$500 or $600 will get you a computer capable of playing DayZ on high settings, albeit not at 60 fps perhaps. A $400 computer will definitely play TF2, and CS Source. I would recommend saving a for a $600 PC.
$500 or $600 will get you a computer capable of playing DayZ on high settings, albeit not at 60 fps perhaps. A $400 computer will definitely play TF2, and CS Source. I would recommend saving a for a $600 PC.
My original estimate of 500 was for like everything needed to have an actual running computer.
If he doesn't need to buy an OS or optical drive or monitor or keyboard and mouse, then he build an i3-4130 and gtx750ti system for around $500, but that's at the bare minimum.
if he needs those other parts he'll start needing between 700-900