Which new mobo/processor for my new rig?

Anyone feel like spending my money? Well, not literally, but I could use a little help with picking out a new motherboard, processor, & memory.

What would you suggest? I have always went with Intel based systems in the past but I would consider an AMD based rig this time around since I could probably get "more" for my money that way. That being said, my budget is $125-175 total, my needs are:

Processor speed of around 2.5 Ghz (lower speeds OK), matching mobo, and >768MB RAM (perhaps a GB of memory if funds allow?).


...and I already have the following on order and/or salvaging from my old system:

-new case (Raidmax Mustang on order)
-power supply, Antec "True" 480watt
-old IDE based hard drives (new 80GB Western Digital 8mb cache on order),
cd-burner/reader, floppy, etc
-All In Wonder Radeon 8500DV vid card (might upgrade, undecided)


My old processor and motherboard are in the sig btw. Would love to hear your suggestions. Thanks for helping.

 

for 175$ you cant buy a new mobo/cpu at those speeds with 768mb ram unless your going oldschool like celeron/mobo and sdram.

 

here's a pretty good deal:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1279020&CatId=0

here's a quick search at tigerdirect.com:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Sort=0&Nav=|c:14|lp:100:hp:199.99|&Recs=30

although ... you're going to have to spend more than ~150$ to get better than what you have ... your money might be better invested in a new graphics card, say a 6600GT

 

Omegamerc - That's interesting, but like I mentioned above, slower processor speeds are OK with me (perhaps something around ~2.0 Ghz instead of 2.5Ghz?). Of course it doesn't have to be the latest and greatest, since I am working with a limited budget (my old processor is dead & board is damaged btw) but I appreciate the response.


~Pyrate~ - I checked out that link (thanks), I may consider that bundle since I would like to keep the processor/mobo/memory cost under $175.
Also, I don't play video games anymore so I'll probably just keep the vid card (I like the tv-tuner feature on it too).


I've been checking out Mwave, Newegg, and now Tiger Direct...advice still welcome, especially if you have put together a recent build - would love to hear your experience. Thanks again.