First build, please take a look

[Cpt Buzzkill]

6 minutes ago, Elehat said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($150.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($53.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($46.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.75 @ shopRBC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card  ($159.98 @ NCIX)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $556.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-23 07:16 EST-0500

 

370 is in budget.

you taken older cpu and single ram to cheap out, sure but if he goes with skylake he will have much more  future proof, the gtx 950 is also in his budget with THAT build  althou it is an extra 40 dollars but out performs 370....

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/hZr3qs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/hZr3qs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($150.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($53.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($46.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.75 @ shopRBC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($204.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $601.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-23 07:22 EST-0500

[Elehat]

Skylake IPC gains are minimal, and in this kind of build the advantages of DMI 3.0 and DDR4 are non-existant. The money is better spent in the graphics card. Also single channel provably makes zero difference to gaming situations, and gives upgradability for the future; I'd prefer 1x8 over 2x4 for a 2 DIMM gaming build at the same cost.

 

I'm not getting into an AMD vs Nvidia fight here, they're pointless. Suffice to say there's easily enough readily available material on this topic for the OP to decide themselves.