system for my girlfriend

[tkovalesky]

so my girlfriend is currently playing on a shitty laptop with an AMD a10 apu, and it really sucks. so ive decided to take it upon myself to price out a system for her. so before i do any serious research, i need ideas.

 

so our budget is around $600 USD, id prefer we go with AMD for the graphics, no monitor, keyboard, os, or anything like that needs to be in the list.

here are the games she plays and wants to play: skyrim, xcom EU, Elite dangerous, Fallout 4, minecraft, american truck simulator, and cities skylines. so nothing too difficult to run.

 

give me ideas on what to throw in the spec list plz

[GammaProX]

get a i5 with a 380 8 gb of ram then whatever other stuff 

[Chasem121]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $593.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 22:21 EDT-0400

[zzenigmaxzz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 285 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($179.99 @ Directron) 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $612.16

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 22:21 EDT-0400

[Finn the Potato]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $593.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 22:21 EDT-0400

This. Great cpu, great gpu, good quality power supply, High quality NZXT Case. This is what you want.

[tkovalesky]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $593.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 22:21 EDT-0400

i do like this one. i actually own that video card. are you sure 520W is enough power though? (to be honest, im not sure exactly how power hungry that i5 is)

[Gale]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($228.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $653.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 22:33 EDT-0400

[Finn the Potato]

i do like this one. i actually own that video card. are you sure 520W is enough power though? (to be honest, im not sure exactly how power hungry that i5 is)

520w will be adequate as that i5 is pretty power efficient. Video card will be the main user of power, but 520w will be fine.