Which of these three builds will be the best bang for buck?

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Charlise

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Please help me choose from these components:

INTEL PENTIUM G3220
MSI H81-P33
KINGSTON 4GB DDR3 1333MHz
PALIT GTX750 TI STORMX DUAL 2GB DDR5 128BIT
CRUCIAL 120GB SSD
WESTERN 1TB BLUE
ANTEC VP450

or

INTEL CORE i3-4130
MSI H81M-P33
CRUCIAL 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
PALIT GTX750TI STORMX DUAL 2GB DDR5 128BIT
WESTERN 1TB BLUE
ANTEC VP450

or

INTEL CORE i5-4590
ASROCK H97M
KINGSTON 8GB DDR3 1866MHz
WESTERN 1TB BLUE
ANTEC VP450

They are on sale in my place and I am wodering what might be the best pick. I am planning to play League of Legends, NBA 2k15, NFS, The Sims 4, GTA V, World of Warcraft (mostly LoL and WoW though). I have an old monitor which has a max resolution of 1366×768. If I pick the first one, will it be able to play the games that I listed? If third, yeah, it is an i5 but it doesn't have a GPU so I think I'll be relying on its iGPU. Please help me choose guys, which will be the best bang for buck among the three? I think Medium graphics is fine for me.
 
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That's a tough call. The GTX750Ti is much stronger for games, but the "infrastructure" (motherboard and RAM) of #3 is much more future-resistant. If at all possible within your budget, add a GTX750Ti to #3.

Edit: The Antec VP-450 is NOT a "crappy" PSU, in fact it is quite efficient. Despite not having active PFC (the only reason it isn't 80+), Hardware Secrets found it to be an excellent, modern design.
I see a video card is not in your budget now. Your monitor is low resolution, your games aren't extremely demanding, and you are willing to play on only "Medium" resolution. Is there any chance you can test them at the shop on your games? GTA V may still require a video card, but I suspect the others would be playable on the IGP...
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JQB45

JQB45

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Get the
INTEL CORE i5-4590
ASROCK H97M
KINGSTON 8GB DDR3 1866MHz
WESTERN 1TB BLUE
ANTEC VP450

And invest another 150-200 in a graphics card and it will play all the games you mentioned well. Without the discrete graphics card however it will not do well with any game.
 
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The third one does not include a video card.

They all have crappy psu's.
The top two have only 4GB of ram, but are a lot closer to a complete computer.
The top one includes an ssd, which is very nice to have for overall system snappiness, and any game with loading screens/zone transitions, like WoW.

Either of the top two, add another 4 Gb of ram, better psu if you can, and they would play your listed games better than the i5 with no discreet video card. Would play most modern games at low-medium at your stated resolution, with a little tweaking here and there.

 
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Onus

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That's a tough call. The GTX750Ti is much stronger for games, but the "infrastructure" (motherboard and RAM) of #3 is much more future-resistant. If at all possible within your budget, add a GTX750Ti to #3.

Edit: The Antec VP-450 is NOT a "crappy" PSU, in fact it is quite efficient. Despite not having active PFC (the only reason it isn't 80+), Hardware Secrets found it to be an excellent, modern design.
I see a video card is not in your budget now. Your monitor is low resolution, your games aren't extremely demanding, and you are willing to play on only "Medium" resolution. Is there any chance you can test them at the shop on your games? GTA V may still require a video card, but I suspect the others would be playable on the IGP of the i5.
 
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exroofer

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450 watts is crappy in the sense it has little or no headroom for future upgrades, sorry if I should have chosen another term.
That's what I get for forum surfing, gaming on the main monitor, watching a Crave tv series , and chatting on TS all at once..:)

My bad.

And ya, # 3 with a 750ti is vastly superior in terms of a much longer lifespan with a clear upgrade path.
But if the OP wants to build a computer "right now" that will play his games, then probably the second option.


 
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