Quick advice on a budget build for a friend

[Baka^Ni]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £157.99
(£185.64) £157.99
(£185.64)
Abit AB9 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Abit AB9 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
Sub Total : £394.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £70.68
Total : £474.58

This is a very quick build I made up after the pub. He needs the best gaming pc he can make for £500 tops, very upper limit.

The above looks good, just not sure about the cpu, I was assuming that it should overclock well with that ram?

I'm in a hurry, he wants to buy that pc asap, as in delivered latest on friday...

He already has case, psu, again I'm assuming a 480w psu should be ok, it's budget... but my timeframe is very limited.

All help appreciated.

 

[Ambro]

With the price of the crucial ballistix memory at the moment it is probably worth spending the extra and getting that if he's got the money.

 

[t31os]

If the PSU is decent quality it should be fine.

 

[semi-pro waster]

That looks fine, you could change the motherboard to a Gigabyte S3 if you wanted to save a little bit more cash but it will still overclock well.

 

[Baka^Ni]

Thanks everyone, he's ordered and boy is he going to be pleased with what he's getting =)