Max Gonzalez :
Mythos_Man :
What games would you be running?
Half life and other source games. Also maybe the Culling.
You should go for something like an i5-4440 (~$160), 8 gigs of ram (~$30), a gtx 750 ti (~$110), a 1 tb hdd (~$45), MSI motherboard (~$60). That leaves you about 100 bucks for a case, power supply, and maybe an ssd.