Build opinions, recommendations needed

[GeekySole9354]

Hi! I am helping my bro to build a budget pc, because right now he's using a really old iMac with Windows XP, and a Xbox 360. He will not be buying a screen and he will be buying Windows 8.1 so that's not included in the price.

So is this build good or can he get something much better for the price? (Btw he does not want to spend anything more on the pc than he already is)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($149.99 @ B&H)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.98 @ OutletPC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $467.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[Si3Rra_7]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/maxkremeur/saved/DqGxFT

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/maxkremeur/saved/4sw7YJ

 

These ain't bad , and they have good gpus

 

The intel one has better single threaded performance and will go well with something like skyrim .

 

The amd one has overall more bang for buck , and has better gpu

[Manny Calavera]

even cheaper

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $457.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[GeekySole9354]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/maxkremeur/saved/DqGxFT

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/maxkremeur/saved/4sw7YJ

These ain't bad , and they have good gpus

The intel one has better single threaded performance and will go well with something like skyrim .

The amd one has overall more bang for buck , and has better gpu

If i don't remember wrong Watch Dogs require 4 cores, and the i3 only got 2, so it might not work with the next gen games coming out, right?

[GeekySole9354]

What i said^

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[dragoon20005]

If i don't remember wrong Watch Dogs require 4 cores, and the i3 only got 2, so it might not work with the next gen games coming out, right?

the intel has 2 core but it got Hypertreading

 

so it will work like a virtual 4 core

 

but yes physical core are better than virtual but the Intel will be better in this case

[Si3Rra_7]

What i said^

It'll be just fine , it has hyperthreading 

[gluconolactone]

If i don't remember wrong Watch Dogs require 4 cores, and the i3 only got 2, so it might not work with the next gen games coming out, right?

 

Nope

[GeekySole9354]

the intel has 2 core but it got Hypertreading

 

so it will work like a virtual 4 core

 

but yes physical core are better than virtual but the Intel will be better in this case

  

It'll be just fine , it has hyperthreading

  

Nope

Ok so i should go with the intel alternative instead of my parts list?

[dragoon20005]

Ok so i should go with the intel alternative instead of my parts list?

yes and you can upgrade later to i5 cpu when you can afford it