Another "looking for build recommendations" topic...

[dhakon]

Going to be building my younger brother a new pc for gaming purposes. He'll only need the tower, no peripherals, monitor, OS, etc. Best bang for his buck kind of thing. He'll have $1000 saved up within the next 2-3 weeks for it. I'll be building towards the end of September. I have a few part selections in mind but I'm not set on anything. Any help on build/part recommendations is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[g-unit1111]

Does that $1K include monitor and OS or not? Because the builds will look way different if they do.

 

[nafoni]

Someone could confirm me on the motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3450 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($97.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($96.49 @ B&H)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($389.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $975.46
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-08-31 16:35 EDT-0400)

 

[dhakon]

Does that $1K include monitor and OS or not? Because the builds will look way different if they do.

I thought I posted it in the initial post. Sorry if I missed it, I've been freakishly busy today at work. To answer the question though, the $1000 is just for the tower. He already has a monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers/OS/etc.