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2 Years ago I started a build that I never got to finish due to life getting in the way.

PC is at my parents place currently so I do not know the exact part specs but I currently own:

Case: Mid tower DiabloTek
HDD: Seagate 500gb
Power: Corsair 500w
Video Card: GeForce GTX 550 Ti

With just needing a Motherboard, CPU, and memory I was budgeting $400 for when I get tax return.

Any and all suggestions welcome and appreciated!
 
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geofelt
Your GTX550ti is about a $100 card.
My rule of thumb for a balanced gaming pc is to budget twice the cpu cost for a graphics card.

By that rule, even The cheapest G3220 @$70 would be sufficient.
A lga 1150 motherboard might be $50, and 4gb of DDR3 ram $40.
I would buy a 120gb ssd on which to install the os and a handful of games.

If you would be planning on a future upgrade, your 500w psu can support a $250 GTX760 card.

In that case a i3-4330 or i5-4430 quad might be more appropriate.
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geofelt

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Your GTX550ti is about a $100 card.
My rule of thumb for a balanced gaming pc is to budget twice the cpu cost for a graphics card.

By that rule, even The cheapest G3220 @$70 would be sufficient.
A lga 1150 motherboard might be $50, and 4gb of DDR3 ram $40.
I would buy a 120gb ssd on which to install the os and a handful of games.

If you would be planning on a future upgrade, your 500w psu can support a $250 GTX760 card.

In that case a i3-4330 or i5-4430 quad might be more appropriate.
 
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Shaun o

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I would go here.
http://pcpartpicker.com/
You will get an Idea of what you can get with the intended $400.
What brand of cpu and speed, and a board to support the cpu.

The good thing is it will tell you if all the parts work together.
Such as if the board supports the cpu ect, and the right memory is selected.
 
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gamer9sam

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Funny you say that, the original build was to play SC2. I do want to play newer titles at some point which is why i'll be upgrading sooner than later which is why i want a decent cpu/motherboard for easy upgrade.
 
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geofelt

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For upgradeability, look for a Z87 based motherboard. Really, any will do.
The Z87 allows you to overclock a "K" cpu, giving you a 20% boost in cpu performance.
You can install any haswell socket 1150 cpu in it initially.
In time, it will hold a cpu chip as strong as a i5-4670K which is as strong as it gets for gaming. I would expect the 4670K to be good for 4 years out.
If your apps are multi core enabled(games are mostly 2-3 cores) then a i7-4770K is good.
 
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Again that is a Ancient title, as the notes on what performa on 'ultra' and what does not, they still discuss Pentium3 and the old original Athlon CPUs as what does and doesn't work. So if you went to Walmart right this minute, bout for $249 either a laptop with i3 Core with Integrated Graphics, Windows, 500+GB, Blu-Ray/Dvd, 6-8GB RAM DDR3, Windows, or a desktop with mouse keyboard and FREE LCD those could still easily play those titles.

Now if you try to be 'modern' and say play CoD Ghosts, BF4, etc. You would be very upset and disappointed. You could upgrade the desktop with appropriate PSU and add a GPU, if the i3 was a Haswell, but normally the cheap systems are one or two generations behind.

Your responses to me sound like the simpliest answer might be the $249 system for now, and grab a NexGen Console for anything else you want going forward as the simpliest answer. But all up to you.
 
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