Well considering it has to be less than $1000 bucks @Basard, that recommendation won't work. I'm going to switch to air cooling to save the money to bring it down. I just wanted to match the white and black theme. He said he would like for it to be able to play games but i'm 99% sure he probably wont. I think a stronger processor and faster storage will ultimately serve him best.
As for waiting for CES, it really doesn't matter in this case as I need to build it over the next couple days, so waiting is not really option.
No peripherals needed.
Sweet find!