£200-300 budget gaming build.

Trenchcoat

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Is it even possible?

A co-worker wants to upgrade his 9 year old gaming rig.

Parts that are salvagable:

Hard drive
Case
Probably the PSU

All peripherals are present. Just need the guts.
 
Solution
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4vrLjX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4vrLjX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£63.54 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.63 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £306.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-03 19:46 GMT+0000
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4vrLjX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4vrLjX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£63.54 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.63 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £306.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-03 19:46 GMT+0000
 
Solution

Trenchcoat

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Thanks for the reply! I'll forward it.