Friends Build $1000 or less

[Brett1212]

My friend is building a pc for gaming and wants to maximize performance but also pay $1000 or less including monitor. Main concerns are the cpu and video card. Here is the build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kirbylawlis/saved/#view=bpWMnQ

Thank you!

 

[IDProG]

For 1080p gaming, 16gb ram isn't needed. i5-6500 comes with a stock cpu cooler, no need to buy another one. Here is the updated list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kdHVYr

 

[Hlsgsz]

In this budget, it's ill advised to go for a pure SSD build, as that would eat too much of your budget and you would have to sacrifice the CPU or GPU which is a no-no for a gaming build.

Get this instead. It's teh absolute best for the money and a great gaming machine:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: *GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($53.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Other: non-reference AMD RX 480 8GB ($250.00)
Total: $1015.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-06 21:28 EDT-0400

The non-reference RX 480 are coming pout in a week or two. DO wait for them, or, if you can't, get a reference model that's already out for less than the 250 i specified. They are vastly superiour to the r9 380 you were planning, with performance that's between an R9 390 and an R9 390X.

 

[g-unit1111]

For 1080p gaming, 16gb ram isn't needed. i5-6500 comes with a stock cpu cooler, no need to buy another one. Here is the updated list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/kdHVYr

You would really buy an AMD RX 480 after they've been known to fry PCI slots?

Wait for the GTX 1060 - it's supposed to be releasing this week or next week and for the same price preliminary numbers put it ahead of reference and non reference RX480s.