Budget build, need suggestion

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Hi, my friend ask me to build a computer for him. He is by no means an avid gamer and he has a very tight budget. So far, what I've come out with is the following:

MB: Asus K8N nf3
CPU: AMD Sempron 2800+ S754 (I heard this one has 256k cache instead of 128k, and can OC well)
Mem: Corsair PC3200 512MB
HD: Hitachi 160G SATA
Display: Viewsonic VP171 (He still plays CS sometimes, so maybe a fast display is good for him).
VideoCard: Leadtek 6600GT
PSU: Antec TruePower 430W.

I will pick the rest of stuff such as casing, mouse and keyboard on site. Is this build okay? Is the PSU enough for this build? All comment are welcome.

Thank you. :)

PS. I'm in Singapore. So, some great items may not be available. :(
 
Good choice on the proc, they're very overclockable. I have a 2600, which is just a 2800 with half the cache, and I was able to get to about 2GHz just with stock cooling at around 43-45 degrees C idle (up from 1.6).

If that system is indeed going to be overclocked, I'd drop the Corsair RAM and go with Crucial. Their PC3200 value ram is known to hit at least 240-250MHz, up from 200.

And yes, the PSU should definitely be enough.
 
Thank you so much for the prompt reply.

About the memory, however, crucial is not available here. Is Kingston, Patriot or TwinMos any good?
 
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