$600-$700 build. Wants 1080p60

[Whorax]

My buddy wants me to pick him out some parts. He wants to do 1080p gaming on high as much as possible with 60fps. He knows he'll have to bump down settings sometimes but he just wants the best thing possible for gaming essentially. He won't be overclocking anything at all, so there's that.

 

This is what I have so far.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.73 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Kinguin W10 ($29.00)
Total: $633.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-01 21:50 EDT-0400

 

I'm leaving the case up to him. He has his own peripherals already.

 

If anyone has anything they'd change or improve upon (or a different build entirely let me know). I have to seriously stress though that he really doesn't wanna spend $700, so the lower the better. $650 is probably his ideal maximum.

[Herman Mcpootis]

can consider this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/d9hyD3

[HKZeroFive]

I'd opt for a Skylake i5 6500 and DDR4 RAM combination since the prices are so damn close.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.73 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Kinguin W10 ($29.00)
Total: $647.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-01 21:59 EDT-0400

[Whorax]

12 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

I'd opt for a Skylake i5 6500 and DDR4 RAM combination since the prices are so damn close.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.73 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Kinguin W10 ($29.00)
Total: $647.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-01 21:59 EDT-0400

That's not too bad actually. I tried to do the exact same thing before posting this and couldn't get it under 650. Thanks.

[nskceaj]

Cant get a 120 GB SSD in there ?

[Whorax]

2 minutes ago, nskceaj said:

Cant get a 120 GB SSD in there ?

I'm not thinking so unfortunately. He still needs a case as well.

[nskceaj]

7 minutes ago, Whorax said:

I'm not thinking so unfortunately. He still needs a case as well.

Well that sucks. Tell him to buy one as soon as he has the Money for it