I'd rather him get the Xeon. Same as i7. Unless he needs the i7 for editing etc. Then a Xeon would be good enough to go into "Raven Mode" already.

Ubsioft’s Watch Dogs has leaked ahead of its worldwide release and users have been streaming footage all over the place. Some users who got their hands on the PC version managed to confirm one important facet though: you won’t need 6 GB of RAM to play Watch Dogs as the system requirements state.

This was further corroborated by creative director Jonathan Morin on Twitter, who stated that, “4GB is lower than min specs. It might run if nothing else is running, but when it swap to your hard drive it will lag.”

Read more at http://gamingbolt.com/watch-dogs-pc-can-ru...qzPvWxzXMw3x.99

In that you won't notice any difference amongst current gen SSDs when doing normal computing? Yes.

If you're doing power computing and multiple programs being run at a single go then premium SSDs would start to show their worth.

Yes, game files if you install them on SSD all updates will be stored there together. You better make sure you get a 256GB SSD cuz BF is gonna eat at least 40-50GB of space. Plus you probably are gonna install more games as well.

650W is good enough. But again, you know we are gonna push for at least a solid seasonic PSU. Haha.

1.Corsair force GS - high read and write - Sandforce
2.Corsair Neutron GTX/Sandisk Extreme II/Seagate 600 Pro - I/O consistency on enterprise grade level - LAMD
3.Samsung 840 pro - Awesome in everyway imaginable - Samsung own in house everything their own.
4.OCZ Vector - Highest Read Performance on 4k - Indilinx
5.Crucial M500 - Good performance go GB value .. day to day. - Marvell.
6.Samsung 840 - TLC - Overall good day to day performance - Samsung ( leader in tlc atm)