Thanks for the input, currently looking at https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kqKBhy. I thought about just doing what I did in the past with mine and getting 8gb sticks whenever I had the budget and have had 16gb for a while now not realizing 8gb just isn't enough anymore. The case is more for me than him since I want a smaller case on my side. The SSD was just a mirror of what I am running and thought it would suffice but, seeing the m.2 SSD is just a 50% more for double the capacity, I would be an idiot not to get it. Any other suggestions are still appreciated!