Gaming Pc $800-$950

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Niso

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Dec 29, 2013
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Approximate Purchase Date: This month

Budget Range: $800-950

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, recording, surfing the web

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, headset

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference

Country: U.S.

Parts Preferences: Latest parts, no outdated parts, and a tower that has at least two usb slots on the front
Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Not quite sure

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Games that I will be playing: Bf4, Assassin's creed, and such games at very nice settings (mid - high settings)

Additional Comments: I have been wanting to build my first pc for a while now so, I went around forums, websites, etc. and got the fundamentals down so I have a bit of knowledge. I have also made a bunch of different builds on pcpartpicker and such, but have always stumbled upon things due to the fact of my non-vast knowledge. SO I came to you guys (People with more knowledge than I) with around 800-950$ how good of a gaming pc could I build?
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
~Niso
 
Solution
This is the build I recommend, I had to put the price for the case in manually, here is a link to it. If you like it I would suggest ordering it since it is only on sale for a day or 2. Also by going with a non OCing chip I was able to squeeze in a Gtx 770 which will max out your games

Phantom 410: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7693057&CatId=1509

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.89 @...