$300 and $400 AMD Gaming PC?

[SolarCharged985]

Approximate Purchase Date: in about 7 days

Budget: $300-400

System Usage: Gaming, surfing internet

Are you buying a monitor: no

Do you need to buy an OS: no

Preferred merchant(s): Newegg.com, Amazon.com

Location: Tacoma, Washington

Part Preferences: AMD processor, NVIDIA graphics card, but i will gladly take radeon if better

Overclocking: no

SLI or Crossfire: no

Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional comments: I plan to play Rust, DayZ, XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, Civ 5, Planetary Annihilation, Bioshock Infinite, and Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. Hopefully on medium settings.

Why I'm building: Lagging on Thief II is not the way to go.

 

[bodeen2012]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m821
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m821/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m821/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($80.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($43.92 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($35.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($95.38 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $400.66
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 00:29 EST-0500)

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-P33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: ECS GeForce GTS 450 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $400.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 01:05 EST-0500)