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Budget: $300-500

Uses: MS Office, Quickbooks, email, solitaire, free website Unity engine games, any PopCap games, watching streaming video (Netflicks/Hulu), video file server

Primary User: 60 year old female, beaten Dr. Mario [NES] 20 High.

Preferred Stores: Newegg, Best Buy, Microcenter

Preferred Brands: *NOT* Gateway

Deadline for Purchase: Present till October 31. Will not participate in Black Friday flash/camp out purchases.
 
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Eli Little
Okay, so assuming a few things, here is what I recommend. If you NEED it to be less than $500, than I can cut down some more.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.24 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99...
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So, are you not doing any demanding gaming at all? No Skyrim or anything like that? People often like to add things after like that after I've spent 30 minutes planning their PC build. Also, are you using ethernet or Wifi?
 
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Okay, so assuming a few things, here is what I recommend. If you NEED it to be less than $500, than I can cut down some more.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.24 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($101.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $612.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 10:38 EDT-0400
 
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