1337 $800 Gaming PC for my bud

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$800 budget, and I have a few requirements. I live in Canada and really would like to stick around that price point. Idgaf the retailers, because NCIX will pricematch anyone. Its for my idiot, erm, unexperienced friend, so $50 must be minused from the budget for assembly. I'd like nvidia and AMD options but rather nvidia/intel for free games, shadowplay and good form factor. A nice case (bitfenix prodigy m is sxy) is required. Windows 8 is required, pirating is NOT an option. Will be gaming and recording while also editing some gaming videos for a ghetto channel.

 

Builds so far:

AMD

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZtsE

Intel/nVidia

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Ztei

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It'll be difficult to get the Intel build around 800 dollars without compromising performance.  If you go Ivy Bridge and an HD 7950, you could save around 100 bucks.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZtPj

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Is an and CPU/nvidia GPU build an option?

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Also, he is willing to consider atx options ($50 bitfenix survivor case)

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This is the build i'm going to be buying soon. A lot of people say its pretty damn good for the money.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/TrivTrav/saved/2IE8

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Looks pretty good.   I would go with an HD 7950 if you could find one at a similar price, as it has 3GB of VRAM and similar performance.

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Yeah, I'm aware of the 7950. It's just the price of the 7950s are really high now and I see no reason to not get a 760 seeing as they are dropping in price. But if the budget allows, go for an Asus 7950, an MSI 7950, or a Sapphire 7950. Those are usually the best quality card manufactures for AMD cards.

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Oops, completely neglected that you are in Canada and not US. Figures our currencies are different -_-

You can forget my post earlier about my build. 

Sorry :)

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http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZXBL $818 with assembly