Harvey and Jeldwen would be complete non starters in any conversation. The 100's are ok. If you can swing it definitely the Marvin, either Essentials or the Elevate, both a better window in my opinion.

Pull the money out of other upgrades, like granite counters, or wood floors, and do better windows. You can easily upgrade laminate counters down the road. Same with vinyl floors. Defer much of the expense of easily upgradeable materials until later, to invest in better insulation, windows, roofing, siding, etc. Those are the things that you want to place a high priority on getting right from the beginning.

"Framhouse" means different things but if you want it to have a bit of a traditional vernacular style appearance you might want traditional double-hung windows.

That would rule out the Andersen 100 single-hung windows since they're detailed like vinyl windows with the upper sash glass flush with the house clading and trim.

The same goes for the Marvin Essential so that leaves the Marvin Elevate.

Have you seen these windows in a showroom?

I have seen them. I’ve spent the last 2 days trying to look at different windows to narrow down my choices. (Anderson, Pella, Simonton, PlyGem).
What I’d truly appreciate is any specific recommendations you may have. I was originally thinking of single hung as we currently have double hung and never take advantage of using the upper sashes.

We are in our late 60’s so while a long warranty is good, any choice most likely will outlast us. On the exterior we will be doing a combination of hardie board & brick. We are building on some acreage & won’t have any neighbors within site.
Thanks to anyone that takes the time to respond.

I have pella throughout our entire new build - THEY ARE THE WORST. I swear we can hear everything. Maybe we didn’t buy the most expensive ones however I really hate them and would never recommend them, neither would my friend who purchased them as well.

Pella and Plygems are poor quality all the way around. Simonton, is average at best, Andersen series dependent.

Trust me, I do care about how things look. We're "young old", but we just may not live long enough to enjoy the extra cost of high grade windows. I want a good middle of the road window that looks good and is durable. I have noticed in looking at windows in person that the casement windows look more substantial. We will have a front porch and covered back porch so my husband was concerned about them being in the way when open. Easy fix - don't open them when you're using those areas!

I’d get the Andersens. Don’t go with Ply Gem, they’re extremely cheap, lowest quality builder grade. Fully agree with the choice to get decent, midcost windows and save some budget for enjoyable upgrades elsewhere.

Which of the Andereson windows would you recommend?

I would go with the Andersen 100. They won't be that much more than a builder grade vinyl window, and will be better quality.  I have to admit that I don't understand the value of high end windows other than looks (e.g. thin frame).  I don't think the better insulated windows make that substantial of a difference.