$800 PC for Friend - (Hopefully) Final parts list - Feedback?

[CobbleWalker]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JsPFwP

 

Tell me what you think, his parents are buying the monitor, so that's not in the budget. Anything I should change? I pretty sure this should work...

 

Thanks,

CobbleWalker

[HPWebcamAble]

You don't need such a large PSU. And I'd recommend 16 GB of RAM:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($138.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Apevia X-QPACK3-BL MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($20.98 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit)  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $795.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 11:57 EDT-0400

[pckid]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

You don't need such a large PSU. And I'd recommend 16 GB of RAM:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($138.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Apevia X-QPACK3-BL MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($20.98 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit)  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $795.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 11:57 EDT-0400

Why a fx cpu?

[HPWebcamAble]

1 minute ago, pckid said:

Why a fx cpu?

FX is ok for budget builds. Though I'll see if I can get an i5 in there for under 800

[CobbleWalker]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

You don't need such a large PSU. And I'd recommend 16 GB of RAM:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($138.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Apevia X-QPACK3-BL MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($20.98 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit)  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $795.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 11:57 EDT-0400

I'd rather stick with the large PSU for upgrades. I'd also like to keep his SSD. As for the processor, Sure, the AMD one is currently better but it doesn't offer many upgrade paths. He doesn't really need 16 gigs of ram, all he wants to do is play modern titles and do a little browsing.

[CobbleWalker]

Just now, HPWebcamAble said:

FX is ok for budget builds. Though I'll see if I can get an i5 in there for under 800

Is there anything wrong with the way I speezed in the i5?

[HPWebcamAble]

3 minutes ago, CobbleWalker said:

Is there anything wrong with the way I speezed in the i5?

I guess the important question is what is his actual budget? 800? 900? 1000? Title says 800 but the list you linked is 922

I was going to keep it under 800, but 900-1000 will get you a more performance and room for upgrades

[CobbleWalker]

Just now, HPWebcamAble said:

I guess the important question is what is his actual budget? 800? 900? 1000? Title says 800 but the list you linked is 922

I was going to keep it under 800, but 900-1000 will get you a more performance and room for upgrades

As I said in the disc, his parents are buying the monitor, and I only want 10 over, which he was OK with.

[HPWebcamAble]

7 minutes ago, CobbleWalker said:

As I said in the disc, his parents are buying the monitor, and I only want 10 over, which he was OK with.

In that case, the part list you have is probably the best bang for your buck

 

I would recommend getting a Samsung 850 Evo 256 GB SSD instead of the ADATA one, since the ADATA uses TLC flash, which degrades faster than MLC flash.