A good system under $1000 for a friend

[bosox188]

My friend is going to be getting a new computer soon and I told him to build his own, so I'm helping him. He wants it to cost no more than $1000, which I think will be pretty easy. Here's what I have picked out:

Athlon 64 2800+ $185 retail

MSI nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU, Model "K8N Neo Platinum" (MS-7030) -RETAIL $130

Logitech Z640 5.1 Speakers -RETAIL $55

Lite-On White 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive, Model SOHR-5238S, Retail $31

Lite-On White 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, Model SOHW-812S, Retail $72

POWMAX Black/Silver Mid Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Side Window & handle, Model "CP0327PL-4" -RETAIL $28

He already has a good monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a good 60GB HDD so we're gonna keep that. I didn't want to spend too much on the case can someone tell me if the power supply looks ok or if it's a cheap one. Right now we're at $488 and the only thing left is the video card. I didn't think we'd be able to do it, but it looks like we have enough for an X800 or 6800. I guess we'd go with the XT or Ultra, I dunno... but he's not getting this just yet, he is gonna sometime in the near future, anything we should wait for?

 

[bosox188]

Forgot something:

Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - OEM $174

total $662.98

Maybe we should make some of the other stuff better, like a better A64 and just get a 9800 pro for now? He can always upgrade that later easily. It would help if someone responded. Where's Asus?

 

[DreamThrall]

I've had problems with POWMAX before... Bought one of the 400 watt PSUs and the thing just up and died one day.

 

[nofx]

If I were you I'd minus the CDRW drive since the DVD RW drives usually can do cd-rw and serve as a CDrom. Also you might want to get another type of PSU probably an Antec 400watt PSU. I have a system right now that totals up to about 1000.

1. Antec Black Case w/ 380W PSU (Very Quiet Case) 99.00
2. NEC 8X DVD+RW/-RW Model ND2500A - 69.00
3. Artic Silver Ceramique 3.99
4. 1 Antec Clear 120mm Fan 12.99
5. Sony Black Floppy Drive 11.99
6. Western Digital 80GB HD 74.75
7. 2 Corsair PC3200 170.00
8. ASUS K8N-E Mobo 143.00
9. Athlon64 3000+ 223.00
10. Sapphire 9800Pro 194.00

All adds up to 1002.71

 

[bosox188]

K maybe I should get a case without a power supply and get a good power supply separate.

Edit: K I found a better though it's more expensive

ANTEC Black Performance Series II SOHO File Server Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Model "SX1040BII" $96

So that's $731 and now the question left is what video card. It's either a 9800 pro or a 128mb 6800 non gt non ultra. I can get it for $289. But I'm thinking I should do the 9800 pro and let him upgrade later.