Another system BUild...quck recommendations appreciated

[Goosemaster]

I am building a system for a friend and need some opinions.

Prereqisites;

60GB HD
512MB RAM




"Colorcases" ATX Case plus 400w PS $83
AMD Athlon 1700 $79
2x256MB pc 2100mhz CRUCIAL DDR-SDRAM________________________$94
Logitech B69________________________________________________$11
BLACK ORtek MCK-800 Multimedia Keyboard_______________________$12
2 ROUND, 24-Inch DE Cables __________________________________$15
NEC/MITSUBISHI MultiSync FE700________________________________$177
MSI K7N420PRO nForce MCP 2 ___________________________________$124
-Video Card: Included
-Sound Card: (included) 6 channel analog/Digital -out
-NIC: (included)
LITE-ON LTD-163 16X DVD ROM Drive_______________________________$38
Lite On 32x12x40 CDRW_________________________________________$58
MAXTOR 60GB 7200RPM __________________________________________$88
SONY 1.44MB 3.5 INCH___________________________________________$8


$788 + shipping




Prices are from newegg.com except the case which is from colorcases.com

 

[Goosemaster]

I was going to go through the route of :


Shuttle ak31 KT266A

NIC,vid and video sperate with an ATI 7000 like I did for someone else....but what do you think of this config?

 

[Goosemaster]

anyone?

 

[Goosemaster]

Anyone?

 

[vetteguy]

What is he going to want to do with this system?

 

[Goosemaster]

he is giving it to a friend...no heavy work..just office and interent..but he NEEDS a 1.7GHZ