i need help with $480 budget gaming PC

Jeo___

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Man i know such a tight budget. The last PC i build was back when Pentium 4 was the greatest thing ever. Now everything is so complicated and new. So i went to a shop, and being in thailand means nobody speaks good english, and more importantly it's so hard to find somebody with alot of knowledge in building PCs. The shop clerks are basically cashiers. So i asked the guy to give me a build that can fit my budget. so this is what he gave me.

processor is i3 dual core
mobo is h81
4 gig ram
1tb hdd
asus gt 730 2gb

im sorry for not being specific. but that is all he wrote. plus monitor, keyboard and mouse it's roughly $480. that really is all i have.

so should i go for it? is the asus gt 730 2gb ok for mid-range gaming? if there are other parts you can suggest i would be so grateful. i'm sorry my budget is really low, but working here is hard, i'm really lonely and homesick. i need an MMO fix. Thanks guys
 
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there you go this system is twice as powerful for the same price and you can run every game on high at 1080:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($41.40 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($157.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply:...

hackingman

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there you go this system is twice as powerful for the same price and you can run every game on high at 1080:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($41.40 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($157.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $489.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-02 10:48 EST-0500
 
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