700-850 USD gaming pc build!

Evanpearson

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I am thinking about building or buying a gaming pc for around 700-850 dollars (US). I would like it to run battlefield 4 at around 40-60 fps on high, probably on a 1600x900 resolution monitor. I just need the computer, as I will buy my peripherals and monitor some other time. I've been researching and to me it sounds like I would want at least an r9 270x or a gtx 660, and in order to spend more on the graphics card, I think I will need to buy an amd processor, (not sure if the fx 6300 will cut it). PLEASE HELP!!! INEXPERIENCED!
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($185.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $852.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-10 17:16 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper A88X ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($185.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $811.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-11 14:29 EDT-0400