A good gaming pc setup for my 11 year old brother?

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emtasty123

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He likes to play minecraft, Just Cause 2 (On my PC), TF2, Garrys Mod, etc..
Requirements: 1 TB HDD, AMD FX processor, decent ram, r7 260x or above in GPU power, 350 dollar price or lower and a mini tower. Happy Hunting!
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kNZ4f7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kNZ4f7/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A88X-PLUS ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Logisys CS369BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $358.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-12 17:50 EDT-0400
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kNZ4f7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kNZ4f7/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A88X-PLUS ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Logisys CS369BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $358.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-12 17:50 EDT-0400
 
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dont get a fx cpu they are always beat by i3's i5's i7's however a athlon is a reasonable chip for a low budget build
 
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Thanks, Just would like the case to be a mini tower.
 
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Well, technically you can overclock the FXS insanely easily to like 5 GHZ, as well as have 6-8 cores.

 
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i7's have hyper threading giving it 8-12 cores and even overclocked the cores preform way worse then a decent i5

 
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Well, its good if your on a budget. (coming from an intel/nvidia fanboy)

 
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Oh I'm completely aware you should never use those PSU's or CX from Corsair. But $350 isn't much to work with when a good psu is atleast $50.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($40.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $358.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-12 18:35 EDT-0400

2 cores is enough for the games you listed above. You can overclock the G3258 to 4.8 ghz.
If you want a mini case with the AMD build, their motherboard will be around 80-90 bucks.
 
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