Gonna be building a pic for my friend in the next 2-3 weeks. His budget is 1000$ usd. Could this be done in this price range? Able to play almost anything at max settings? And no need for an os if Windows 7 is still good. Thanks guys

Also no monitor or anything, just the tower. There's also a microcenter near me if stuff may be cheaper there?

This post was edited by Slanman on Dec 16 2015 07:47pm

Here is one for $1,000. I did the 850W PSU incase u want to CROSSFIRE later on down the road. If u want to save a few dollars a R9 390 or GTX 970 can be used and would offer awesome performance as well.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2VVPwP

This post was edited by Upset on Dec 16 2015 08:13pm

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZjBp7P

dropping the ssd will bring it within budget, up to your friend.
bump this as it gets closer to purchase time
~2-3 days prior

chances are, microcenter will be a great place to get cpu + mobo and probably an open box graphics card.
you will want to get...
a full size ATX Z170 board
6600k
390 or 970, if the prices are extremely close, 390 is the winner (by a few percent, fanboys like myself will pick the 970)

This post was edited by Penguins0690 on Dec 17 2015 12:14am

Also is there a place to get win 20 cheap? I guess he might want that...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TqPTGX

Best i could come up with, new skylake build with room for crossfire, includes DDR4 and windows 10.

If you wanna be under $1k
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cXJQmG

You can crossfire that later too.

This post was edited by Upset on Dec 17 2015 11:56am

bumping
going to be purchasing this weekend. are any of these still good builds since its been about a month?

I'll come up with something later. You said he had windows 7, you can still install Windows 7 and then upgrade to Windows 10 for free through that. You do not need to buy Windows 10 if you have 7 already, just a waste of money

Add your zip code so I can see which microcenter are in area.

This post was edited by Penguins0690 on Jan 15 2016 03:09pm

66210 should have a microcenter near by

its about a 30 minute drive each way, plus sales tax, so if its not a big savings its probably not worth it

This post was edited by Slanman on Jan 15 2016 04:16pm

it's worth it, usually save $10-20 on processor, sometimes the mobo is on sale, nearly always there is a $20 combo

so you save between $20-60 which covers the tax

/e not on sale atm

This post was edited by Penguins0690 on Jan 15 2016 04:54pm

Anyone got anything?