$500-$700 gaming build. What are your suggestions?

oddlyenough

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Hi,

A friend would like me to help him build a gaming system.

The budget is $500-700, which I realize is quite a large range, but he couldn't be more specific at this time. Included in this cost would be a new monitor, so we have to keep that in mind.

Any suggestions on where to start? I have the hard drive and OS covered for him, so no need to factor that in.

I don't think he has huge expectations, he plays a lot of LoL, occasionally some FPS games, etc. I think he'd be really pleased with it if he could play Borderlands on high.

Thanks for any suggestions.
 

oddlyenough

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Thank you. He doesn't have any brand preference, so anything goes.