$550 budget Gaming Build for Friend

[PCEnthusiast543]

My friend really wants to get into pc gaming and I am going to build the pc for him. His total budget is around $550, he just wants to get the best gaming performance. I really want to be able to expand his build in the future and also have it be semi-compact since he doesn't have a lot of room. Any suggestions would be aprreciated

[Frankk]

AMD Athlon 860k

MSI 970

8GB HyperX 1866MHz

R9 380X

1TB Hybrid Drive

(off the top of my head)

[Wouterrinos]

8 minutes ago, PCEnthusiast543 said:

My friend really wants to get into pc gaming and I am going to build the pc for him. His total budget is around $550, he just wants to get the best gaming performance. I really want to be able to expand his build in the future and also have it be semi-compact since he doesn't have a lot of room. Any suggestions would be aprreciated

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sHQf6h

[WereCat]

Here.. even with SSD.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($72.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($63.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $554.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-13 18:32 EST-0500

[Castdeath97]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($124.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $570.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-13 18:39 EST-0500

[Castdeath97]

13 minutes ago, Wouterrinos said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sHQf6h

 

6 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Here.. even with SSD.

I don't think the FM2 platform will offer a lot of upgardbility that the OP requires

[Wouterrinos]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

 

I don't think the FM2 platform will offer a lot of upgardbility that the OP requires

It won't, but OP also want's "the best gaming performance" and that's what you get with the build at the moment. But yes, your build is far more upgradable (even more if you get 1x8 gb ram). 

[Castdeath97]

24 minutes ago, Wouterrinos said:

It won't, but OP also want's "the best gaming performance" and that's what you get with the build at the moment. But yes, your build is far more upgradable (even more if you get 1x8 gb ram). 

The i3 6100 bests the 860K as well.

[Wouterrinos]

6 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

The i3 6100 bests the 860K as well.

I know (kind of obvious), but it's 50 dollars more as well.

 

Edit: so there's room for a 380X in budget (which is better than the 380)

[PCEnthusiast543]

10 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($124.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $570.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-13 18:39 EST-0500

I really like this build, but he seriously can't go over $550, just a little bit over, but not that much.

[Castdeath97]

55 minutes ago, PCEnthusiast543 said:

I really like this build, but he seriously can't go over $550, just a little bit over, but not that much.

Is that good? Added a better SSD but a cheaper case

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($124.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $561.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 06:43 EST-0500

[PCEnthusiast543]

1 hour ago, Castdeath97 said:

Is that good? Added a better SSD but a cheaper case

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($124.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $561.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 06:43 EST-0500

That is a lot better. This gives me a good idea of what I might build for him.

[NunoLava1998]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.74 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 740 4GB Video Card  ($92.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive  ($12.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($17.59 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $545.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 09:32 EST-0500

 

You'll have to use the stock cooler, sorry, but the freaking case doesn't say if any cpu cooler is compatible, so i just got a 18$ case fan.