Tell this kid if he isn't going to listen to you or us, to just be a noob and go buy an alienware. Then we can all laugh at him.
That 15" CRT thing made me lol. I hate it that kids with this kind of money want to waste it and have no idea what they are doing.
Yeah.....don't overclock.....because making your computer better for free is stupid. Compared to wasting money on slower crap like it sounds like he wants to do.
Anyways:
MOBO: eVGA 790i
CPU: Q6700
RAM: Probably 4 GB of some DDR3 since he wants to waste his money, I can't recommend any because I don't waste my time clicking the DDR3 tab on newegg
HDD: Seagate 7200.11 1 TB x 2 in RAID 0
GPU: 9800GTX x 2 in SLI
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 860W
Case: Cooler Master Stacker 830 Evo
Optical: Blu-Ray player
That should be between $2500-3000. Get some good water cooling system too. Tell him I said he is a d!ck, and ask him to thank me.
And for gods sake add a 22" LCD monitor in there somewhere and just don't tell him. If he doesn't want it still, keep it.