Build best PC under a budget

ATX MEDIUM TOWER CASE 350 WATT (BEIGE) AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Processor (512K L2 CACHE) ABit NF7-S2 NFORCE2 Ultra DDR400 SATA MB w/ LAN, USB2.0, & Audio 512MB (256MBx2) PC3200 DDR400 Dual Channel (Major_Brand) 40GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE NONE - Hard Drive ATI RADEON 9600 XT 256MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI 56X CD-ROM (BEIGE) NONE - CDRW NONE - MONITOR 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD Price: $595.00 A pretty minimal system, but you should get respectable performance out of it.

Agreed.
I might go for another video card though, maybe a 128 MB 9800+?