$500 upgrade. Haswell probably?

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Hey, so my friend decided to upgrade his desktop. Thinking about some cheap upgrade (needs new CPU, MoBo, graphics card. Current specs (maybe not exact parts):
Intel Core i5 870
EVGA (can't remember exact model) motherboard
Corsair (old,I think it's 1333 MHz) memory
GTX 270 graphics

So, pretty cheap computer, and needs cheap update. Games to be played:

Need For Speed (pretty much, all)
Battlefield 3, Play4Free
CS: GO
CoD (different games)

Ideas:

CPU: i7 4670 - $220
Mobo: (in case with old memory, what's left)
Graphics: Sapphire R7 260X - 115

CPU+Graphics=335, so for motherboard 165, or some good but cheap motherboard+some good but cheap memory. What do you say, guys (and gals)?

No 3d modeling, some heavy video editing, mostly gaming.

P.S. AMD..? I never liked it, but if it can be compared to i7 4670, then maybe. But it has to fit into $500 upgrade budget.
 
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Eximo
Old motherboard and case are important to know, sets the size of the replacement board.

Well, i7 starts around 300, so I assume you are after an i5.

1333Mhz from on old i7-870 could still be used on a modern system so that is fine.

If you focus on the GPU you can get a lot more performance out of the replacement parts.

If this is too much, drop down to the R9-270X

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3PcWmG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3PcWmG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($70.55 @ Newegg)
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Old motherboard and case are important to know, sets the size of the replacement board.

Well, i7 starts around 300, so I assume you are after an i5.

1333Mhz from on old i7-870 could still be used on a modern system so that is fine.

If you focus on the GPU you can get a lot more performance out of the replacement parts.

If this is too much, drop down to the R9-270X

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3PcWmG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3PcWmG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($70.55 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $515.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-30 14:29 EDT-0400

 
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PCPartPicker has been advertised twice, in each reply. So, is it a completely safe website? I consider Tom's Hardware, Google, AnandTech and a lot of other websites pretty safe, so...

I don't want to seem as not trusting, but rather precautious. You know, if somebody tells me it's safe, and somebody else says it's not, whom should I trust, see? I don't want to get viruses or else, I don't want to get bad cookies or anything else that would help hackers to ease the access to my computer (though I know, if they ever need to access my computer, they can do it with no problem).
 
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A lot of people around here use it, it's a good site.
 
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Great, thanks for help.

Hmm... with 2 good answers (3rd is "defining"), it's hard to decide which to pick as best answer, as the solution. I guess I'll pick Eximo's for more information, but Shane501, you still helped a lot, so don't feel bad.
 
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