Building new PC using on hand parts

mpere

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Hello everyone. Recently my son has been asking for his own computer. So in order to please him, I looked over the spare parts I have on hand. In my search I have the following:

AMD Phenom II x4 810
ASUS M3ND72-D
BFG GeForce GTX 260
WD Caviar 250GB
Kingston 4GB (PC 6400 DDR2 800Mhz)
Cooler Master Storm

I still need to get an optical drive, power supply, and wireless card. Now my question is whether these parts are still good for the present time or do I need to buy all new parts for a budget build. My son just wants to use the surf the internet, for school, and play some games. Any advise and comments are welcome. Again, thank you