Looking for replacement gaming desktop $1000-$1500

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hendrix1987

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Looking to buy a new gaming desktop to replace my current outdated one. Willing to spend up to $1500 (cdn), but I found a packaged Velocity bundle for $1000 and figure I can just upgrade parts in the future if needed. Just wondering in terms of the GPU/processor if I'll be able to run the latest games without issue on the following build:

Specifications
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-4690 Processor

Motherboard Asus B85M-E/CSM Motherboard

Graphics Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC 2GB Graphics Card

Memory HyperX Fury 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Memory

Hard Drive Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Solid State Drive
Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD (7200RPM) w/ 64MB Cache

Optical Drive Asus 24x DVD+/-RW
Chassis Velocity IW-C583 ATX Mid Tower Chassis, Black

Power Supply Power Man 500W Power Supply (3x18A on 12V)

Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

If anyone is able to weigh in it would be much appreciated!
 
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well, even with the last build, there is money to be saved, but still things to be better.
first, to save yourself some money, stick with stock cooling for now. use the money you save to invest in a better power supply., the one that you have listed is a tier 3 PSU out of a 5 tier list. i would go with somwething that is simply better quality. You could also go with something with less power as 850w is overkill, and may equal out with a better quality PSU with less power.
take a look at the list i put below to help make a choice for the PSU. i personally would not use the smart series psu that you listed.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
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Thanks. I've used GeForce GPUs pretty much exclusively so might be a little biased, but willing to give em a shot. Would a comparable AMD card be the Rp 270x?

For another $100 they offer this build as well:

Processor AMD FX-6300 Processor 3.5GHz w/ 14MB Cache

CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler 2011

Motherboard Asus M5A99X EVO

Graphics AMD Radeon R9 270X

Memory Kingston HyperX Fury 2x4GB 1600MHz

Hard Drive Kingston 120GB HyperX 3K Solid State Drive
Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD (7200RPM) w/ 64MB Cache

Optical Drive ASUS 24x DVD±RW

Chassis Thermaltake Commander G41 Mid-Tower Chassis

Power Supply Thermaltake SMART Series 850W Modular Power Supply

From your suggestions it seems this might be a better option for the price...
 
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melonhead

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i agree with the PSU portion, being sketchy. i would drop the SSD and get a better video card. SSD, although it will help with load times, is not necessary right away. you can definately go to one at a later time, but you could use the money you save now, and buy a better GPU with it, which will help your performance directly
 
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hendrix1987

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Appreciate the responses guys. Good point on the PSU, completely no-name brand... Given the comments it would seem that I'd have to put another $3-400 in parts to upgrade it. How about this model, $1400 with the 4690K, better PSU, and an R9 280X?
Essentially, is it worth the extra money in terms of upgraded hardware or could I just take the original $1000 i5/GTX760 and upgrade it myself?

Processor Intel® Core™ i5-4690K Processor

CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Motherboard Asus Z97-A Motherboard

Graphics HIS Radeon R9 280X Graphics Card

Memory Kingston HyperX Fury 2x4G 1600MHz DDR3 Memory

Hard Drive 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD
1TB Seagate 7200RPM SATA

Optical Drive 24x DVD+/-RW

Chassis Thermaltake Commander G41 ATX case

Power Supply Thermaltake SMART Series 850W Power Supply
 
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well, even with the last build, there is money to be saved, but still things to be better.
first, to save yourself some money, stick with stock cooling for now. use the money you save to invest in a better power supply., the one that you have listed is a tier 3 PSU out of a 5 tier list. i would go with somwething that is simply better quality. You could also go with something with less power as 850w is overkill, and may equal out with a better quality PSU with less power.
take a look at the list i put below to help make a choice for the PSU. i personally would not use the smart series psu that you listed.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
 
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