I was looking at a cheap rebuild of my current PC, built around the current CPU (Intel Pentium 4 630), Power Supply (HiPro 305watt), HDD (Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA). This is what i was thinking.

CPU- Intel Pentium 4-HT 630 (overclocked to ~4Ghz)
Motherboard- Newegg.com - Foxconn 945P7AA-8KS2 LGA 775 Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
RAM- Newegg.com - OCZ Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Graphics Card- Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100236L Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Case- Newegg.com - GIGABYTE iSOLO GZ-AA1CB-SNB Black Aluminum Front Panel/ 0.7mm SECC Housing ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

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Power Supply- HiPro 305Watt ATX12V Power Supply Unit (yes it is powerful enough)
Harddrive- Western Digital Caviar WD2500JD-22HBB0 (7200RPM, 8MB, SATA150, 250GB)

Newegg.com - Thermaltake CL-P0372 92mm Enter CPU Cooler - Retail
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

The biggest improvement will be the Memory, and the additional 1Ghz (possibly more) out of the processor. And yes, im aware it would still not be a great computer. =D Comments/thoughts/critiques

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Not a bad PC - and if it's better than the one you've got - it's an upgrade

However, your 305watt Power Supply Unit might be powerful enough, but how old is it?
You're OCing your CPU which uses more power, and if it's a year or more old, take 5% off it's total wattage for each year you've had it.

The Power Supply Unit is the one component you don't want to cheap out on.

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I know, Its the stock power supply that came with the gateway. Its worked great for the past 3 years, it has stable voltages (12v stays above 11.80v, +5v stays above 4.98, 3.3 stays constant at 3.27, etc) so i am going to keep it. I am building it because i want a motherboard that i can overclock, because the gateway is not possible to change any settings in BIOS really.

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i know you know what you're doing, just making sure

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