thanks everyone. So my friend and I went through all the parts and picked what we would get. We swapped somethings because he wants to get all the parts in one day from the local computer shop
PCPartPicker part list: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/TMPJmG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/TMPJmG/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/TMPJmG/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-4300 (PB tech) $150
http://goo.gl/yowTR7
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G mATX Socket AM3+ ($109.25 @ PB Technologies)
http://goo.gl/UZZ2Hy
Memory: G.SKILL 2X4GB DDR2 1600MHz
($113.85 @ PB Technologies)
http://goo.gl/YUPP1f
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 3.5" 5900RPM ($83.95 @ PB Tech)
http://goo.gl/W4Ty9c
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260x 1GB ($200.00 @ PB Tech)
http://goo.gl/TEOieC
Case: COOLER MASTER K282 ($90.85 @ PB Tech)
http://goo.gl/OB2sB6
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 600W 80Plus Gold ($148 @ PB Tech)
http://goo.gl/Myb2cd
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (Buying online somewhere)
Total: $1042