Advice on New Computer Build for a friend

Hey guys, I'm building a computer for a friend of mine with a low budget. What do you think of this configuration?

$55.00 -600watt PS with Case
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mid-PC-Compute [...] dZViewItem

$65.00 AMD Opteron 1.8GHZ Dual Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819105015

$88.00 Biostar AM2+ motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138102

$70.00 A DATA 2x2GB RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211188

$175.00 HIS HD3870 512MB GDDR4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161218

$65.00 Seagate 250GB 7200 RPM Hard drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148262

$25.00 for DVD Burner

$130.00 Vista Ultimate 64bit OEM

Total: Roughly $673

What do you guys think of this build? I chose the opteron because it has a large cache compared to the Brisbane processors. It also is very overclockable according to reviews.

I think my friend might be willing to go up to 900 total. What would be a good Power Supply and Case?

for 900 budget you should look at intel, they have great cpus. And for that budget I would recommend a 8800GT for gaming.

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814143118

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115046
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813127030

look at the S&H on that case.

if you want to go cheap, your on the right path. I might up the CPU to a 5000+ BE. if your looking at a $900 budget, it may be better spent on Intel.

you might consider a 780g based mobo if your not interested in crossfire. I like having the OBG option in case something goes wrong with the video card. I'm getting ready to offload my system to the mother-in-law and keeping my vid card. OBG is good enough for her and there is $50 I saved.

$900 isnt a budget build. You could do a quad for $650 to $700 easy.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] RK:MESE:IT
Drop in a graphic card and a OS and your buddy will love you forever. Can you offer him a 3 year warranty?

Looks like a sweet case but what's that brand again? LOL, I thought lead was bad for you. If you were to give the case a go the risk is fairly minimal but be aware of crappy power supplies. 1 in 100 may seem like an acceptable failure rate unless you're the 1 with the fried HDD or mobo. I lost 3 hard drives 1 after another a few years ago. If you're gonna overclock get a real PSU.

I am a big fan of Antec. You can spend lots of money on a power supply but you don't need much for a basic system.

That PSU is crap. It wont last and it dont say it has failure protection. In some reviews it took everything out when it blew. If you are gonna buy a crap PSU make sure it has overload protection.

look at the hyper transport rating. that isn't a true AM2+. I think the only true AM2+ are the AMD 770 and 780 currently. nVidia will run fine on AMD, assuming you are skipping SLI. I'd suggest skipping SLI. in your 3-5 years, the new midrange cards will smoke a pair of SLI'd 8800 for less than the purchase of 1 more 8800. I considered the same thing for my 7900gs, and that was way less than 3 years.

that PSU is crap. anything that has a voltage switch is old tech. I'd suggest an 80+ efficiency PSU.

maybe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139003
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817151033

I chose these 2 because thay are 80+ good name brand, good rating, 120mm fan fairly cheap and should have enough power for you needs. I didn't look into it further


as you're planning for a phenom upgrade, consider a 1066 or higher rated memory

I'd also consider a microATX mobo and case. its nice having a smaller box, and you dont need more slots unless your going SLI/Crossfire (as I said earlier, not worth it)