have a look here:

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=486


there are some improvements

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 - $242.99
ASUS P5NSLI Socket T (LGA 775) - $119.99
OCZ Gold Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel - $94.99
SAPPHIRE 100149L Radeon X1900XT - $319.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s - $77.99
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 - $84.99
Nec DVD Burner ND-3550A - $28.99
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Total: $971

I know it's only 1gb ram, but 2gb is too expensive. He can always upgrade, and pop in another 1gb whenever he wants to.

As for that ASRock mobo...I'm sorry, maybe I am just a stuborn fool here, but what exactly is so great about it. I saw a price listing of $120. And the ASUS P5NSLI looks pretty good to me. Maybe I'm blind here so open my eyes here guys:wtf:

you are taking fairly expensive memory, there are 2 GB kits for 150$ which are a better choice

Upgrading later is difficult because of the limited ram slots on some cheap motherboards and it's also a bit slower. The Asrock ones are usually ging for 60-90.

don't forget to check zipzoomfly.com, they are often cheaper and have better shipping (FedEx not UPS)

Show me a 2gb kit, that's a better choice, and costs no more than $150.

Also, thanks for recommending ZipZoomFly, I had compleatly forgotten about it;)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231081


and for motherboard:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=245016

How bout

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=245017

as it has 1066FSB and is $10 more?

Thanks for the ram link ;)

that works too, it just has to be Core 2 ready

all gigabyte mobos series 8i945xx have core2 duo support