New ~$550 build for friend: These parts good enough?

[decripple]

These seem to be the best parts for the price because I haven't found a good intel mobo in the $50-60 range nor a CPU to match the 3800+ X2's value at $62 with a bigger heatsink than normal. It should run all new games in DX9 or DX10 at relatively high settings at 1280 X 1024 resolution (excluding Crysis). Please give me any help you can, Thanks.

Here are the parts:

Case: Cooler Master Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106
$40
with 2 of these 120mm fans:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811998124
4+4=$8
and a PCI Blower:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999486
$5
PSU: Silverstone Strider SST-ST40F 400W PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817163104
$50-$20 MIR = $30
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-M61SME-S2 AM2 mATX mobo (allows overclocking without many voltage tweaks)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128045
$47
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W **OEM** >> OC to 2.66
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103066
$56
CPU heatsink: COOLER MASTER XK8-9ID3A-0L-GP 92mm Rifle CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103007
$6
^^^Reseated with Arctic Cooling MX-2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186020
$7
RAM: OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) CAS4 DDR2 800
$46
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148261
$66
DVD burner: Lite-On 20X DVD durner - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106079
$30
Graphics Card: HIS Hightech H385F256NP Radeon HD 3850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161211
$180 - $10 MIR = $170

Total with shipping is $572.86
after rebates that becomes $542.86

 

[akhilles]

Very good budget entry-level gaming build. You can ditch the pci blower. It might interfere with the airflow. 1 120mm intake & exhaust is good enough, even for overclocking. You can pick out high-cfm fans if you're concerned about cooling.

 

[wolfseeker2828]

the power supply is not fantastic, but for 30 buck it is fine - just know that power supplies can make or break the computer. I'm planning an Intel-based build that is very similar to yours, and for about the same price too. It's nice to see not everyone plans on spending thousands on a decent computer.

 

[harr89]

That motherboard seems to run in 8x mode for pcie.. i was considering your build as well and found the issue so it might be best to find another.