Gaming PC Build for about $700

[Syed Kumail]

Approximate Purchase Date: Within this month.

Budget Range: $700 Before Rebates, After Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, movies, internet.

Are you buying a monitor: No, already bought one.

Preferred Parts: CPU, GPU, PSU, Motherboard, Casing, Storage & Memory.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Intel

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200 60Hz

Additional Comments: Would like a build that would run games like CoD Ghosts, Crysis 3, Battlefield and Watch Dogs, if its possible in the budget that is.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I need to play the above listed.

 

[gamer1357]

$700 before rebate builds
Intel
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nscTZL

AMD
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yJ7XVn
This build is better.

If you can do $700 after rebates you can get a much better intel build.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pnTJpg

 

[MasterDell]

I dont get at all why people dont use i3's.. They perform actually really well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($198.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $662.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-09 04:04 EDT-0400

That will easily run those games that you listed!

 

[SamiSC]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($198.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $626.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-09 04:16 EDT-0400