Building for a friend, $1k budget, looking for some suggestions

[grandpab]

The budget isn't really set at $1k. He plans on asking different family members to buy a different parts for a computer for christmas, but around $1k for everything is probably about where it should be kept at.

He's always been a strictly console player, so this will be his first computer but he does a lot of gaming, so it should be geared towards gaming.

I know he'll need a windows key, a case, and everything that goes in the case to make it a computer. I'm not so concerned about peripherals right now, and I think he plans on using his TV as his primary monitor.

I can build the computer, but I don't keep up with the technology and prices to be able to piece together a computer as well as a lot of you guys can, so I'm here asking for advice.

I want to be able to overclock the CPU for him, I doubt he'll ever care about sli/crossfire, and when it comes to intel vs amd or nvidia vs amd I don't have a preference. Whatever is best right now.

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Resolution
Games / Settings Desired
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Parts that can be reused
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[grandpab]

Budget - Around $1k
Resolution - 1920x1080 would be best I guess, but I don't know. He plans on playing on a big screen TV, but he might realize it's a bad idea when he tries it, or he might not care at all.
Games / Settings Desired - High/Ultra settings, most often it's FPS games
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc) - None
Country - America
Parts that can be reused - None, Building his first computer from scratch so he needs everything. A disk drive, a hard drive, psu, everything...
Do you need an OS? - Yup, he's got windows 8 on his laptop so windows 8 is fine.
Do you need peripherals - Not too concerned about these right now, and this type of stuff I can help him with myself.