No knowledge? Excuse me, but do you think AMD is beating the crap out of Intel right now?
And did you notice his spending money is 200 Australian Dollars? Not Euros?
His budget is around 86 pounds sterling. The best chip for an AM2 socket motherboard he can get if he lived here is the Athlon 64 X2 5600+ from scan.co.uk. I hope its not a socket 939 motherboard, because those chips are hard to come by now.
Did your Pro friend tell you that no computer can be made for 86 pounds?
Next time, if you would be so kind to tell me why I have no knowledge, and give me examples as why my knowledge is substandard, then I'll listen. But I don't appreciate snide, pointless comments like that. Thanks.
And for the record, my advice is based on what the client wants, namely INFORMATION on whether to purchase a new Graphics card or Processor, which doesn't include "not spending" it.