I currently have a socket 939 3200+ and a cheap x300se video card and plan on upgrading. With my old parts i am going to build my friends a new comptuer because his just died.  He doesnt play games and is trying to keep costs down and only plans on using the computer for school, music, interenet, and that type of stuff. These are the parts i have organized to go with the 3200+ and the x300se:

case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

mobo: ASUS A8V-XE Socket 939 VIA K8T890 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

psu:  FSP Group (Fortron Source) ATX350-PA, version 2.2 RoHS, SATA, 350W Power Supply - OEM

ram: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail

hdd:  Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

dvd drive:  Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model AD-7170S-0B - OEM

thanks for helping me out.

[QUOTE="RipPistons2221"][QUOTE="hofuldig"][QUOTE="pepsiboy987"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

8500GT isn't low end enough? =P

ATLReppa770

8500gt is around $90-100 and i think soon we will see a 8200 or 8300 and hopefully its going to be less than that GT!

im sorry but the 8200 and 8300 cards are OEM and will only be found in pre made PC's like HP and Dell's

you will not be able to but the 8300's 8200's and 8400's in stores. the 8500GT is Nvidia's low end.

what does oem mean? I am looking at the 4200+ x2 but it is oem not retail...what deos that mean?

OEM means that it is factory installed, like HP computers Vista Software are OEM. Original Equipment Manufacturer.

so how is an oem processor from newegg different from retail?

[QUOTE="pepsiboy987"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

8500GT isn't low end enough? =P

hofuldig

8500gt is around $90-100 and i think soon we will see a 8200 or 8300 and hopefully its going to be less than that GT!

im sorry but the 8200 and 8300 cards are OEM and will only be found in pre made PC's like HP and Dell's

you will not be able to but the 8300's 8200's and 8400's in stores. the 8500GT is Nvidia's low end.

what does oem mean? I am looking at the 4200+ x2 but it is oem not retail...what deos that mean? 

on a side note...could someone help me find a heatsink/fan that would fit those processors

[QUOTE="RipPistons2221"]

[QUOTE="dbowman"]what is your budget?dbowman

as cheap as possible...id like to be under 100 but if the extra money will be a really big performance boost i could find some extra cash if its really good though

sorry. What currency is that?

dollars, sorry..and to the other post, when might prices on these cards come down? 

what is your budget?dbowman

as cheap as possible...id like to be under 100 but if the extra money will be a really big performance boost i could find some extra cash if its really good though