Looks like he has blown up his motherboard and probably melted his CPU. His system is over 6 years old. He needs the following stuff.
He's not bothered about a decent graphics card. Only uses it for the net and music and films really. Quiet, stable and longlasting is better
Motherboard
Processor
RAM
Graphics card
Case
Power
Soundcard - (he has an audigy 1 atm to output to amp and speakers, not sure what onboard sound is up to)
Hard drives would need a converter from IDE > SATA (how much are these?)
He's not bothered about a decent graphics card. Only uses it for the net and music and films really. Quiet, stable and longlasting is better
Motherboard
Processor
RAM
Graphics card
Case
Power
Soundcard - (he has an audigy 1 atm to output to amp and speakers, not sure what onboard sound is up to)
Hard drives would need a converter from IDE > SATA (how much are these?)