Help with 1k Budget Build for friend

[Propensity]

Hello all I am here to get some help with a budget build for a friend.

 

I am getting him away from an old console and into computer gaming and he needs a rig that can do that for him. He has a 7 year old macbook pro and sees my overdone 2k rig and gets scared about costs. I was hoping to build a smaller rig for 1k with a matx board and decent graphics card to get him in the door. I was looking at 760ish performance for graphics. I just want him to have a rig that is solid and can handle any game a max or close to max details right now. If possible I also want to get a boot drive ssd but I know how hard that can be on this kind of this kind of budget. Thanks for any and all help

[SAV1OUR]

$200 over but hows this? Done on my phone so cant get the fully list

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WtZX

[dizmo]

What games is he going to be playing at what resolution?

Does he need peripherals, monitor or OS?

[Gung Pow Chicken]

What kind of games and does he already monitor. If so what is the default res of the monitor?

As for an ssd go with a samsung 840 evo "120GB" cheap and great performance

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[Propensity]

He will be playing most AAA games, minecraft. Not going to worry about the monitor right this second as we haven't even nailed down a final budget yet. I just think a smaller tower and matx board to keep the build compact will work well for him.

[Gung Pow Chicken]

Linus has released some pretty sweet reviews on MAtx cases. Some of the obsidian ones are legit.

[brob]

 

Hello all I am here to get some help with a budget build for a friend.

 

I am getting him away from an old console and into computer gaming and he needs a rig that can do that for him. He has a 7 year old macbook pro and sees my overdone 2k rig and gets scared about costs. I was hoping to build a smaller rig for 1k with a matx board and decent graphics card to get him in the door. I was looking at 760ish performance for graphics. I just want him to have a rig that is solid and can handle any game a max or close to max details right now. If possible I also want to get a boot drive ssd but I know how hard that can be on this kind of this kind of budget. Thanks for any and all help

 

 

Location?

[rambi36]

Here you go my friend. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($67.99 @ Adorama) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card  ($249.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case:  Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $952.89

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-19 23:07 EST-0500)

[Gung Pow Chicken]

 

Here you go my friend. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($67.99 @ Adorama) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card  ($249.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case:  Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $952.89

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-19 23:07 EST-0500)

 

For a little more I would get a WD red. 

[Synthetic]

For a little more I would get a WD red. 

 

I would drop the 60gb ssd (Not even close to enough storage) and go with a seagate hybrid drive.

[brob]

How about an AMD build with a better gpu?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($154.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($62.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard:  Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($60.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card:  PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  ($309.98 @ Best Buy)
Case:  Corsair Graphite Series 230T Grey ATX Mid Tower Case  ($76.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply:  XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $961.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-19 23:46 EST-0500)