Build Plan for Friend

[CowsGoRoar]

My friend wants to join the PC Master Race but with a budget of $1000 CAD after tax (13%), and he needs a monitor, keyboard (does not need mechanical), mouse and audio.

The most demanding game he plays is BF3 (he's fine with medium settings) and a lot of Minecraft. He does not care about brands or anything like that. (Not a fanboy)

He does not want to overclock.

 

This is the build I made for him.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($122.01 @ DirectCanada) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($30.27 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($61.09 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($100.87 @ Newegg Canada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($60.99 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($172.08 @ NCIX) 

Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($71.47 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.13 @ NCIX) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($112.76 @ DirectCanada) 

Monitor: AOC E2425SWD 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($146.88 @ Canada Computers) 

Keyboard: Gigabyte KM5300 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($11.28 @ NCIX) 

Total: $936.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

What would you change? Thanks.

[DenzelFenzel]

for better performance change the GPU to something like

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9270xdc2t2gd5

 

it may pop up the price but it should be still within the 1K CAD budget & there's that AMD Never Settle Space Bundle for them free games

[s4spencer]

overclocked RAM is a big waste if your not going for some high performance grade machine, you could go for something cheaper and shave 20~30 off. Also the same as DenzelFenzel mentioned. Upping the GPU a little bit might give get him something he didnt even know he wanted. 270x is a good pick, or you can check out a 760 or even 770 on some sites, the GTX price drop has knocked a few higher end cards into your price range