Spec my buddy and price check

[Naffa]

he has £400 for a gaming rig.. its going to be tight i know.. but he needs cpu, ram, mobo and graphics card. he has monitor, case and periphrials.

so spec away

also his current spec is: AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 512MB Samsung DDR, Radeon 9550 Pro and some kind of ASRock mobo.

what do ya think he could get for that?

 

[Ender]

something like:
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£73.95 £73.95
MB-121-AS Asus A8V-E SE VIA K8T890 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-121-AS)
£47.95 £47.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£29.95 £29.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
£49.95 £49.95
CD-016-AS Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
Subtotal £328.65
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £59.26
Total £397.86

if you dont want the case or cd you could go for:
MB-121-AS Asus A8V-E SE VIA K8T890 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-121-AS)
£47.95 £47.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£29.95 £29.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£93.95 £93.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£94.95 £94.95
Subtotal £316.75
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £57.00
Total £382.70
faster cpu, and 2gb of memory

 

[Naffa]

No hard drives, case or dvd drives required