sure it maybe a 200% more in cost, but he will see atlest a 200% gain in performance just from the dual core and 2GB of ram is worth it, plus he can upgrade video later to pcie and keep ram and cpu just spend a little more for a mobo, which are cheap!

if you have to upgrade now go with my pick outs, if now wait and save, bigger and better stuff is on the way which means cheaper prices