$500 budget build for friend

[Octavialicious]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HYTT99

I prefer the 280/280X, but due to the games he plays we chose the 960. Please note he does not want to do rebates, nor can it go over $500 even a little bit

[Aytex]

Get the link fixed, the pcpartpicker link for our parts in in the permalink on the website

[Ertman]

Not a bad Pentium build there. Will there be any issues with that case and GPU?

 

 

 

An i3 with an AMD GPU build below. I went with the i3 to hopefully sidestep some of the artificial "limitations" created game developers.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xW3Q99
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xW3Q99/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($103.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS09B MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $493.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 12:40 EDT-0400

[Octavialicious]

Get the link fixed, the pcpartpicker link for our parts in in the permalink on the website

  

nevermind

fixed

[Aytex]

Ok so change the motherboard to a z97 series so later on you can upgrade to a i5 or i7 the lowest priced is only 10 doller more but its worth being able to upgrade in the future

[VenkiPhy6]

What about peripherals?? Also, if I were you, I would rather go for a cheaper graphic card (Like a 750 Ti or R7 260X) and get a better case and a cooling solution. Will help in future upgrades. A 212 EVO might do good. Check out the Deepcool Tesseract SW. It seems to be 10$ more at newegg and that is the one I use personally use.