$400 Gaming PC Help

[DjentisKey]

I have $400 to spend on my first gaming pc. I want to use it for 1080p gaming and want to play games like Battlefield 4, Dark Souls, Metro Last Light, etc in at least medium-high settings I already have a hard drive and the OS. I also want to be able to upgrade it.

 

[Austin Durick]

I'm not sure your going to get a PC that will game at playable frame rate for $400. If you can up your budget to around $570 Here is a great starter build that will run all games except Metro last light at max setting and 1080p. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2KVfe

 

[HiTechObsessed]

With a hard drive and OS already, this will do you pretty good actually. The 7770 performs pretty well for the price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($57.77 @ NCIX US)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($120.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $396.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 19:44 EST-0500)


To add, this has the ability to add another 4GB of RAM if you want more, and the motherboard and PSU will be able to handle upgrades to the GPU as well. The case has room for additional drives as well.

If you're looking to beat a PS4, this will