Help a friend move away from consoles (PC match for the Xbox One)

Alexizzle2

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I have a buddy who currently has an Xbox 360. Obviously the console is old and soon will be obsolete. His immediate plan was to buy an Xbox One without the Kinect package for US $399. I am trying to push him towards PC gaming. Can someone put together a parts list for a budget gaming PC for US $400-500 that can out-perform or at least match the Xbox One?

Notes:
-His favorite games are Battlefield 4 and Titanfall
-He'll need a WiFi card
-If you include an AMD CPU, please include a CPU cooler

Since he is for now a bit of a pleb, he doesn't need anything fancy hardware-wise (No sli/crossfire, no overclocking, etc). However, when possible please give some headroom for possible upgrades in the future (Concerning the case and power supply, mostly).

If you have the time, putting together a PC Parts Picker list would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for helping out :)
 
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[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KNs3gs) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KNs3gs/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258) | $69.99 @ Newegg
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $29.99 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gab85hd3) | $87.69 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct51264ba160bj) | $36.99 @...

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[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KNs3gs) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KNs3gs/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258) | $69.99 @ Newegg
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $29.99 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gab85hd3) | $87.69 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct51264ba160bj) | $36.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $50.40 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751kr) | $129.99 @ NCIX US
**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210002) | $34.78 @ Amazon
**Power Supply** | [EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100b10500kr) | $48.91 @ Amazon
**Optical Drive** | [LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-gh24nsb0) | $13.99 @ Newegg
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [Rosewill RNX-N150UBE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-wireless-network-card-rnxn150ube) | $13.99 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $466.72
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-27 18:26 EDT-0400 |

this will destroy all consoles and play at 1080p.

this has a CPU cooler and this chip can be severely overclocked (it is the anniversary edition)

i think i picked the wrong motherboard but that can be fixed and special dealswill change by then anyway. but this is the general idea and a r9 270 can replace the gpu i picked. this one is just very power effecient and needs no extra power.
 
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