£300-400 Budget build

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My mum is looking to buy a Asus P5P43TD which is £67 and wants 4gb of ram, her main aim is to play The Sims 3 smoothly. She shall be running XP 32bit. A psu is not needed as she will be using a 500W psu.

Items needed:
CPU
RAM
Sata HDD 250gb
GFX card
DVD writer.

Yours ideas will be appreciated.
 
Is mom really wanting that motherboard or is she open to the idea of using AMD. As going with that board you will find it harder to upgrade again in the future. If she is willing to use AMD you could try something like this & if sims 3 is the most demanding game she will play IMO (maybe wronge) you should be fine with on board graphics.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £87.98
(£74.88) £87.98
(£74.88)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD251HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD251HJ) £28.99
(£24.67) £28.99
(£24.67)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £248.46
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £45.14
Total : £303.10
 
She currently has 3 IDE hdd, is it possible to run these through a Sata connector on the motherboard i have listed ?
 
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