Long-Lasting Gaming PC for ~$600-700

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I'm looking to update my current gaming system to something that will run current gen games at ultra and will last me several years.
This is what I have now:
Power Supply: Corsair VX 450W
Motherboard: ASUS PSE3 WS PRO
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4850
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 GHz

I'm open to all suggestions as I'm certain I'll need to replace most or all of what I have listed here. I'm good with my current hard drives, dvd player, and case.

Here are some GPUs I've looked at in the mean time:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202047&cm_re=Sapphire_Radeon_R9_270X-_-14-202-047-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202050&cm_re=Sapphire_Radeon_R9_270X-_-14-202-050-_-Product

and one CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372

Thank you in advance for your help.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HWnRYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HWnRYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($52.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $686.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-28 02:12 EDT-0400

Is keeping your SSD, HDD, Optical Drive, and Case. I would really prefer to go...
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That power supply is not really good enough for those GPUs. You should be aiming for a PSU that is preferably 600 watts 80+ rated with 2 6+2 PCIE Connectors, or better. Does the budget include the operating system? What case and hard drives are you going to use?
 
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I have a 250 gb ssd and a 500 gb hd. I'm good on the os and my case is old but has lots of routes for air flow. I'm open to suggestions for cases ( I won't factor into my budget)
 
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You can reuse your case no problem if you want to, but I would need to know the specific case, or at least the size and motherboard sizes that will fit it.

Are you wanting a system that is single GPU?

Do you ever plan on running more than a single GPU for this system?

Do you prefer Intel or AMD CPUs?

Do you prefer NVidia or AMD GPUs?

Do you plan on overclocking anything?

Depending on what you really prefer I would honestly recommend a single GPU setup, going with Intel and NVidia because that I just what I prefer myself. Although you can go AMD GPU route if you want to save some money and get about the same fps in games. Intel is definitely the route to go for CPUs right now though since we don't have to worry about hard drives, optical drives, OS, and probably case.

I will throw what I would personally recommend though in just a moment.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HWnRYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HWnRYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($52.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $686.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-28 02:12 EDT-0400

Is keeping your SSD, HDD, Optical Drive, and Case. I would really prefer to go with the GTX 770 4 GB, but that is an extra $100 or so. I opted for a quad core i5 and 8 GB of RAM, as well as a GPU that offered 4 GB to be able to safely max out or at least play on high most games that will be coming out this year and the next year or maybe a bit longer. This system is definitely worth considering, but if you prefer AMD GPUs, then we could easily switch out the GPU for an AMD one.

It comes with a cheaper motherboard and RAM to save some money, but still not bad components, and decently rated brands. This setup is not made for overclocking either.
 
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Then I think the build above is pretty decent for what you want. Take a look at what games you would like to play and see if they run better with AMD or NVidia GPUs so you can decide which to go with. The system is setup to allow you to go with either GPU type you want, so you are good there.
 
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