Recently I have been picking up some hours at work, and thought why not start buying stuff to get my desktop started? There are two main points to this thread, first a good place to buy from, and help with specs.

First of all, I heard that newegg was a good site to buy from, but before I get into something this costly I wanted to check with my friends here that are more versed in the trade. I'm not looking to spend thousands, but about 600 would be fine by me.

Now for what I'm hoping for, I would like something that could run stuff like ff xiv smooth, and be able to play games with my buddy on steam without too much trouble. I want to just go ahead and get a 1T hard drive and a decent RAM so I don't have to upgrade for a while. Maybe get a 8g memory, or better. I can get a mouse and keyboard from the local store if there isn't anything to amazing, along with speakers. Of course though you gotta have a good case that looks cool and helps keep it from getting toasty.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.