Hopefully I am doing this right. 
Approximate Purchase Date: Soon? I want to give this as a Christmas gift. I’m unsure if I should order now or wait until closer to Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I’m worried about parts availability but don’t want to spend more money than I have to. Thoughts?
Budget Range: $1000 Before / After Rebates; $1100 Before / After Shipping – Would really prefer this to be around $800 pre shipping but have been unable to get in that range.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Some gaming such as World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Skyrim. Word processing, Web browsing, watching movies, very light video/picture editing.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes but may not need to do it upfront. I want to purchase a 23” wide screen but can use the current monitor until I can find a good deal.
Parts to Upgrade: All this is a new build.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com
Location: Wentzville, Missouri, USA
Overclocking: Maybe but highly unlikely.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe but not to start
Your Monitor Resolution: Unsure at this time as I am not at home but I think it is 1440x900.
Additional Comments: Would prefer to have a windowed case with LED fans. A quiet computer would be nice. I’m building this for my wife and she hates how loud her current PC is.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: She built her computer in 2006 before we got together. It is starting to show its age and instead of upgrading it, we’d like to build a new one together. This one was built in a previous relationship and has bad memories attached to it.
Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts. Please do not post only links.
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286 $110
GPU – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130826 $170
Mobo – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651 $85
PSU – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051 $80
Memory – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226099 $80
SSD – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226371 $105
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139038 $60
Optical - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136250 $60
OS - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416804 $140
She will be using her current mouse and keyboard as well as current monitor unless we can find a good deal.
The only other detail is that I am electing to put only an SSD drive in because I may harvest her old HDD from her old PC to put in as extra memory if needed; however, she doesn’t keep a lot on her PC. We are gamers but play games most don’t consider too intense. World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic…things like that. She is an amateur writer so word processing is important but I feel like that doesn’t take much. Does this build look like it will stand the test of time and be future ready when its time to upgrade?
Approximate Purchase Date: Soon? I want to give this as a Christmas gift. I’m unsure if I should order now or wait until closer to Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I’m worried about parts availability but don’t want to spend more money than I have to. Thoughts?
Budget Range: $1000 Before / After Rebates; $1100 Before / After Shipping – Would really prefer this to be around $800 pre shipping but have been unable to get in that range.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Some gaming such as World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Skyrim. Word processing, Web browsing, watching movies, very light video/picture editing.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes but may not need to do it upfront. I want to purchase a 23” wide screen but can use the current monitor until I can find a good deal.
Parts to Upgrade: All this is a new build.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com
Location: Wentzville, Missouri, USA
Overclocking: Maybe but highly unlikely.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe but not to start
Your Monitor Resolution: Unsure at this time as I am not at home but I think it is 1440x900.
Additional Comments: Would prefer to have a windowed case with LED fans. A quiet computer would be nice. I’m building this for my wife and she hates how loud her current PC is.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: She built her computer in 2006 before we got together. It is starting to show its age and instead of upgrading it, we’d like to build a new one together. This one was built in a previous relationship and has bad memories attached to it.
Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts. Please do not post only links.
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286 $110
GPU – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130826 $170
Mobo – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651 $85
PSU – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051 $80
Memory – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226099 $80
SSD – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226371 $105
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139038 $60
Optical - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136250 $60
OS - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416804 $140
She will be using her current mouse and keyboard as well as current monitor unless we can find a good deal.
The only other detail is that I am electing to put only an SSD drive in because I may harvest her old HDD from her old PC to put in as extra memory if needed; however, she doesn’t keep a lot on her PC. We are gamers but play games most don’t consider too intense. World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic…things like that. She is an amateur writer so word processing is important but I feel like that doesn’t take much. Does this build look like it will stand the test of time and be future ready when its time to upgrade?
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