A buddy is on a tight budget and needs a new motherboard and case
He's on a prebuilt manufactured computer with a couple parts I gave him.

he's running :
i5 3470 @ 3.2 ghz
8 gigs of ram
128 gb ssd
6850 HD
450w PSU?

I told him he should spend about $100 on a mobo and rest on a case.

I've also encouraged him to upgrade his PSU but he cheaped out with the one he has now a few months ago.

May i ask why you want a new main board and case?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130659&cm_re=LGA_1155-_-13-130-659-_-Product

Use this motherboard and just pick a case within budget. There's not too many LGA 1155 motherboards left that are new so good luck finding one elsewhere. You could try the online auction site.

ucan say ebay babyboo

tight budget, wants to oc his cpu

can't o/c a 3470

^
that and trying to OC after cheaping out on psu isn't a good idea, unless his plan is to have an excuse to get a new build

pm'd you about a case and a good psu for cheap. let me know what you think

TIL and I just told him to save $600 and buy a new PC (excluding GPU)

good plan
if he wants to upgrade anything,. he would need a new PSU