$500 Minecraft/ Gaming PC , Buying tomorrow Please help

chris_1995

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Dec 24, 2012
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Hi community, i need some help please.

I'm looking to buy a PC tomorrow and have a $500 budget, this does not include keyboard, mouse and monitors etc. I also would like it to be future proof and capable of medium graphics on battlefield etc but will need ram for minecraft. plus i will using 2/3 monitors to multitask.

Processor: AMD (Preferred)
RAM: 8gb (+ if i can more)
Motherboard: ANY
Case (I have a zalman z11 plus)
PSU :Any
GPU:Any
OS:Not needed (i have windows 7)

Order of importance: Minecraft, Graphics modelling, BF4/ARMA 3, Browsing.
 

Dark Lord of Tech

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($95.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $503.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-23 12:31 EST-0500)
 

chris_1995

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Dec 24, 2012
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10,510


Thank you very much for the reply!
1. is this build easily upgradable as i will want to increase RAM and maybe to 8 core AMD
2. 3 monitor compatible?
3. What benchamarks would this reach on bf and minecraft etc