Haven't built a system since the original Athlon XP days (~8 years ago). Not sure if my parents will like Windows 8, so I'm thinking of building them a A8/A10 based system with WIndows 7. They just do email, web browsing and look at photos, don't need anything high end. My budget is ~$500.

OS - Win 7 Home premium http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986
CPU/APU - AMD A8-5500 (currently out of stock) or A10-5700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113289
Mobo - Biostar Hi-Fi A85W FM2 AMD A85X http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138366
RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104173
DVD - SAMSUNG SH-224BB/RSBS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151257
Storage - Plextor M5S Series PX-128M5S 2.5" 128GB SATA III http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820249024
-or- Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148840