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I made a post yesterday, but it seemed to mislead some people, so here is the revised one!

I'm trying to build a $400 and maybe even a $430 to play games like Skyrim on Max settings, Battlefield 4 on High (ish), maybe some CoD games, and other RPGs like mount and blade. The problem is that I tried about a year ago to build a PC - but did not have enough time. Now, I'm trying to fit building one of these strong machines into my schedule - but I am unsure about what graphics card and power source I should use. Here are the components I have picked before hand. I appreciate your help and have an awesome day!

P.S. I am not including the price of the OS in this build! But please do suggest one!

AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad-Core 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Desktop Processor

MSI A78M-E35 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Team Elite Plus 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

EVGA 100-W1-0430-KR 430W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC EVGA

WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX

COUGAR Spike Black Steel / Plastic MicroATX Mini Tower Gaming Case with USB 3.0

Graphics card?
 
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williamcummins
Try using pcpartpicker.com when building a a rig.

You could start from something like this and buy a window 8.1 copy :
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/R3c7dC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/R3c7dC/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.62 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
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Try using pcpartpicker.com when building a a rig.

You could start from something like this and buy a window 8.1 copy :
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/R3c7dC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/R3c7dC/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.62 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Cooler Master Elite V2 550W ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $435.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-22 11:06 EST-0500
 
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boosted1g

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Sorry to burst your bubble but you wont be playing anything on max settings with a $430 budget (except for solitaire).

Those subpar parts you have listed will run at least $350 if not $375. That leaves you with less then $100 for a gpu that might be able to play on medium on 720p.

I know the 860k is cheap, but FM2 platform is a bad platform. That 860k is not even as good as an i3 or fx-6300(And when they say quad core they mean 2 physical cores each with 2 logical cores). So you are maxed out at a cpu that is not even equal to the middle of the road for the other cpu lines, thus to upgrade you will need to replace the cpu and the board.
 
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