Vista - upgrade help please

my bro is doing an upgrade his budget $ 1,400 , but flexable .he has a px8800gt vid card,hard drive is 230gig, k8 triton gigabyte mobo not sure of its max capacity or compatability with vista .im thinking a new monitor 22",new mobo,new ram and psu,and cpu ,and a oem of vista 64 ,razor barracuda headphones,and maybe a sound card what do you guys think.he wants a top of the range gaming beast,cheers rob. best prices were to buy would be a huge bonus thanks.

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This is a quote i had written up roughly a month ago, ofcourse prices have gone up, and i actually ended up with a HD4870 1GB and i couldn't order the Phenom in for a long ****in time so i ended up with a intel 2.3 quad, which does the job nicely was probably better off with a dual core for gaming, but.. board supports i7 im sure, so wont be too long for a upgrade to 3.4 quad hope this helps

If you would like the spreadsheet (excel) ill be more than happy to forward, just hit me up on msn. But it all comes down to preference and what the desktop is going to be used for

gday guys thanks for you help but hes decided to go with a dell package ,i tryed lol.

at least you tried though right? i was gonna say tigerdirect all the way thats where i get all my hardware.

for the record....i will never go oem....except for a lappy...other than that, i build by hand. theyre the only hands i trust with my goodies

I prefer newegg. Tigerdirect is a bit more expensive.

i think it depends on the hardware....theres another post on here i saw today with a link for the xfx 9800gtx+ card for like 200 on newegg where right now its like 150 on tigerdirect

wow thanks heaps guys ,i think i might have changed his mind when i told him that with you guys help we can get all the goodies to build a faster one than mine ,well bugger me now hes said yer bro go for it ,so now i had to ring dell and try to cancell the order ,then order the bits ,cheers heaps for all your help.

A Dell for Gaming Purposes????

Oh well... have fun!