Best possible $500 gaming build?

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Sena Gabriel

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My friend is deciding upon buying an Xbox one, PS4, or PC. What would all of you think be the best possible $500 gaming PC build?

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Case: 31.99$ (Rosewill Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Blackbone)
http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Steel-Plastic-Computer-Blackbone/dp/B004A9XB6W/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1396134069&sr=1-14
Power Supply: 39.99$ (CORSAIR CX series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Motherboard: 53.99$ (ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157323
Ram: 59.99$ (Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TZBD38G1600HC9DC01)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313435
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$500 not much to work with hope you have a Monitor,Keyboard and mouse.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3k55t

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($100.00 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.97 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Gamma Classic (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.98 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $520.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-01 03:33 EDT-0400)
 
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Case: 31.99$ (Rosewill Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Blackbone)
http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Steel-Plastic-Computer-Blackbone/dp/B004A9XB6W/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1396134069&sr=1-14
Power Supply: 39.99$ (CORSAIR CX series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Motherboard: 53.99$ (ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157323
Ram: 59.99$ (Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TZBD38G1600HC9DC01)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313435
Hard Drive: 49.99$ (Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AAKX)
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Cache-Desktop/dp/B00461G3MS
CPU: 109.99$ (AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W 6-Core Desktop Processor FD6300WMHKBOX)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286
GPU: 154.99$ (EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti with G-SYNC Support 2GB GDDR5 128bit, Dual-Link, DVI-I, HDMI, DP Graphics Card (02G-P4-3751-KR))
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-3751-KR/dp/B00IDG3PRI
Total: 501$

OR the intel build with a better upgrade path

Case: 31.99$ (Rosewill Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Blackbone)
http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Steel-Plastic-Computer-Blackbone/dp/B004A9XB6W/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1396134069&sr=1-14
Power Supply: 39.99$ (CORSAIR CX series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Motherboard: 49.99$ (ASUS H81M-K LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132052
Ram: 59.99$ (Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TZBD38G1600HC9DC01)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313435
Hard Drive: 49.99$ (Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AAKX)
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Cache-Desktop/dp/B00461G3MS
CPU: 119.99$ (Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 3 FCLGA 1150 Processor BX80646I34130)
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i3-4130-FCLGA-Processor-BX80646I34130/dp/B00EUUKVXM
GPU: 154.99$ (EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti with G-SYNC Support 2GB GDDR5 128bit, Dual-Link, DVI-I, HDMI, DP Graphics Card (02G-P4-3751-KR))
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-3751-KR/dp/B00IDG3PRI
Total: 507$
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n5dolXyyg0 - if it can't be more than 500 $ ;).
Otherwise, upgrade the GPU to a 270x - will run battlefield 4 on high +.

I would recommend Austin's video's all day long ;). You won't find anything better for your budget unless microcenter/ newegg has some kickass deals ^^.

He made a benchmark about the athlon x4 750k vs i5 4670k - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIT9uLDjZcg
The link above contains the athlon x4 760k ;).

Good Luck!
 
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