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suggestions for a good base system?

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NTB

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A buddy at work is looking at getting a new computer, and after we talked for a while, he seems to be interested in building his own. He has no specific uses - image editing, video editing, gaming, etc. - in mind yet, though he may want to once he gets the system. So what I need suggestions on now is a good, useable base system on which he can expand if he decides too.

I have some ideas in mind, but I haven't really looked at building anything in nearly a year - so I thought I'd ask for some advice, especially on CPUs and main boards. At the moment, I think integrated sound and video will work fine, and I plan on dropping at least 512MB RAM in. I'm not sure of an exact budget, but I know he'd like to stay under $1000.

Nate
 
Here's what I'm working with so far, though I am certainly open to suggestions:

Antec SLK-3000B case
400W Fortron-Source PSU
1GB DDR-400 RAM
NEC 3550 DVD burner
WD 250GB / 7200RPM HDD (may be overkill, but the 250s seem to be the sweet spot price wise)

Nate
 
Antec LifeStyle Sonata II w/ 450watts psu
ASUS A8N-VM CSM Motherboard
AMD Athlon X2 3800+
Corsair VS 2x512mb RAM
NEC ND-3550A DVD Burner
Seagate Barracuda 7800.9 120GB

Total-$685+shipping/tax
 
try to get a cheap video card, like a 6600 or at least a 6200. When he comes to video edditing and gaming, ill be important
 
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