What's the cheapest gaming desktop capable of well over 60 fps on league of legends on max settings??

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So basically I am shopping for a good computer. I am currently looking at and planning to buy a cyberpower pc that cost $735.00. The main issue is I do not have that much money yet, and won't for a good few months with my current situation. That leaves me with a $600 dollar budget. I am looking for a good replacement for my laptop that broke. The laptop wasn't very good and ran league at just barely 60 fps at lowest settings.T.he computer I am using in the meantime runs league of legends at 20 fps at lowest settings..... Good lord save me!!!

I am not an extreme gamer. I do not usually play the most recent games, such as Witcher 3, or fallout 4. Those games are nice and all and I would love a computer that can run them well in case one day I decided to get into those kinds of games. But for now, ultimately I just need a computer that can run the following games at least at 60 fps at max settings. Having max settings on these games is important, but for some of these games there is wiggle room. I'd be glad to just be able to play some of these games period, even at medium or low settings with 60 fps or more.

Small list of games I play.

League of legends. (Desire 120 stable fps if possible. Max settings: 70-120 stable fps. Meaning never dropping below that.)
Dota 2. (70-120 fps as well if possible. Max settings are also nice for this one even though I only very rarely play it.)
H1z1. (I actually couldn't run this on my previous computer without bad fps. Would at least like to play it. 60 fps at low-medium settings is acceptable.)
CSGO. (My recent computer ran shooters at 40-60 fps at lowest settings. I would like to get 60+ on games like this with medium or high settings.)

I would appreciate pre build desktops, and gaming desktops if possible. You can also post builds if you'd like, although I am not confident I could build one myself. Any and all suggestions are very much appreciated. Here is the computer I was intending on buying before. It would have met all of my gaming needs and then some. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1170350-REG/cyberpowerpc_gamer_ultra_gua560_gaming.html

Thanks in advance. Casey b.
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($71.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 4GB Video Card ($172.95 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $571.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 16:42 EST-0500
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card ($176.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $654.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-06 17:25 EST-0500

This is a lot better.
With this build you have DDR4, an i3-6100, which has much better single core performance.
You're also getting 2 PCI-E x16 slots, so later, you can slam one more 370 in there to play better.
Cheapest you can go is R7 360, with a G4400, 4GB of RAM paired to a MicroATX Single PCI-E, 2 RAM slot motherboard.
And there are cases that come with a PSU.
I made the PC equal to the budget of the one you linked, this PC will outperform that.
I know you're thinking that this makes no sense, but that FX-8320 is a 5 year old CPU, 28nm technology vs the 14nm of the i3-6100.
In games the i3-6100 will beat the FX-8320, but when all cores are being utilised the i3-6100 will lose by 20-30%.
 
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First of all, thanks for the reply! I've recently continued my research into what is going to work best for my needs. It's ironic that I had just come across a debate about which cpu was better, and ironically you gave me good info. I was wondering about the i3 6100 vs the amd fx 8320. I am a bit of a noob as far as what cores are for. Mind explaining that in simple terms for me? thanks in advance if you can. also thanks for the build!
 

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The basic thing is the FX is 4 years old, the other thing is that the Skylake chip has a 14 nm architecture and the FX has 32(not 28nm my mistake) nm and because the i3 has hyperthreading it can rival(and crush in some situations) the FX-6XXX series, but performs about 20-30% worse than an FX-8XXX when utilizing all cores, because it only has 2 cores compared to the 8 of the FX-8XXX.
I can't really explain more, I'm not an expert, but I do have a basic knowledge and that's what I told you.