They also don't go into the specifics of what the parts are. You generally want to know brands and what not because in some cases that does matter. There are some manufacturer's that just produce crap parts. If he were to ask them and come back to us with that list it would be a decent start.

However if he really doesn't want to go through that hassle and build one himself, it really doesn't seem to be a bad place to start and upgrade over time if needed.