http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HwdMTW
What the hell are you thinking.
INSANELY overpaying on hard drive and motherboard, and unnecessary CPU for this price point.
Here's a more balanced build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Blaze17145/saved/K8VD4DCPU: AMD FX-8350 4GHZ Processor: Plenty enough to support almost any GPU in the most demanding of games.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3: A well-reviewed ATX motherboard with the correct socket for the 8350.
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 1 x 8GB DDR3-1600: 8GB of ram should be the sweet spot in terms of gaming performance for the money.
Storage 1: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" SSD: A 256GB SSD drive for the OS and some games to be installed on for very quick start-up and load times.
Storage 2: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM: A hard drive for the rest of his files, perhaps word documents and videos, and his less-prioritized games.
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Dual Superclocked ACX: A 770 is a great choice for gaming, maxing out nearly any modern games at 1080p. I know that superclocked is pointless because of manual overclocking, but it was actually the cheapest EVGA 770, and EVGA has great customer support.
Case: NZXT Tempest 210 ATX Mid Tower: A well-reviewed ATX case with front-panel USB 3.0 slots and a 5" drive bay for his optical drive.
PSU: Corsair 600W ATX12V: I know a 500w would have been fine, but the 500w and 600w semi-modular PSUs by Corsair are the same price; $50.
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer: Cheapest one there is. Well reviewed. There are literally no differences in optical drives (execpt for blu-ray drives.)
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit): Some are against Windows 8, but it is better, and that is not an opinion, it is a fact. It has faster boot times and will last longer, and if you don't like the UI there are simple mods/downloads you can install to remove it/change it.
Total: $1009.70
This assumes Torin already has a mouse, keyboard, and 1080p monitor. If not, either the SSD can be removed or the GPU can be dropped to a GTX 760.
Torin, building your own PC is fun and cheaper. This kind of computer would be about $1400 prebuilt. There are plenty of resources to learn how.
3-part PC building tutorial by newegg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw (this episode is redundant since we've picked out your parts already.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Lshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxaVBsXEiok