What's the best build to run any game on max settings at 60fps 768p?

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plantlet

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Hello.

I'm looking to build a computer that can run any game at 60 frames per second, 1360x768 on the highest settings, and be able to record gameplay with NVIDIA Shadowplay. I have $1,250 of spending money, so money isn't a problem. Do you think this rig is good?

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ($60)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 B85 LGA 1150 ($80)
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHZ LGA 1150 ($225)
GPU: NVIDIA MSI GTX 770 Twin Frozr 2GB GDDR5 256-bit ($320)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 240 Pin 1600MHZ ($0, bought it about a month ago)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM ($0, bought it about a month ago)
PSU: Apevia 700W 49A ($0, bought it about a year ago, works fine)

Now, the current PC I'm using has an i3-4130 and an MSI MicroATX motherboard, with no GPU. Do you guys think I could use the i3-4130 for gaming, or is it too weak? Because then I wouldn't have to spend $300+ for a new CPU and motherboard.
 
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Jameson Clark

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That build will do the job nicely, you could even spend less money to max out your resolution but i wouldnt suggest it really. I wouldnt use the i3. of course you cou;d try out everything else on the i3 and then if its not satisfactory THEN upgrade to the I5
 
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Processor is more than fast enough to keep up with the fastest GPU's on the market so you are good there.
That graphics card is great. I have two Nvidia Branded GTX 770's currently. I had three but never actually used the third one beyond testing to make sure it worked. When I Ran test with one card running current games like TitanFall @1080p max settings was no problem at all. And even games like Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, DayZ, Bioshock Infinite etc. all ran fine at 1080p max settings with 1 card. Running at the resolution you are trying to run at I can't imagine you will have any problems. As far as Shadowplay I did a bunch of different test and I never really ran into any type of performance (fps) hit while recording. I did notice that If I was recording with a high bit rate though it tended to work more smoothly when streaming to my ssd vs my mechanical drives.

(As tomshardware's own test show "Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $240 LGA 1150 Core i5-4670K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-4960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the game performance of existing Sandy Bridge-, Ivy Bridge-, and Haswell-based machines.")

So from a purely gaming perspective you should be more than fine my machine is very similar except I have an I7 more ram and and SSD for OS. But when testing my graphics cards during the burn in process. I dropped the memory down to 4GB and tested all the games on my mechanical drive. And I never had any issues pushing every game to atleast 60fps at 1080p Even with shadowplay.

Last thing Not every game is supported by Shadowplay I found that out the hardway. (All of the triple A titles are but just a heads up)
 
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