$400-$500 Gaming PC For My Friend

KateUpton

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Hello. My friend wants to get into PC gaming, and instead of getting one of the new consoles, he decided it's finally time for him to get a PC.

His price range is $400-$500, possible $600. I don't think he has a mouse, keyboard or a monitor.

For a graphics card, I have an old GTX 560 Ti that I might be able to sell that to him for $80.

If anyone has any recommendations, I (and him) would really appreciate it.

If you can post a PC build in the comments, possible with a mouse/keyboard and monitor that would be awesome! Thank you so much.
 
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A bit above the 500$ bar, but it should be a pretty good build !

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sthu
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sthu/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sthu/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: OCZ Fatal1ty 550W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($29.50 @ Newegg)...
A bit above the 500$ bar, but it should be a pretty good build !

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sthu
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sthu/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sthu/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: OCZ Fatal1ty 550W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($29.50 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Microsoft Keyboard 200 Wired Standard Keyboard ($7.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Gigabyte GM-M5050 Wired Optical Mouse ($4.99 @ NCIX US)
Other: GTX 560 Ti ($80.00)
Total: $518.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-15 22:48 EDT-0400)
 
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