my frends wants a 800 ish dollar gaming rig

[the blue devel]

so my frends ben wanting a gaming pc for a long long time. and now his parents are letting him take some money out of the bank and also use his. he wants a 800 dollar ish gaming rig. he mostly plays minecraft and also he wants to play skyrim alought so ya. he dosent need that much ram or that good of a cpu but he wants a really good gpu. also he wants a os with that perferably windows 8. thanks

 

[StarBG]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2TDQg a bit over 800

 

[GPUPacman]

I have an $800 build on PCPartPicker. This may be $850 dollars if you don't live near a MicroCenter store. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Tr98
MicroCenter AMD FX 8320: http://www.microcenter.com/product/401796/FX_8320_Black_Edition_35GHz_AM3_Boxed_Processor

I have changed the price of the FX 8320 because the 8320 is on sale for $99 at MicroCenter.com and +$10 on shipping. Hope this helped!

-Pacman

 

[ModernWarfare]

this should be good

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2TEDG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2TEDG/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2TEDG/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($153.83 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX-2 4g Thermal Paste ($4.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.94 @ B&H)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($223.99 @ Staples)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $781.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-15 12:07 EST-0500)

 

[chrisinmo2]

If Micro Center is an option you can get the AMD 8320 cpu for 99 right now instead of the 150 listed above. Also the HDD in the above build is a 5400 instead of a 7200rpm and the price is not a good deal.