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I am new to pc gaming. Giving up my xbox and starting pc gaming.
but the thing is I am low on budget. I want a list of components as well as their price. the games i want to play are like Battle, field COD, assasins Creed, NFS games and batman series etc.
i would like to know the components that are capable of running games for upto 2015.
I have an i53470 and am hoping to upgrade in future. the other general things in my pc are fine like optical drive, hdd and ram etc.
i want PSU, GPU, MOBO, cooler and a cool case able to handle further upgrades. ALl i have RIght now is 600 USD.
Thanks
 
Solution
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $582.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 07:28 EDT-0400)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $582.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 07:28 EDT-0400)
 
Solution
Thanks man. nice list an i was thinking for gtx 770 :wahoo:
but yesterday I saw a video and performance of gtx750 ti.
and they said that it is capable of handling latest gen games in 1080p high to ultra settings.
So i thought that i might just add the video card and after a year i can re build my pc entirely.
What do you say about it.????
 


If you want 1080p gaming with all maxed out GTX-770 will give you it. 750ti also good card but believe me not all games would be maxed out! So my opinion get 750ti if OK with medium settings, I want to know what PSU do you have. If your PSU is good enough for GTX-770 just buy it, your CPU is good enough for GTX-770!
 
Actually i am a bit tight on budget and dont want to buy a pc case entirely just for gtx 770
as there is not enough space in my old one and i am fine with 720p gaming at 50 fps.
 


Whats your current system specs?
If you're on budget and play games at 720p you can get GTX-760 it will max out almost everything at 720p.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $472.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 06:03 EDT-0400)

BTW if you have good motherboard, I wouldn't recommend you getting new one because LGA1155 platform is outdated!
 


Then, just buy powerful graphics card (760 of 770). Your CPU is strong enough and if you have 8GB RAM you'll play most of new games at solid 60+ FPS! :)
 


So my name is Ahmadjon and not Ahmed!
I wouldn't recommend getting really low end graphics card for lowest settings on 720p also his monitor probably 1366x720p and not 1280x720p if he want good gaming on 720p with good graphics and 50+FPS he can go with R9 270X which is a bit slower than 760 but also cheaper, it costs 220~250$ and will give him good graphics even on 1080p because like me he might change his monitor in a future to 1080p! but with R7 250 it will be too late
 
Sorry about that Ahmedjon :)

Well I mean it depends , it also has to be taken into consideration that he doesnt need to upgrade his PSU either but its his $ tho so its obviously up to him lol.

The GPU is also quite cheap and if it can handle 1080p now , Im pretty sure it'll handle 720p in the future.