Help building a computer for a friend.

[Amberr]

Hello everyone. So I built the PC I have now around 4 years ago and so I don't really know what's up with new stuff. But I have a friend who wants me to build a computer for him with a $400 budget. It is just going to be for gaming/surfing the web. He wants a monitor included in the budget. But if he has to go a bit over with the monitor he is cool with that. he just wants a cheap one and will upgrade down the road.

 

[Hellfire13]

Something like this should be a good starting point...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer - G226HQLBbd 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($77.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $408.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-20 13:43 EDT-0400

 

[Gizego]

40$ case
evga 600 b1 psu
MSI B350M-PRO-VH-PLUS
Intel Pentium Gold G5400
8gb ram
gtx 1050 (ti is a bit out of budget but more futureproof)

 

[smorizio]

if you have a local micro center look at closeout pc. try getting and i3 or faster for his money. he better getting a good cpu and 8g of ram now....then when he has the funds to put in a 1150 gpu when they come out in a few months.