$500-600 system for friends

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RoroCashflow

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I was messing around on PCPP trying to come up with a build for my friends that is relatively cheap so they could get into pc gaming. I came up with this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sVftvK.
We are going to be playing games like R6 siege and other somewhat demanding games so I don't want to go any lower than a 960. I was also looking at some amd gpus as they tend to be stronger and cheaper than other mid-range NVIDIA cards but I wasn't sure what to look for. Any suggestions to lower down the price? Or is this a crappy build to begin with.
 
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Barty1884

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It's not a crappy build necessarily. The 860k is a great little chip (I have it), but the FM2+ platform is dead.
It'll serve it's purpose fairly well though.
The RM PSU are poor quality - you can usually find an EVGA B2 750W Semi-Modular for less than that price. It's a good quality unit.

PCPP seems to be down so I can't play around with the build, but it should serve your friend well. There might be a few 'tweaks', but the 860k is easily the best chip for $60 - you might want to grab an aftermarket cooler though (with the money saved from the PSU).
 
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ScrewySqrl

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($63.56 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Zotac Premium Edition 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $607.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-15 12:02 EST-0500

a bit of tweaking gives us faster ram and squeezes in a small SSD
 
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timeconsumer

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It looks like you're using rebates in your original, so I'll stick with that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($130.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.98 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX TS 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.40 @ Amazon)
Total: $594.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-15 12:03 EST-0500

The way I see it your friend could hate PC gaming, this at least leaves him a nice i3 to live with on an office or multimedia PC. If he loves PC gaming this leaves him a great upgrade path to an i5 or better on skylake and the PSU can support huge GPUs.
 
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Barty1884

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Thanks ScrewySqrl, took a bit of messing around, but it seems to be working for me now too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($72.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $582.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-15 12:21 EST-0500

PSU is overkill, but you can't go wrong for the price - although the XFX option posted by timeconsumer is good too (although non-modular).

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD, a 4GB 960 (PNY are good quality), higher speed RAM, an aftermarket cooler (that fits the case) and mATX form-factor - yet still capable of a solid overclock (Gigabyte generally have good protection for AMD boards).
 
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