Need help - $800 Gaming PC for brothers birthday

[welledge]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Ready to purchase now

Budget Range: $850 tax and shipping included

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, homework, twitch and youtube videos..

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Parts to Upgrade: New build

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any website found through PCpartsPicker

Location: Southwest Missouri, US

Parts Preferences: NZXT s340 case

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 or highest achievable within budget.

Additional Comments: My little brothers birthday is coming up and I want to surprise him with a new pc. He loves the red and black or white/black themes but I want to get the best performance possible for him.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Birthday gift for brother

 

[TechCIDLC]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($30.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card ($180.10 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.95 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($130.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $808.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-11 15:19 EDT-0400

This is probably the best you can get for the price. Keep in mind that you can't install an optical drive on the S340 case.

 

[superninja12]

- deleted i support the post above , i forgot the monitor-


shipping included , thanks for using the template and happy birthday in advance !

 

[g-unit1111]

My advice on your budget would be to wait for the new GTX 1060 GPUs to drop which will be out sometime in the next couple of weeks before building this rig. I would do something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($55.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Other: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 ACX 3.0 ($259.99)
Total: $707.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-11 15:25 EDT-0400

$20 over budget but there's no reason to buy any current GPU in that price range. That gives you $100 for monitor. And don't forget OS license.

 

[Mike3k24]

Here's my suggestion. I think you should wait for the 480 to come back in stock. You'll have a better chance finding it faster than the 1060 because the 480 already came out.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($58.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card ($200.00)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.95 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $815.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-19 08:37 EDT-0400