Does this sound Like a good Upgrade?

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Im at it again, for my dad. Hes figured that his computer is no longer running games how he would like it to. Hes currently running a ECS K7S5A Mobo, AMD Athlon XP 1700, 256MB PC133 Ram, Radeon 9600 256MB Video Card, 60gb Hd, and some other stuff. But its the Motherboard, Processor, and Ram that hes looking at upgrading. Hes not a hardcore gamer but he does game. He plays mostly FPS games. He likes to big games like Halo, Call of Duty, and Doom 3, but also plays other unknown games, which i couldnt name cause they are pretty forgetable for me, but he really enjoys them. He lives about 1600 miles away from me in rural Kansas and has asked me to look up prices for him to order online. Hes looking to order with the next week or so. Hes going to be using all the parts from his old PC except for the MB, CPU, and RAM. He also is finally going to upgrade to WinXP, hes been using WinME (YUCK!). Hes given me a price limit of $350 if at all possible. Hes very paranoid about ordering stuff online so he wants to order from a reliable online store.

Anyways, the reason for my post is to ask this question. Can anyone tell me if this sounds like a good deal.Here it is.

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe nForce2 Motherboard - $89.00
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Socket A Barton Box Processor - $81.00
Kingston 256MB PC2700 333MHz 32x64 DDR 184Pin - Model #KVR333/256 - Lifetime Warranty (2) (total of 512mb) - $69.98
MS Windows XP Full Home (OEM) $99.99
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Shipping - $10.85

Total - $350.82

Is that an ok price or is it not? Any suggestions to fit the price range? Im up for any changes to hardware if you think I can still fit it into the price range. Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Awesome DarthKirby001, I dont know how I missed that one. Thanks. After posting my original post I went to new egg and did some comparison and dropped the price a little more. I think I may go with this MB you mentioned unless anyone else thinks I shouldnt for some reason. Anyone?

Other then that, how does everything else look?
 
Thats a good board, and just a thought, the 1700+ he has now is probably unlocked and makes one hell of an overclocker (if he is up for that)
 
I dont think he would be. Im not even an Overclocker, and he calls me for help on all his computer help.

So im going to email him the information above. After shopping around I was able to come up with a total price, after shipping of $307, so I think he will be pretty happy abou t that.

I will let him know about the 1700 being a good overclocker so that he may just want to try that with the new board first, but I will leave that up to him first. He would probably need to get a much better cooling solution then, right?
 
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