Good Budget System for a Friend?

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A buddy of mine is looking to build a PC for around the price of a used PS4, $315. I went ahead and put a system together on PcPartPicker and wanted to know if there is anything I should change. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($73.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $314.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-29 01:24 EDT-0400
 
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Ya..if you are looking for the budget rig
you should just use build-in graphic from cpu, not the extra gpu as well
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 500W ATX Power Supply ($35.99 @ NCIX US)...
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Ya..if you are looking for the budget rig
you should just use build-in graphic from cpu, not the extra gpu as well
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 500W ATX Power Supply ($35.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $404.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-29 01:56 EDT-0400
 
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wiht under attacks build if you have a local micro center pick up the g3258 and a h97 mb from asrock.
with the h97 he be able to drop in a faster cpu latter on. swap out tr2 with a 600b evga unit it a better power supply and when it on sale it not much more then the unit that was posted. micro center has the cosair r100 case for 27.00 with rebate. for the video card have him buy a 270-280x card. if he has to have him wait and watch parts picker for sales. or add the gpu latter.
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TYqxK8

The athlon x4 860k is still a very good budget quadcore processor, and can be overclocked. But it is pretty much the best cpu on its socket, so there is no upgrade path unlike the pentium g3258.

I drop in an i3 if you're not planning to upgrade the cpu for a long time. The i3 will still run most games just fine, with the rare exception of games like Far Cry 4 which won't run on a dual core cpu without a fix. Most gaming benchmarks with the g3258 is done in a controlled environment, meaning very minimal background tasks, which would not be the case in real life. Hyperthreading would not affect gaming fps in a positive or negative manner much, but the extra threads would lighten the burden of the background tasks on the dual core. The locked i3 would still be superior to the overclocked pentium, plus you would not need to spend on an aftermarket air cooler as the intel stock cooler would do a fine enough job.

The r9 280 at this moment would be a very good 1080p card under $200. The 1TB WD Blue Hdd is very hard to beat for capacity/price, and only cost a bit more than the 500GB seagate. For the ram, 8GB of ddr3 is recommended these days.

For $300, you can't really build a gaming system that would not need an upgrade to run newer titles in a year or two. But for $600 with the os, you could build a system that can not only run games much better than on the console, but also last you for quiet some time.
 
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