thats a tough one, what are you using it for? it might be better to go with a Pentium D and have room for growth later, allowing more money for a better video card, bigger hard drives, faster RAM... make any sense? no sense having a great processor and nothing to let it work to its potential.
Thats the problem I ran into with my build.
good point, either way keep the mind open so you can afford the total package, but 2 gig of quality ram is just under a third of his budget, so its alot to balance out after that. IMO. w/ 500GB of HD space(160-300 would be my recommendation)... its running out of budget fast.... have to cut corners....
are you wanting it assembled w/ OS installed or DIY?