NEED to upgrade my pc, help me find stuff that fits!

[ghonosyph]

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i got a buncha stuff together after you all helped out! near the end of this thread is the pics and stuff of my first computer building experience let me know what you think!

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Hey guys its that time of year again, pc upgrade ! Been toiling over what/how to upgrade and am at a loss with what info i've gathered and i need help bad!

Here's the short story to help understand what im goin for and what i need. I bought this pc from best buy a couple years ago, put a new vid card and network card in it, upgraded the ram, added a couple fans and a new power supply to it. Recently upgraded to 4 sticks of 8 gig ddr2 and realized after installation that the mobo only uses 4 gigs of it. "oh shit" is the reaction i got when i realized that i had just wasted 300 + dollars on ram at bestbuy on a whim! lol

here's what i need to do now, I have a very limited budget, with combined cash/credit card from best buy, and my birthday money(i just turned 30! YAY!) What i'd like to accomplish is to
A: upgrade the motherboard and processor so that i can make use of the 8 gigs of ddr2 that i just bought(at christmas time)
B: Do this without upgrading my tower(ie will the new shit fit)
C: Find an upgrade that will work with my ddr2 ram and still fit both my 9800gtx oc AND my little network card(pci express slots i think**
D: Anything i can buy from the best buy website is going to be over priced yes, but if i can, i'd like to get the higher dollar options there with my credit card instead, as the cash is the limiting factor.

Keep in mind i'm very willing to buy used parts that will work if you're willing to part with them cheap, i live in south carolina so shipping in the US is best.


With all that said i'll "TRY" to list what i have in my pc and hopefully you "the community" can help me find upgrade options that fit!


Ideally i'll be looking to get as a rough estimate shopping list: New motherboard +processor, a cheap small ssd as i heard thats all the rage, and anything else that i might need to put it all together. I MIGHT have to buy a new tower to fit it all in, if so i'd like to disassemble this box, and build up the new computer using the parts /drives/usb port thinger on the front and possibly being able to get a sound card unless the onboard sound works on the new mobo, i dont remember seeing one in my system but i'm not the brightest bulb in the box lol

I used the bel-arc advisor tool to pull this info off my system:

HP-Pavilion RT641AA-ABA a1720n
System Serial Number: CNX7011BQ8
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b 1.87 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. LEONITE 5.00
Serial Number: MS1C6CS11201210
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.08 12/08/2006
Drives Memory Modules c,d 320.07 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
92.64 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652M ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]

Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5
Generic- SD/MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
Sony Storage media USB Device [Hard drive] (4.05 GB) -- drive 1, s/n `
WDC WD3200JS-60PDB0 [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAPD3280114, SMART Status: Healthy 3584 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A1' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A2' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A3' has 2048 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 313.34 GB 91.71 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 0) 6.73 GB 935 MB free
Network Drives None detected Users (mouse over user name for details)
Controllers Display ATA Channel 0 [Controller]
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ [Display adapter]
HP w1907 [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n 3CQ8220NGZ, May 2008)
HP w2207 [Monitor] (22.0"vis, s/n CND7381D76, September 2007)
Bus Adapters Multimedia Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC Realtek High Definition Audio


IF we need more info let me know otherwise, happy hunting for parts that will work! <3 thanks in advance fellow boxorz

PS i 4 and 5 box on this pc with dual monitors and i know a little bit about computers, but not much!