help w/ new pc for a freind

[jkrause6]

i have some parts

a phenom II 940, DFI 790gx mobo and 4 x 2 gig sticks of ddr2 1066 ocz reaper.

a week after i bought the phenom i got an i7 so no longer need it. i wanted to see what AMD was up to cause i was always a huge AMD fan and hadn't used one since core 2 came out, but INTEL freaking rocks.

i feel bad for the guy. he is using a socket 745 computer i gave him 3 years ago. going to try and make him a nice workstation. he doesn't game i don't think. and he doesn't overclock.

here's the parts list i put together:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129057
4 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136291
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341011

i'm going to put the 4 drives in raid 5 and put on the beta of 64 bit windows 7. he'll probably changer that eventually but i want it to boot when he gets it.

can anyone think of a cheaper but as good parts list?

do you think i can put an assembled pc pack in the box the case came in a UPS it 3 states away?

going to leave the video card up to him.

 

[theasian100]

Ever thought about instead of buying 4 HDDS of 250gigs thats about 280 Bucks

and get 2 640gig hard drives for only 5 bucks more per drive? it's also much cheaper, 149 bucks


HDD

I think this is more of a personal but for a case I'd get this: Case
but thats just me

 

[jkrause6]

Ever thought about instead of buying 4 HDDS of 250gigs thats about 280 Bucks

and get 2 640gig hard drives for only 5 bucks more per drive? it's also much cheaper, 149 bucks


HDD

I think this is more of a personal but for a case I'd get this: Case
but thats just me

i need 3 drives for raid 5. the extra drive is just for a bit more speed and reliability.