-Case with 350W (pick one)
-2.26/2.4/2.53GHz (533fsb)
-Gigabyte GA-8IHXP Tehama-E 850E/ICH4
-512mb Rimm4200 (1066)
-Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm(2MB)/Western Digitial 120GB 7200rpm(8MB)
-toshiba/lite-on/samsung 16x dvd-48x cd-rom
-lite-on 48x-12x-48x (2MB)/samsung 40x-12x-40x (8MB) - there are faster ones out there for re-writing
-iomega zip 250MB disk drive
-generic 1.44MB floppy drive
-Matrox Parhelia 128MB
-Microsoft Natural Keyoard Pro
-Logitech Mousenman Dual Optical Mouse/Microsoft Explorer 3.0
-Microsoft Win 2k pro/Win XP pro (probably should go with winxp since he doesnt know much about computers)

optional
dvd-rw
56k modem
speakers