Okay it seems as if he already has a few bits. What do you think about the below system. I'm thinking its a good idea to hold off on a new gfx card till the end of the month after the new releases (He really DX10).
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail - £207.85
Asus P5N32 SLI Premium/WiFi-AP NF590 SLI, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - £140.94
2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC5400 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12 - £159.26
Antec P180 Advanced Tower Case, Black (no PSU) - £91.52
LiteOn 16x DVD + /-RW/RAM SATA black drive & S/W - £23.72
1 x 320 Gb Western Digital WD3200KS Caviar SE16, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms - £64.14
Wait on the GFX card as ATI will be releasing a whole new range later this month which will drop prices across all gfx products.
600W Enermax Noisetaker SLi EG701AX-VE(W)-SFMA (20+4) SLi PCI-E READY aPFC Quiet - £82.24
Windows XP Home OEM - 56.75
Cables/Extra fan? - £20
Total - £846.42
Also as I'm now a mac man when will we start seeing DX10 games etc? I know Vista uses it for general things and the cards seem very expensive at the moment - are they coming down?