Here is my newest and cheapest Intel/Nvidia build $600 flat on Newegg!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($181.98 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Ca
I thought this up during work today. For $400 this comes really close to killing a console, but it doesn't so I call it a Console Contender.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($76.98 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($50.98 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card ($113.9