Building a computer, Recommendations?

[Joel]

The limit is $1000.

Here's what I was thinking:


RAIDMAX Black 10-bay Case with 420W Power Supply, Model "ATX-868WBP" -RETAIL
$46.00

NU Technology Black 8X DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DDW-082 BLK
$48.00

Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD, OEM Drive Only
$179.00

Logitech Internet Pro Desktop Keyboard and Mouse BLACK - OEM
$19.50

Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200 - OEM
$140.23

Rosewill R710E Black 17" Active Matrix LCD Monitor - Retail
$225.00

GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS PRO" nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL
$94.00

AMD Athlon 64 2800+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail
Item# N82E16819103452
$130.00

Logitech X-530 5.1 Black Speaker System -RETAIL
$53.00

POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 9600PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "R96A-C3N" -RETAIL
$118.00

Product total: $1,052.73

To my knowledge he doesn't game on his computer, mainly the Xbox. I figured a 9600Pro would be enough if he decided to do a little on the computer, though. Noticably, the price is $1,050 before S&H, but I blame the keyboard/mouse and speakers. It's about $1,100 with S&H.

Whatchoo guys think.

[loop2kil]

I would prolly go with another PSU...maybe one of the Antec setups with the psu included. i could be wrong but i think the socket 939 nf3 boards have a better upgrade path.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2301

here is a good review of a new 939 that should have a good price tag. it performed on par with anything out right now. it might save you a few bucks to get a better psu and/or case.