New home computer for family

[Guest]

I have been given the task of building a new family home computer for use with word processing, photo editing (ocassional) and gaming (my brother is nine years old, but now and in the future he will be playing games). Due to there not being anyone tech-savvy besides myself (I am leaving soon) this computer needs to work well for a good few years to come without being upgraded. Also it had to be fairly inexpensive. This is the build I have come up with (linked to newegg for convenience):

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
ASUS P5QL PRO LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
GIGABYTE GV-R485MC-1GI Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KVR800D2N5/2G - Retail x2
COOLER MASTER Elite NV-334-KWN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
LG GH22NS30 SATA DVD Re-Writer (22x - Black)
Logitech S150 2.0 Digital USB Speakers
Microsoft BV3-00003 Black USB + PS/2 RF Wireless Standard Optical Desktop 1000 - OEM
SAMSUNG 2033SW Black 20" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 15000:1 (1000:1) w/ HDCP Support - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

Just wondering what everyone thought of this build.

 

[astrodudepsu]

First: Do you have a solid budget range?

Generally, it's not a bad build for what you intend. It isn't very upgradable, but you mentioned that you don't need it to be so you are ok there.

 

[hunter315]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231207
4GB kit from Gskill for about $9 less.

A triple core may allow for more head room as it will allow games to use 2 cores and background tasks to use a third
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.205337
Comes out $30 cheaper than your intel combination which more than covers the price jump to DDR3

 

[xaira]

yeh dude thats all i suggest for budget builders, the 710 $99 y wood u pass that up