$1000-$1300~ Gaming PC Australia

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Hi,
I am from Australia and I want to get a gaming pc with: monitor, os and all the parts. I have about 1000-1300~ dollars.
I have put together a list and i wanted to known if it is good.
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3LQVf7
I would prefer an amd gpu cause mantle but any cpu. i would like a 120 gb ssd and 1 tb hdd. I would play games like tf2, gmod, bf4, skyrim and cod.
 
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Battlefield 4 is optimised for AMD graphics cards and strong Intel CPUs (any Intel Core i5 3Ghz). My R9 270X runs it maxed settings w/ FXAA locked 60fps. Take a look at my $1192 PC and see what you think. I've overdone some of the parts so you can easily go cheaper and have greater performance than the build you're hoping to get for $1300.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/qdHNnQ

You can exchange the Ivy Bridge i5 for any good Haswell i5 (4440 or 4590 if you want to go cheap), get a good motherboard (ASRock Z87 Extreme4), and dump the aftermarket CPU cooler as you won't need it and stock i5 is more than capable. Come up with a revised part list and we can improve it from there to be cheaper or same cost for better performance :)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($125.00 @ Mwave Australia)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($106.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($95.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($285.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.21 @ Mwave Australia)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($107.00 @ CPL Online)
Monitor: Asus VX229H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($179.00 @ CPL Online)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1305.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-06 22:59 EST+1000

In games, the FX-6300 performs just like the FX-8320. The GTX 760 is better and faster than the R9 270X. The SeaSonic G 550W PSU will be a better choice because the CPU is very overclockable, and the CX430 can't handle OC very well.
 
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Thx for the build. Will the 760 be better for bf4 than 270x because 270x has mantle and i can get 3 games free.
 
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Battlefield 4 is optimised for AMD graphics cards and strong Intel CPUs (any Intel Core i5 3Ghz). My R9 270X runs it maxed settings w/ FXAA locked 60fps. Take a look at my $1192 PC and see what you think. I've overdone some of the parts so you can easily go cheaper and have greater performance than the build you're hoping to get for $1300.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/qdHNnQ

You can exchange the Ivy Bridge i5 for any good Haswell i5 (4440 or 4590 if you want to go cheap), get a good motherboard (ASRock Z87 Extreme4), and dump the aftermarket CPU cooler as you won't need it and stock i5 is more than capable. Come up with a revised part list and we can improve it from there to be cheaper or same cost for better performance :)

The R9 270X is equivalent to the GTX 760 for a cheaper cost. Any minimal gains (~5%) the 760 has over the 270X is not worth the additional price and the 270X maxes out pretty much any game out there with or without AA which doesn't really make much of a difference at 1080p+ resolutions.
 
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Thx for the link to your build. I will probably change the case to one a bit cheaper and make that i5 a k cause i wanna overclock than i will shove in a monitor. I will dim down the psu and blu ray and hdd so i can get a os. Thx icara
 
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