I'm not very wellknown about motherboard types, I suppose having a basic P45 model (PCI-e 2.0) of Gigabyte would work well, seeing how there's no need for stuff like Raid.
Processor: E8400? At least a dual core of the Wolfdale family, just OC the heck out of it. A quad would be overkill given it's for her and with Masta.G reporting that the ATi offloading has been fixed.
Videocard: ATi Radeon HD4770. Fast enough for all the modern PC games while giving a heck of a value, more power than the 4670 while still not taxing the PSU a lot.
RAM: Stick with 2GB of DDR2, preferably CAS4 stuff, Corsair, Kingston, GSkill, Mushkin. DDR800 will allow up to 400MHz FSB certified, DDR1066 a tad higher. Again, I don't know too much on the details. Since it's for your GF, I doubt the latency is even an issue so if you just want to play it safe go for some CAS5 1066 memory so that it certainly won't be an issue.
DVD Burner: Sony, Samsung, NEC, LG, BenQ, they all produce decent burners, as long as they support both DVD+ and DVD- you should be fine. I always forget which is the cheaper standard, that's the tricky part.
Bluray: If you stick with an OC'd Wolfdale and relatively cheap P45 board you may have some spare money on your budget for one of these.
HDD: Don't know if you need it, but Samsung's F1 series are fast, cheap and quiet. Just don't put them into RAID.
Processor: E8400? At least a dual core of the Wolfdale family, just OC the heck out of it. A quad would be overkill given it's for her and with Masta.G reporting that the ATi offloading has been fixed.
Videocard: ATi Radeon HD4770. Fast enough for all the modern PC games while giving a heck of a value, more power than the 4670 while still not taxing the PSU a lot.
RAM: Stick with 2GB of DDR2, preferably CAS4 stuff, Corsair, Kingston, GSkill, Mushkin. DDR800 will allow up to 400MHz FSB certified, DDR1066 a tad higher. Again, I don't know too much on the details. Since it's for your GF, I doubt the latency is even an issue so if you just want to play it safe go for some CAS5 1066 memory so that it certainly won't be an issue.
DVD Burner: Sony, Samsung, NEC, LG, BenQ, they all produce decent burners, as long as they support both DVD+ and DVD- you should be fine. I always forget which is the cheaper standard, that's the tricky part.
Bluray: If you stick with an OC'd Wolfdale and relatively cheap P45 board you may have some spare money on your budget for one of these.
HDD: Don't know if you need it, but Samsung's F1 series are fast, cheap and quiet. Just don't put them into RAID.