Thank you everyone who has posted responses to this it's been helpful.
Sorry that I haven't posted back, had to work out of town today.
Anyways! My budget is around 600 - 750 dollars.
Thank you all so much. I've learned that I need a better Graphics card, and my Board is outdated. As far as I know my RAM isn't an issue. I'm only using about 1.2 of it when I play D3. Perhaps having more would make it run smoother I'm not sure....
I would atleast get 4GB, RAM is super cheap (i think 16GB is <$100) but as long as your PSU is atleast 500-550 then your main upgrades would be a CPU/MOBO/GPU, quite easy with a $600 budget.
Edit: The best way for us to help you is to know all of what you have now, and what your budget looks like.
But the other thing is, depending on which CPU he gets, is the OC really needed? i've got the 3.4 GHz i7 and i havn't bothered to OC is, and i doubt that i would notice much improvement if i did. granted i have the H100 cooler (really is quite fantastic if you can afford it/fit it in your case) because i had money to blow, but my first desktop ran with just the stock cooler and i don't think it ever ran into issues either (i believe it was an i5).
I agree with 550 power supply, a newer socket type MOBO, 8 GB of ram, the SSD isn't needed really, they're sweet to have but meh. i was lucky enough to get my HDD when the prices were dirt cheap, after the flooding the prices went up but it's still not hard to find a 1TB for a good deal.
I would say go for the 7950 for a GPU (obviously unless he has major budget constraints) it will last you a good while, and for now you can run games maxed out if you want. Longevity is the way to go imho.
I'm not sure what case you have now, and if you'd be looking to upgrade the case or not, but there are some decent mid/full tower cases for <$100
I would atleast get 4GB, RAM is super cheap (i think 16GB is <$100) but as long as your PSU is atleast 500-550 then your main upgrades would be a CPU/MOBO/GPU, quite easy with a $600 budget.
But the other thing is, depending on which CPU he gets, is the OC really needed? i've got the 3.4 GHz i7 and i havn't bothered to OC is, and i doubt that i would notice much improvement if i did. granted i have the H100 cooler (really is quite fantastic if you can afford it/fit it in your case) because i had money to blow, but my first desktop ran with just the stock cooler and i don't think it ever ran into issues either (i believe it was an i5).
I agree with 550 power supply, a newer socket type MOBO, 8 GB of ram, the SSD isn't needed really, they're sweet to have but meh. i was lucky enough to get my HDD when the prices were dirt cheap, after the flooding the prices went up but it's still not hard to find a 1TB for a good deal.
I would say go for the 7950 for a GPU (obviously unless he has major budget constraints) it will last you a good while, and for now you can run games maxed out if you want. Longevity is the way to go imho.
I'm not sure what case you have now, and if you'd be looking to upgrade the case or not, but there are some decent mid/full tower cases for <$100