$1000 Gaming PC

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor $229.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $24.88 @ OutletPC
Motherboard MSI - B250 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $88.88 @ OutletPC
Memory Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory $70.20 @ Jet
Storage Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $107.88 @ OutletPC
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8GB Gaming 8G Video Card $220.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case $61.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $70.98 @ Newegg
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $973.68
Mail-in rebates -$28.00
Total $945.68
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-22 04:44 EDT-0400

Something like this, able to do 1080p 60hz in all games, if he wants to play the more demanding games of coure.

Otherwise a 470 will save you a few bucks

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