New Build: gaming rig for Age of Conan for my bro!

My bro is looking to get a new system. He isn't very good with hardware. I've been out of the scene for a while. I was wondering if someone already has a system they built and satisfied with. I can just copy the blueprints The goal is to build a system under $1,500.

Here are the minimum requirements for the game:

Some New Game (forget the name):

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better
RAM: 3GB
Video Card: 512 MB Card

Age of Conan is:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (E6600) or better
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7950GX2 or better
RAM: 2GB or more

Let me know if you have any ideas

Thanks!

CPU - Q9300 minimum!

Graphics card you're going to want something like an 8800GT at least, however if i were you i'd wait until the next gen of cards are out which will be late june at the latest!

For motherboard i'd go with a Gigabyte board (Probably a P35 DS3).

i upgraded for AoC also..this is what I did/planned:

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 4-4-4-12
CPU: Q6600 G0 (OC to 3.2)
Heatsink: XIGMATEK HDT-S1283
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1
Speakers: Logitech X-540
Graphic Card: 8800GTS 512 MB
HD: Western Digital Raptor (if you can afford it) + 500gb Seagate
PSU: Corsair 550VX (or whatever its called)
Monitor: SAMSUNG 2253BW/SAMSUNG 2253LW