friend's gaming pc

mingy345

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So my friend wants a gaming pc to be built around 400$. He wants to play watch dogs at around medium settings.
What parts are best?
 
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That's really the bare minimum :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bBfzHx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bBfzHx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $436.92
Prices include shipping...
That's really the bare minimum :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bBfzHx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bBfzHx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $436.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-23 19:43 EDT-0400

Will handle the game at medium/low settings 1080p

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But be wary of the stutters thanks to the poor game coding.
 
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Barney6262

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I would throw in a hyper 212 EVO and overclock the Pentium a bit?