How about this build?

[S7117]

NOTE:

I will be selling him the R9 270X and the Corsair 450D for $150 and maybe a 500gb Server HDD.

The OS will be coming from Kinguin.net ($30.00)

He is just wanting kind of a lower end system but I figured this would give him a good upgrade path.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks in advance.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kr7q6h

 

Update: His budget is about $500 dollars. (try and keep it under $700).

[Mr.Meerkat]

Ah, upgrading your PC as he needs a PC noice but what's his budget? To be honest, may as well get a nice PC without having to upgrade that kinda weak GPU in the near future  

[S7117]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Ah, upgrading your PC as he needs a PC noice but what's his budget? To be honest, may as well get a nice PC without having to upgrade that kinda weak GPU in the near future  

updated: below $700

as close to $500 as possible

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

5 minutes ago, S7117 said:

updated: below $700

as close to $500 as possible

 

something like this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($33.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($287.10 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $714.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-14 17:46 EDT-0400

 

Yes you are sacrificing the case, motherboard, SSD, PSU for the better GPU but in the long term, it's probably going to be worth it  (also if you're going to get something like the 390, waiting for the 1070 or Polaris to be out isn't a bad idea).

[BringBackLCT]

I would change the cpu and motherboard to something like a i5 4570/4460/6500 (they out perform the 6400 because of their higher clock speeds) and a more budget motherboard as you can't OC on these CPUs. I will leave

a PCPartPicker below this comment

[S7117]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

something like this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($33.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($287.10 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $714.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-14 17:46 EDT-0400

 

Yes you are sacrificing the case, motherboard, SSD, PSU for the better GPU but in the long term, it's probably going to be worth it  (also if you're going to get something like the 390, waiting for the 1070 or Polaris to be out isn't a bad idea).

This is for my friend. He is just want a low end computer to play things like Hearthstone and Overwatch. I mean this R9 270X has lasted me several years and can play almost all games. (but I also have 4790K and am planing on getting a 1080 for myself)

[Mr.Meerkat]

9 minutes ago, S7117 said:

This is for my friend. He is just want a low end computer to play things like Hearthstone and Overwatch. I mean this R9 270X has lasted me several years and can play almost all games. (but I also have 4790K and am planing on getting a 1080 for myself)

Fair enough  then your build will be better as long as he's not wanting to be 60+ fps at 1080p with higher settings in triple A titles/demanding titles  

[S7117]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Fair enough  then your build will be better as long as he's not wanting to be 60+ fps at 1080p with higher settings in triple A titles/demanding titles  

Nah he sent me an AMD X4 760K build so I dont think hes wanting very much. 

IE

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, S7117 said:

Nah he sent me an AMD X4 760K build so I dont think hes wanting very much. 

IE

Hehe, I thought you wanted him to have an upgrade path no? get a skylake i3 then at lease else he's trapped in FM2+...which is completely dead  

[BringBackLCT]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rTJHf7

 

I went the 4460 because of price to performance

I went with this motherboard due to it having USB 3.0 headers and crossfire

support (you can go cheaper without these benefits tho)

I stuck with the graphics card as its a good card for what he needs and he can always get another one and go crossfire

I changed the ssd purely for price

and everything else is the same.

 

Best of luck!

[S7117]

14 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hehe, I thought you wanted him to have an upgrade path no? get a skylake i3 then at lease else he's trapped in FM2+...which is completely dead  

That is the build he sent me. Not the one I came up with. haha

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, S7117 said:

That is the build he sent me. Not the one I came up with. haha

 

Meh, his choice, we can advise him what to do but he decides ultimately  

[S7117]

15 minutes ago, BringBackLCT said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rTJHf7

 

I went the 4460 because of price to performance

I went with this motherboard due to it having USB 3.0 headers and crossfire

support (you can go cheaper without these benefits tho)

I stuck with the graphics card as its a good card for what he needs and he can always get another one and go crossfire

I changed the ssd purely for price

and everything else is the same.

 

Best of luck!

Thanks for the post. The reason I went with 6th gen intel is so that he could take advantage of DDR4 and Have a newer processor. Just because the 4460 may have a higher clock speed does not necessarily mean it is instantly better.

[BringBackLCT]

16 minutes ago, S7117 said:

Thanks for the post. The reason I went with 6th gen intel is so that he could take advantage of DDR4 and Have a newer processor. Just because the 4460 may have a higher clock speed does not necessarily mean it is instantly better.

Trust me on this one... DDR4 doesn't provide enough of a benefit to use the 6400 (insert linuses vid on memory choice here) and It is proven that the 4460 has better performance than a 6400.