Need advice for a 400-600 build for parents

[tole]

Their old pc just crashed and I've finally convinced them to let me make them a new one. -they really need a new one because the old pavilion with vista is so laggy and unstable that it was practically unusable.

This will be mainly for day-to-day things; internet, viewing/uploading pictures, and videos. One little caveat here is that they have a bad habit of opening a huge number of tabs and leaving the machine running virtually 24/7.

So I need help figuring out what kind of hardware I need because I don't want to go for a gaming system but something that will still be really fast regardless of how much is going on in the background. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M-DGS Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xigmatek ASGARD PRO (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.94 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $569.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-20 23:37 EDT-0400)

 

[tole]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M-DGS Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xigmatek ASGARD PRO (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.94 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $569.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-20 23:37 EDT-0400)

One question, what kind of a difference would there be if I substituted a A8-5600k for the A10-5800k? It does look like a really great build but I want to squeeze in a a hard disk for storage

 

[ScrewySqrl]

the a8 is slower tan the a10.

If you think your parents can handle multiple drives, you can get a 128 GB SSD and a 1 TB HDD for about $10 less.

 

[TheBigTroll]

id get this. similar to screwysqrl's build but added a different SSD, faster ram, a better case, and a slightly better psu in my opinion
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YMXL

 

[tole]

I'm partial toward screwysqrl's build, with the smaller SSD and a HDD for storage I can keep the A10. Thanks for the help guys I'm probably going to order a bit later

On a side note and a bit of a blunder on my part was making this a "discussion" instead of a "answer" thread