$500 USD Build

[Paytend01]

No need for mouse and keyboard or monitor. 

 

OS please 

 

This isn't for me its for a friend that wants to get into PC Gaming

[TheRandomness]

Any specific colour schemes he wants or case size?

[byalexandr]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($113.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($176.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($45.99 @ Directron)
Total: $508.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-04 19:16 EST-0500

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You can get Windows for $20 on Reddit.

[john01dav]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/john01dav/saved/#view=RBtrxr

 

I built this setup for someone I know IRL and it is currently running Linux Mint. There is no reason it shoulden't work with Windows though if that is what you want (and it's price is far enough below US$500 to allow for space to get Windows).

[Paytend01]

Any specific colour schemes he wants or case size?

Nope

[jimakos234]

this,but an i3+ a 380/285 would be better if you can get windows from reddit/g2a for 20 usd

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Predator Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($37.59 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $530.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-04 20:41 EST-0500