as the title says I am looking for a good $500 Gaming PC for my friend he doesn't care what is in it he just wants to play games at a good fps. I have built a few different one but I want to see what you guys have to say.
For OP and you rockie, it is highly not recommended to only use 1 stick of RAM, because the cpus are designed for dual channel memory, your performance will go a lot higher if you do a 2x4 config over a 1x8 or 1x4 config.