Advice for 700-800 budget gaming/media build

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Hey all,
I'm looking to build a desktop in the $700-800 range. At first, the PC will be used to play movies (ripped to hard drive) on the living room TV, and will be used for some gaming. For now, those games are mostly RTS/strategy types, and games like Skyrim. However, I would like to start getting into PC shooters as well. It's fine to play those on lower settings for now, but I would like the ability to upgrade in the future to play on the higher settings.

I don't need a monitor, keyboard/mouse, or OS. I'm comfortable ordering from any major website, and have a friend that can pick up parts from Micro Center if necessary.

I would like to have the potential for dual screens in the future, and I need to have an HDMI out for movies. I do not need the price of this build to include a large hard drive for ripping movies...I'll take care of that separately.

I don't know much about recognizing what parts are compatible with each other, or what's best for the money, so I feel like asking for a build on here is probably my best option.

Thanks for any help.
 
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gamer1357
This should be good for your needs. The processor will have to be bought at microcenter for this price, as you mentioned you can go to one. This should take care of all your media needs and play most games maxed out at 1080p.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 780 3GB XLR8 Enthusiast Edition Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3500-BL-W...
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This should be good for your needs. The processor will have to be bought at microcenter for this price, as you mentioned you can go to one. This should take care of all your media needs and play most games maxed out at 1080p.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 780 3GB XLR8 Enthusiast Edition Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3500-BL-W ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Intel core i5 4590 ($160.00)
Total: $781.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 23:34 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($181.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $842.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 23:37 EDT-0400

the motherboard will allow for further upgrades
the 970 graphic card will work for quite a few years down the line and will work with dual/triple monitors comfortably.
 
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why haven't you added a CPU?
 
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I added it as other because the cpu is from microcenter. He says he can have a friend go there.

 
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He did. He listed it as "other" at the bottom, since I'd have to get it at MC instead of ordering it
 
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my bad, didn't see it :)
 
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