Building for a friend, recommend parts?

[Silver Forte]

Looking for more guru help. My friend wants to spend 600-650 on a custom PC build. Thinking Skyrim, Battlefield Hardline 30+ fps on medium settings within range of a lot of chaos. harddrive space not really an issue, 500 gigs minimum is fine. Can you guys suggest a pcpartpicker list for that criteria?

[Deleted]

Does he need anything else, like a monitor/OS etc??

[Silver Forte]

Not at this time. I'm going to recommend he get windows 10 and skip 8 so it's not an issue I'm worried about right now. First we just want to get the machine built. Probably should have mentioned that.

[YuneKirby]

Not at this time. I'm going to recommend he get windows 10 and skip 8 so it's not an issue I'm worried about right now. First we just want to get the machine built. Probably should have mentioned that.

Keep in mind that Windows 10 is a free upgrade for Win7/8 users.

[Lathais]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($168.99 @ Directron)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $647.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 23:41 EST-0500

[moremana]

Not at this time. I'm going to recommend he get windows 10 and skip 8 so it's not an issue I'm worried about right now. First we just want to get the machine built. Probably should have mentioned that.

Windows 10 isn't slated for release until the earliest September 2015. Windows 7/8/8.1 will get a free upgrade.

[Deleted]

If the budget does not need to include the o/s then you can almost fit a 4690k/Z97 in there:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3300-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $674.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-02 03:32 EST-0500

[Deleted]

If the budget does not need to include the o/s then you can almost fit a 4690k/Z97 in there:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3300-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $674.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-02 03:32 EST-0500

Well, you can always drop the GPU down to a 270(x) But it might also be worth it to drop the cpu down to a 4460.

[Deleted]

Yeah you can go for a 270(x) but i saw battlefield, so... 3gb vram might come handy ^^

[Deleted]

Yeah you can go for a 270(x) but i saw battlefield, so... 3gb vram might come handy ^^

Yeah. I think, it might be more usefull to go for a 4460/4590 + 280(x). If the 650 is a hard set budget.

[Silver Forte]

Thanks for the input everyone. Really appreciate it. Gonna skip on the OS for now.