What low end cards are a decent replacement for integrated graphics?

[BurningSkyline]

Not necessarily. By getting those 3 parts, you give him the platform to keep upgrading, spending little amounts over time. With the case, when he chooses he can change the mobo, add more hard drives or optical drives, put in an aftermarket HSF, larger video cards or extra cooling, the PSU will handle almost any low-mid range cards and upgrades, so really, he can, for his needs, do whatever he wants so far as changing his system around is concerned, until standards change

I see what your getting at but it is an E5200 with 4x1GB RAM DDR2 800 RAM. I can't do any overclocking for him because this Dell board does not have the features. If he wants to do any upgrading (after the new case/psu/vid card) He would need a better motherboard with more SATA ports, more OC options, etc.

Honestly, I think I'm just itching to build my first machine on my own, because I've never done it.