A good power supply is a must because if you go cheap and it dies or fries it's going to take a lot of your parts with it. Surges caused by faulty power supplies are no fun. I've lost a lot of data to one.

EVGA 512-P3-N975-TR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Cardhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130518 $99.99 RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular LED Power Supplyhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028 $54.98 CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 $61.99 ASRock G31M-S LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157146 $43.99 Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072 $66.99$330.75 w/ Shipping ( A little over, but it's definitely worth it)Basically, If you get most of that and keep the other stuff (Hard drives, case, DVD drive) you have you'll have a decent gaming computer, nothing spectacular, but only thing close to your price range. You could skimp on the RAM and get it down to more what you were looking for, but anything below 4GB is borderline pathetic for games now-a-days...

JUSTINFL;380397 wrote: For 250 bucks, this is the best you're going to get...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103694AMD Phenom II X2 545 Callisto 3.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220255Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PSD22G800KH - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371004Antec Basiq BP500U 500W Continuous Power ATX12V Version 2.01 Active PFC Power Supply - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138156BIOSTAR A785GE AM2+/AM3 AMD 785G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail That's with on-board video If you want a decent card, here's a good one for 720P that''' add 110 bucks to the price of that PC.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150369XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

well thanks for the help but im going to gradually face out my current Motherboard Cpu and ram so the first thing im going to do is get a Psu and sata dvd burnerhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341019This is just too good of a deal to pass up its is 71 bucks shipped plus $50 rebate yeah i know 70 watt is over kill but it is just $10 more than the 500 watthttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827140042Sata Dvd burnnerThen next month im going to get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706&Tpk=19-103-706This Amd Quad core for 100 buckshttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138111my current motherboard is a biostar ive had it for 2 years no issuesThen im going to get one of these ram stickshttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161182Then around holiday time im going to get a video card because i think that video card are more likely to drop in price it seems like every month there is a new one out. but it needs to have a hdmi output so i can carry audio trough my tv and into my speakersill have fun playing 2002 computer games