I need help shaving $40 off a PC build.

[Facelord]

My very first client gave me a hard budget of $600 for her computer build, it's a gaming PC going toward her son. I don't want her son disappointed as it's a major Christmas gift, but I'm having trouble cutting the PC's cost from $640 to $600. It'd only cost $560 if I didn't have to factor in Windows 8, but unfortunately that's $85.

Here are the parts I've chosen:

Mobo http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056G10WK/
CPU and DVD drive, going with a Phenom II 955 black edition for the great price-to-performance ratio.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1098107
500w PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171031
8gb RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
EVGA 650 TI GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130838
500gb HDD www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006YLVD50/
Antec 302 Case http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006TVQTHW/
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O65JXI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Windows 8 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0094NY3R0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Arctic Silver thermal compound http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002VFXFE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&smid=A2EUTVCJXLAJ4K

I've shopped around, these are pretty much the best deals I can locate in this price range without having to go for any really low-quality components. If I go for a Radeon HD 7750 it'd cost only $600 total with room for upgrades, but I don't think she'd want to upgrade her son's PC any time soon and I don't want him to be disappointed in the PC's performance when he gets it. Plus, the 650 TI comes with Assassin's Creed 3, I'm sure she'd appreciate having an extra gift to throw toward her son. He's going to play games on a 1080p HDTV normally, I can recommend he not use anti-aliasing so there's less of a performance hit but I'm just not sure a 7750 would be sufficient for his needs.

Side-note: I'm pretty sure all these parts are compatible, but I'm not completely certain. If you guys find anything that doesn't go together, I'd appreciate you telling me.

Thanks for potential help, I'd really appreciate it.

 

[Facelord]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125451

GET THIS. CHEAPER and FREE SHIP.

I generally trust EVGA and Sapphire over the other card brands, but eh. $14 is $14. Thanks for your help, I'll order the parts now.

Oxford, thanks for taking the time to post a build list of your own but I'm not too keen on the PSU and I've decided to go for the 1155 mobo and G860 instead- partially because my client could upgrade it to an i5 or i7 in the future if she'd like. I appreciate you putting the time into posting that.

You, Cutebeans, I appreciate your help doubly so. It's wonderful that people would jump to help out a stranger like this, you've definitely left a good impression.

 

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[cutebeans]

No problem. Hope the parts are all ok.

 

[Facelord]

No problem. Hope the parts are all ok.

Marry me.

 

[cutebeans]

I'm a guy -__-

 

[Facelord]

I'm a guy -__-

I was joking. :>