Building new computer, suggestions?

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Everything looks fine, but you could save a lot of money and gain much performance with AMD. I'll let Trotter get this one.
 
Here's some savings:
1x AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX450WFGMBOX
1x BIOSTAR A880G+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard


The CPU is potentially unlockable to a quad. The motherboard has an ATI Radeon HD 4250 which will handle casual games and older titles decently (about equal to a 9600GT) so you could probably get away with dropping the video card unless he is a gamer. If he IS a gamer then take the savings and go with a beefier card.

You didn't specify whether the hard drive he has is SATA or ATA/IDE. The board I linked to will handle either. It can also unlock cores and has VGA, DVI, and HDMI ports so he could use either a monitor or TV with it.
 
What will he be using the computer for? If he's not a gamer you won't need a video card with that motherboard and CPU. And you can always buy one later if he wants to upgrade.
 
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