Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $42
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131935
Asus motherboards are very high quality, and although this is a cheaper motherboard, it doesn't skimp on details, and supports a wide variety of AMD processors. Smart fan control, CPU unlocker for overclocking, and a fast FSB make this an ideal mobo for gaming.
CPU: AMD FX 4300 Vishera @ 3.8-4.0GHz - $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113287
This is a highly recommended CPU from a lot of people. It's part of AMD's FX line, and has insanely fast cores. In fact, with some intense overclocking and cooling, you can get this CPU to pump out 5.0, yes, FIVE, gigahertz on each core. That's massively fast, and perfect for gaming.
RAM: Team Vulcan DDR3 2 x 4GB 1866MHz - $69 (hot)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313396
I like Team Vulcan RAM, and you should too. It's not as well known as Corsair or Crucial or Kingston, but it's making a name for itself in the "low price, high value" area. Totally ideal for budget computing and gaming. For $70 at 8GB, you can't go wrong.
Graphics Card: Powercolour Radeon HD 7850 2GB - $185 (open box for the link makes it $125)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131473R
This graphics card is a very modest performer, but combined with the CPU and fast RAM, you'll be powering through a lot of games on this beauty. And the open box price is really nice, so be careful I don't pick it up before you. Even at $185, this card's price:performance ratio is hard to beat.
Hard Drive: Kingston HyperX 120GB SATA3 - $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239045
Now for this build, I decided to go for an SSD instead of a normal HDD. This gives you a lot more speed on startup, and makes loading times fast as hell. You don't get a lot of space, but you can usually find either an external hard drive or older HDD for cheap, or recycle one from your old computer to give you space for all your games and other nasty things.
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 - $40 on sale now, $50 regular
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147185
I love the look of this case. There have been a problem or two I've heard, like the door not opening, but most people say it's an awesome case. I like how the power supply area is on the bottom, pushing the hot exhaust from the PSU out of the case. I highly recommend you pick this case up.
Power: Cooler Master i500 500W - $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171082
This power supply is perfect for this build, and should give you some extra juice if you want to upgrade the CPU to a six core or upgrade the GPU a bit. It's cheap now, and again, if you're gonna get a PSU, get something 80+ Certified Bronze. Yes, you can go cheaper, but don't cry when your computer blows up in three months cause you built it with the electronic equivalent of paperclips and elastic.
Total price: $585 ($525 if you buy the open box GPU and everything on sale) before taxes
That looks like a nice build. You'll definitely get a long lifespan out of it too, and it is very upgradeable for the upcoming gaming generation. You won't max anything out, but you'll be playing at 1080p, which is more than the Xbox One can say.
Happy Gaming, everyone.
-BennyK
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