We did a $500 PC earlier during the black friday sale. The prices have gone up a bit now so I made another video.
With this PC, you'd be able to play all the new games like BF4, Crysis 3 etc at well above 30fps on 1080p at HIGH or ULTRA settings
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/makemyrig/saved/30Go
CPU:
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory:
Kingston Blu 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($45.00 @ Mac Mall)
Storage:
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($205.66 @ Newegg)
Case:
BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply:
Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $525.60
Buy here http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2nau4
With this PC, you'd be able to play all the new games like BF4, Crysis 3 etc at well above 30fps on 1080p at HIGH or ULTRA settings
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/makemyrig/saved/30Go
CPU:
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory:
Kingston Blu 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($45.00 @ Mac Mall)
Storage:
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($205.66 @ Newegg)
Case:
BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply:
Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $525.60
Buy here http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2nau4