$1000 dollars to spend for a Computer.. help!

[feelingshehides]

Can you guys suggest me, what should i buy? Well of course Gaming Computer... for sure 1000 dollars isn't enough.. but that's only budget i have.. Sory if this is the wrong forum to ask...

Processor? Motherboard? PowerSupply? Etc...

[saphalline]

$1000 USD? Do you have any parts you can re-use (like monitor, mouse, keyboard?) or do you need to buy everything?

[feelingshehides]

got a 17" flat screen Monitor and mouse/keyboard and a Powersupply.

[bassman]

What is your technical level? Would you be willing to build it yourself? Is this US dollars or?? I have built several machines in the last year based on an MSI barebones system that a local shop is selling. Complete tower for around $500 USD. Add a couple hundred to this for upper end vid card and sound and you would have a real nice machine. One of the ones I built is actualy being used as an online gamer now (Halo).

[soupnatizzle]

check out my buils, i already have a case monitor and cd rom drives but other then that, for about 1000 dollars you could get this setup

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual Core here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103747)

XFX Geforce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card
here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150149)

CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145098)

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131013)

SeaSonic S12-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151024)

[saphalline]

What are the exact details on the hardware you own? CRT or LCD monitor? Model number? Same for the mouse, keyboard, and PSU. The PSU is one of the two most important components in a PC, so I worry a lot about them.