sorry about the links ill put them up in a min and btw
7600 will be fine and he can upgrade when needed
and amds horrible right now
when they get there act togeather with the slots cpus and mergers with ati done then ill recommend them
Ok, now I have a new question. What about all the other stuff like DVD rom drives, sound cards, fans/heatsinks, cables and all that? Are these things relatively cheap as well?
I would probably stick with onboard sound since majority of them sound all right, unless you are just that picky with having high quality sound. Then, you'll also have to look into getting good speakers too. But yes, all the other hardware are relatively cheap. Cables, usually your motherboard will come bundled with enough cables for two PCs, lol. I never use all of them and end up giving them away for throwing them out!!! Here are some other parts you may be interested in.