Building a 1000$ rig

[kirkgun]

My first 500$ rig is becoming out dated and i'm moving soon and I can't take my rig with me, I can upgrade it with a better PSU and a EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB video card but i can't upgrade the CPU because of the type of socket the motherboard uses, Anyways on point, I want to build a rig that can run doom 4 at 60 fps if possible my limit is 1000$ And I can go higher if you say so.

 

[geofelt]

What is in your current rig?
Will it be discarded/sold, or can you reuse some parts.
How important is future upgradeability to you?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

1. The 960 is a weak card.
2. The EVGA is one of the weakest among the 960s
3. I'd wait for the 1060 ... launches in 5 days and it is expected to do > 60 fps in Doom at 1080p @ Ultra settings
4. Don't rush out and buy the 1st 1060 card ya can get ya hands on ... wait for both the non-reference cards for both the RX 480 and GTX 960 to be released.

 

[kirkgun]

What is in your current rig?
Will it be discarded/sold, or can you reuse some parts.
How important is future upgradeability to you?

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35
Video card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X
Memory/RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport (Single stick)
1TB HDD as storage and 200GB HDD as main
500W Corsair PSU
Case: Corsair SPEC-01

I want to play games that i like and want to play like doom 4 and mass effect Andromeda (maybe far fetching it with mass effect Andromeda)

 

[zallim]

You have multiple options here, first you can almost fully upgrade your current rig:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($443.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $889.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-02 23:08 EDT-0400

Second option is to get gtx 970, r9 390, r9 390x. An Evga 650 watt G2 psu will match with either of them. Do note that there is pretty nice price cuts over the previous generation, the Sapphire R9 390x Nitro was on sale for 310 USD on amazon, unfortunately prices went up again, but offers will keep coming so stay alert, the MSI gtx 980 ti gold edition dropped to 400 USD on newegg so expect anything.

And finally making a new rig:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($345.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170M Mortar Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($88.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($463.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1295.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-02 23:51 EDT-0400

Of course getting gtx 980 ti is an overkill just for 1080p, but I am giving you a general idea, you can mix any of the above solutions together, the Evga gtx 960 is still a solid choice but it will not get you 60 fps in all games, but in doom it will, provided that you will adjust the graphics settings in order to maintain such fps in heavy fighting. it is not necessarily to get an i7 either you can get an i5 since you will mainly do gaming, so there are lots of possibilities here, it all comes down on your priorities.