Itx gaming

[Shadelessreject1]

I got a call from a friend earlier this morning and he asked me to build him a gaming computer. I asked what his budget was and his response basically killed me, $500 U.S., I couldn't tell him no because of how close we are. But I was panicking becasue I have no clue how i am going to pull this off. Well he calls me about twenty min later and he says he wants it to be a mini itx computer.  I basically said sh!t, he said sorry gotta go. I have been juggling ideas in my head all day about how I could give him what he wants and I have nothing. 

 

Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on how I can make this possible for him.

 

Thanks 

[Aytex]

$500 isn't that bad

unless he needs a monitor, and keyboard and OS

[RollinLower]

does this price include the peripherals or is it really just the PC itself that he needs?

[lh99]

for 500dollars you could get an i3 and a 960 or 380x depends on the country you live in

 

[byalexandr]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B-Q Mini ITX Tower Case  ($40.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $473.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-10 11:51 EDT-0400

 

If you can get an LGA1150 platform that would be even better, but this will suffice for an R9 380.

[HoiDaniel]

I am running a completely fine ITX build for 480 euros, around 500 US dollar i guess. Look at my page for the specs

[Shadelessreject1]

Our issue is that he needs all the  peripherals  minus a O.C. and tower