Thanks to everyone for the advice on my new gaming rig. This is what i ended up with:
MSI K8N nForce4 Platinum mobo
AMD Athlon 3500+
Sapphire Radeon X800GT 256MB PCIe
1GB Kingston Hyper X RAM
Cooler Master casing
17" Viewsonic 8ms LCD
I set it up last night; the joy of building something with your own hands is certainly a primal emotion that is hard to beat. Didn't sleep at all, went all the way to sahur this morning. Just 2 hours of sleep. Was it worth it? Yup, definitely. :)
I've got the rig now, so what the latest and bestest games out there i should use to push this baby to its limits? Already got Doom 3, HL2 and Dungeon Siege II. What else would you recommend?
ps. as i mentioned earlier, this machine is meant to replace my aging Thinkpad for all other regular functions. But since i'm at it, no harm in having some fun, eh?
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