500-800 New Build

Hi Guys,

I'm looking to build my dad a PC thats between 500-800 $$. Dad wants it for all of his carpentry work (He will be using AutoCad) and my mom wants a media center PC for photo editing, sharing, general office use.

Approximate Purchase Date: This month

Budget Range: 500-800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (AutoCad, editing photos, sharing, general office use)

Are you buying a monitor: Yes, probably a small led monitor.

Parts to Upgrade: Everything!

Do you need to buy OS: Yes, (if we have to switchout motherboards for any reason, is microsoft Ok with that if I call them and explain the situation will I still have to buy a new CD Key if its OEM.)


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon or Microcenter or Frys < have fun if you are using frys their website sucks!

Location: City, State/Region, Country - CA, USA

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: No preference really, just quality parts not crap parts please.

Overclocking: Nope

SLI or Crossfire: Nope

Your Monitor Resolution: Unknown

Additional Comments: Quiet PC, I want a SSD thats just for the boot drive. I'm thinking going with AMD at this point because I'll have more money to put towards a good enough GPU for autocad, I'm thinking a HD 6870 should be good enough.

Graphics card: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005C8RTTU/ref=ox_sc_a...

(I realize that case is overkill some may say but that's what they want.)

Thanks in advance