turtlefu Wrote:1366x768, not sure about refresh rate
It's almost always 59.94Hz (often rounded to 60Hz).
Pretty much the only exception are some new 120Hz panels.
turtlefu Wrote:Well, it doesn't matter because I already decided to build a much better one, but maybe I might be able to salvage the optical drive and HDD
Optical drives are pretty useless on modern PCs. You might not even need it since all software these days can be installed either by downloading the installer off a website or via a flashdrive in the case of an OS. But if you need one you can indeed reuse your existing one as long as it supports sata since your new motherboard won't support pata (IDE).
You can also reuse the DDR3 ram. 1333 MHz is fine unless you're running on integrated graphics. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise, the benchmarking data is very clear on this. You can add another 2 x 2GB kit for cheap if you want 8GB (which I would recommend doing if you're a pc gamer).
What power supply and chassis does your current system have?
turtlefu Wrote:(and monitor? not sure which one is better, my guess is the dell)
I would go with the dell.
They're both 19" and both have an approximate total screen resolution of 1.33 MP. So screen space and total resolution are identical. However one is fullscreen (4:3 aspect ratio) and the other is widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio). Widescreen of course gives you more width and less height in this case since the total resolution is about the same. So I would be inclined to tell you to pick whichever format you prefer. However the sony monitor is a decade out of date and as a result has fairly poor specs compared to the dell (especially response times, 25ms BWB, jesus). So I would go with the dell which is only a few years old and has much better specs.
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