EVGA has some great boards for nearly $100 less than that one, and you're not really losing out on any features.
4GB of RAM in a tri-channel controller strikes me as rather odd. You can pick up a tri-channel kit for a bit more, and I would recommend you do so.
A GTS 250 at that price will get smoked by an HD4870 1GB or GTX 260 Core 216.
OCZ's GameXStream series is pretty damn mediocre, and at that price it's complete garbage. Pick up a Corsair instead. Or even one of Antec's Truepower New units. Something in the 650w-750w range should do.
The Core i7 920 is a good pick.
For the hard drive, I rather like Seagate's 7100.12 series drives. A 1TB unit shouldn't be much more than $90.
Inexpensive optical drive? Doesn't honestly matter much as long as you get a SATA interface drive. I've had good luck with LG and Samsung drives for the most part, but it really won't affect anything. Shouldn't run you more than $30.
A good case kind of depends on the aesthetic appeal of the user in question. I usually recommend Lian-Li or LANCool in a pinch, figure around $100 here.
For CPU cooling, the Scythe Mugen 2 is probably the best cheap cooler for LGA 1366 on the market. Indeed, it's probably one of the better ones overall as well.
All that stuff should probably run you around $1300 tops. Throw in $100 for a copy of Windows, and you're set. Or you could look into an aftermarket sound card, better mouse, or things of that nature.
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