Gaming at 1920x1080 Max Settings 60FPS Minimum ANY GAME

minilabs2020

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I’m only interested in single monitor, 1920x1080 resolution, Max Settings, playing at 55 FPS minimum for ALL games with a budget of $1000 for the Motherboard, RAM, CPU & GPU(s).
Due to the nature of my needs I'm not interested in overclocking ANYTHING, unlocked CPU’s & bottlenecks of any kind (if possible). I’ve gone over tons of articles & benchmarks regarding a wide variety of GPU’s & CPU’s. I’d like to point out that I’m aware of the faster diminishing returns involving when buying components at their highest price point for example 1 GTX Titan vs 2 R9 280x's.
 
Solution
Since OP do not OC.
This is good buy.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($225.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($484.70 @ Newegg)
Total: $843.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-02 15:58 EDT-0400)

bignastyid

Titan
Moderator
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WqsY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WqsY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WqsY/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($334.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $707.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-02 15:32 EDT-0400)

Or for a newer Haswell CPU
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WquU
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WquU/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WquU/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($334.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $733.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-02 15:33 EDT-0400)
 
Since OP do not OC.
This is good buy.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($225.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($484.70 @ Newegg)
Total: $843.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-02 15:58 EDT-0400)
 
Solution

bignastyid

Titan
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I was budgeting for $800(budget before the op edited) but for $1000 I would swap the 770 for a 780, r9-290x or a 780Ti when they are released on the 7th. That said the GTX 770 will currently max our everything @ 1080p, but in a year or so newer games may require lowering some settings. Also the motherboards in my options both support SLI so you could add a 2nd card later for added performance.