Nice setup Xelink - And btw why you using a temp account haha Anyways... You never know what he might need - Its future-proofing - Having something that you might use in the future but buying it now He might just do some little gaming here and there but in a few months he might just go gaming crazy so hence he needs to have the capabilities in order to do so.. Personally I hate every single PC manufacturer out there such as DELL the most , Compaq , HP , Gateway etc etc Making your own PC is the wway to go and costs way cheaper for the performance you get out of them compared to company-made that use crap parts + they add their own labour costs which puts it up to a staggering price of like $2000 or more for quality parts Whereas if you make your own ... 1. you know what you put in - Quality parts if got enough money 2. you can troubleshoot it yourself rather than wasting hours on crappy customer support that solves nothing 3. Better performance for the price is the major one I have made one myself so personal experience even though living in UK ^_^ OS does take a chunk but theres $200 to spare after Xelinks setup Dont buy AV - The free ones are better and effective such as AVG and AVAST - DarkStar