All you have to do is a little reading here on the forums, then go to your favorite etailer and round up some parts. If you're curious about performance or quality of a certain item, google the part, or use the search (I don't think anyone uses this anymore) button at the top of these forums. You should do a little work and not rely so much on other people. Here I'll help you anyway. Grand total with shipping (to me at least) is $1,031.92. I think he could swing 32 bucks can't he? If not, change out a part or two. C2D 8800 based system for ~1000 dollars. Don't forget to check memory compatibility with the mobo. AND if you don't want to overclock it at all, drop the Scythe and use retail cooling and you're under a 1000 dollars. *edit* swapped out the stupid abit for a gigabyte 965x.
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM write and LightScribe Technology Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model LH-20A1H-185 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106055
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119068
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144417R
FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX600-GLN ATX12V, V2.2/EPS12V, V2.91, 600W RoHS Quad. SLi Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817104014
Transcend JETRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model JM2GDDR2-8K - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820208283
GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128017
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115005
Scythe SCNJ-1100P 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835185038
EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130082