New PC for friend

[David5886]

Hi, I am going to be building a new computer for a friend.

 

The budget for the PC is $500 U.S.

This is going to be for playing a lot of games.

 

He already has a monitor and is going to be using one, but the ability to use 2 would be great.

 

Need to fit a keyboard, he already has the mouse, monitor.

 

I already have a copy of Windows 8 I plan to install on it.

 

Also needs Wifi

Thanks!

[Aniallation]

What kind of games?

[evilarceus]

Depends on what games he's going to be playing. Assuming around the Witcher 3 area?

[JesseBaer]

He wants to play games like Minecraft, Moba's, Some high end FPS as well. (I'm a friend of his again )

[David5886]

What Jesse above said, he will also need WiFi, forgot to add that

[Lotus]

Here is what I'd do with how things are right now:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.84 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  ($129.64 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $475.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-30 23:15 EDT-0400

 

The R9 280 has been on sale for $150 lately, and I'd get that if you can, but I can't find that deal anymore and the R9 270 is still a very capable card at 1080p.

[Colt_0pz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Mushkin Chronos 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card  ($158.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($28.98 @ OutletPC) 

Keyboard: Logitech G15 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($27.99 @ PCM) 

Total: $543.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-30 23:19 EDT-0400

This system will be great if you can go 43 dollars overbudget