Really Cheap Build For Friend

The wishlist convenient, but you might want to try look for combo/bundle deals that could save you an extra few dollars here and there, since the difference between certain processors/motherboards are only a few tens of dollars.

Does your friend have a computer he's already using?

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Is that Thelma's sister?

Make sure that the disk drive and hard drive you have are SATA and not IDE.

Well, these will save some $$.

Corsair 400W psu
Cheap, good quality psu
$50 ($40 after MIR)

Rosewill micro atx case
Cheap case. That is what you wanted, yes?
$25

Corsair 4gb DDR2-800
Good, cheap ram
$45 ($20 after MIR)

AMD 2.9ghz dual core
Will outperform a 2.1ghz 3 core processor in most things
$80

Sapphire Radeon 4830
If you want some kick for gaming, this is a decent card. About the equivalent of a nvidia 8800gt/9800gt
$90 ($75 after MIR)

GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2
The motherboard you picked
$55

By my math, total = $295 (After mail in rebates, before shipping)