On Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:53:57 PM UTC-5, Oren wrote:
Seeking opinions of current parts.

CPU

Motherboard

Hard Drive (SATA)

DVD (SATA)

Monitor

A friend ask me to build him a new system. (no problem)

Windows 7 – clean install...

If you've built a system in the last year or two or had one built for
you I would appreciate your comments.

Just the above parts are what I'm interested in. Been awhile since I
built mine :-\

My work for him is free -- start to finish.

I usually buy from Dell (4 new units, bought and sold many used ones).
If you get a cheap Dell and it doesn't come with an OS disc for reinstall....you can ask them for one (in the US).
https://support.dell.com/support/top.../backupcd_form