstation model; less bloat, more reliable than consumer models, I'd choose this one for longetivity)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9195960&CatId=2627 (12GB of RAM)

 

I pieced this one together:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8j9k86hlwpag8rl/cart.PNG

 

Oops, forgot power supply in last one.