Since my Dell tower SUCKS, I am looking to buy a new one. Does anyone have suggestions on a $100-$200 tower I COULD get so I can optimize my gaming. I need a tower with AGP slots in it. Any suggestions would be great.Perfect Agent52......  Exactly what do you mean by tower ?

Are you refering to just the case ?

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I mean the case. Sorry I get mixed up between the two. When I think of a tower, I think of a whole built computer.Whether you have AGP slots is determined by the motherboard, not the case. The case itself makes no difference to performance, provided all your hardware fits in. If you WANT to "optimize" your gaming, spend your money on better components first. If this is brand new, try to get PCI-E, or are you reusing some of your components?Well, I basically have to buy all new components, because the ones from my Dell are pieces of trash. I doubt I will be able to do anything at 16 years old,  but I wanted to start to design it if I ever get a chance to get started.While you're waiting for the $s to APPEAR you could get your existing computer to RUN as good as it can.
Disable services and startup programs that you don't need is a good start as is registry cleaning, crap cleaning, defragging and re-booting.I think his issue (from other posts) is that he does not have AGP or PCIe slots or much expandability with the Dimension 3000 he has.

Is your whole point to do gaming? You are talking several hundred dollars MORE than what you have allotted to do this.I don't want to go for the ultimate setup, I just want to play Half Life 2 and I got a good deal on the card, I just assumedd this computer was compatible, I learned to do my research before making purchases.If you are inexperianced with computer hardware (which seems to be the case) I would advise against building the computer yourself out of individual components and buy a "full" computer. Less chance to go wrong.