quick upgrade for older pc

[Demalii]

my buddy wants to update his pc (3200xp amd) with an AGP card.. he says he wants to keep the AGP video card and IDE hard drives.

He just wants to update the mobo, cpu, and ram... he plays a couple games, nothing too intense and basically uses it for word processing, documentation, etc.. Thanks!

 

[aliasaid]

Makes no sense to upgrade all those components while still keeping an AGP motherboard. I'm not even sure they make mobos with AGP slots anymore. What is the AGP video card that he has?

As for the IDE drives, no problem keeping those.

Whats his budget?

 

[Trotter]

Newegg.com - AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
$61

Newegg.com - BIOSTAR A785GE AM2+/AM3 AMD 785G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
$60 (has HD4200 onboard graphics)

Newegg.com - Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 400 (PC2 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR400D2N3K2/2G - Desktop Memory
$37.50 (maybe get x2 of them)

As for that mobo, here is a combo with it and a Sapphire 4650 (which is probably better than what he has) for $105:
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