omg, that you people are suggesting this stuff to him
ok
dude
please listen closely...very closely
A) AGP X700's are not avliable, PCIE mid-range cards are CHEAPER than AGP, a 6600GT for AGP is around $200, for PCIE it's closer to $160...
B) Stop making PCIE out to be so expensive
C) DO NOT BUY CHEAP PSU'S!!!! which you are all doing, you need a good PSU or your risking your own components, and i can gurantee if you get a "dream machine" using a cheap PSU cuz it saves money, in less than 9 months you will be posting "help my PC won't turn on" or "my PSU died, now what do I do?"
alright
aside from that
working on a $1300 budget the first things you need to do are:
A) scrap SATA atm, you can re-work the budget later, but ATA-133 is completly capable of competing, and the difference between a 5400RPM ATA-100 HDD to a 7200RPM SATA-150 HDD is neglible (now to a 10k RPM Raptor, or a SATA2 disk with NCQ, yeah, it's noticeable, but not compared to having a 6800nU over a 6600GT)
B) scrap Intel, they will give you less performance
an Athlon64 is far better for gaming, which is what it seems you want to do...and Athlon64's are MUCH BETTER, easily faster than Pentium IV Socket 478, Socket T 5xx and Socket T 6xx (the 660, which is supposed to be "uber P4" get's it's head kicked in by the Athlon64 3800's, and iirc the 660 is around $500+, the 3800 is $350, the 3800 is competitive with Intel's new 3.73EE which will cost over $1000...)
C) you don't need DDR2, so don't go there with that
D) don't have a company build it for you, you will pay more than what it's worth (even if it is ibuypower, imo their a scam, their trustable, but their a scam imo)
I would suggest something like the following, btw, I am intentionally going to make this a rough guide, that probably won't fit your budget, but I am going to use exact parts...
CPU:
Athlon64 3800+ for Socket 939
GPU:
ATi Radeon X800XL PCIE
Memory:
1GB PC 3200DDR (this is the one exception, get TwinMOS or Patriot, they are $105 and $109 on newegg (ask me if your unsure) you don't need $150 Corsair or Kingston to have good RAM)
HDD:
120GB - 250GB ATA-133 (in other words, Maxtor) HDD
Case:
at least 2 cooling fans should be present, beyond that, it's your choice
PSU:
Antec NeoPower 480W (do not skimp here, the NeoPower is ideal, make it work in your budget, if you have to downgrade to a 3500 to make it fit, do it, also, don't cut your RAM back just to make this fit, cut the gfx and CPU back first, as their both at very high levels right now)
Motherboard:
DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-152&depa=1
here are links for everything (sans mobo):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-465&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-164-041&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-220-006&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-324&depa=0
(SATA ^^)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-139&depa=0
(ATA-133 ^^)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-924&depa=0
also
if the budget allows, get a Thermalright XP-90 and a good 92MM fan (don't get the 120, it has compatability issues with many motherboards)