Gaming rig under 1 grand that will withstand time

Plasticwood

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I am very new to building PCs and would like to ask the community what the best option would be. I would be fine with a prebuilt rig that is pretty close to any custom built rig to save the hassle of going through building one. (I have monitor, mouse.... Etc)

I will be hoping to play ganes like planet side 2, bf4 and other next gen games at med-high settings at a good stable 120 fps never dipping bellow 60.
This is what I thought up (I just picked the highest rated parts with very little knowledge as to what I should have picked)
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LjCq
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LjCq/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LjCq/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($199.69 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($116.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $911.61
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-05 21:20 EDT-0400)
 

Plasticwood

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Today I tried to play bf4 with my current rig in which the CPU is only 2.1 GHz and a 6670 with it, I got around 30-20 fps on low settings.. So I doing feel that I should sacrifice my GPU for a better CPU. I would also love for someone to explain to me how pcpartpicker works. If I click buy on all of the parts. Will it go to the retailers and buy them for me?
 

HopelessNoob

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yea it'll take you to the website and bf3 is both gpu and cpu intensive so it's in your best interest to build a new machine rather than upgrade your old parts cause if your cpu is clocked at 2.1 ghz it's not going to run bf3 smoothly regardless of what gpu you have and your gpu is also pretty old so you want to upgrade that too. in all hoenstly if you are willing to put in 1k then you should build a new computer similar to what i recommended
 

Plasticwood

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Yep. I am. And I just found out I'll have to be buying my parts from future shop... So thats a pain... Apperantly nobody ships to where I live... Hooray
 

TBC1

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2+ years, I think so -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.97 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($394.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.94 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $992.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-05 23:33 EDT-0400)
 

Plasticwood

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Do you think you could go on future shop.ca and either pick a good orebuilt one or make one out of the parts there? As I said I can only use futureshop...