I have a question. Can any of you guys give me a cheap PC build (under $750) that can run 60FPS at 1080p at high settings. I have seen some but I dont really think that they are cheap enough. So I was wondering if it is possible to run those settings at such a cheap price.
I always like to keep the base price around the budget because rebates take to long but if actually do the rebates the shave off another 80$ good enough for a decent CPU cooler and a better GPU
Rationale
CPU: good enough for what your doing
MOBO: unless you want to do massive oc's this will do nicely
CPU cooler: the awesome thing about pc's are you can spend less now, use the stock cooler, and slap a 212 evo on it later.
RAM: one 8GB stick now will probably suit you fine (unless your a web browsing tab monster, if so get another one later)
SSD: should get you started, hold a good amount of games, then later get big mechanical drive (if you have that many games)
GPU: A 280x is perfect for your requirements (might need to turn down the AA in some games)
Case: Cheap and everything will fit in it
PSU: later when you get a better CPU cooler you will still have OC headroom or add another 280x
Update : There is a change in my budget. $1000-$1300. The only thing I have to say is that PC must have a GTX 980, optical drive, mouse + keyboard, Windows 8.1, wifi card, hyper 212 evo or better, enough fans to fill the case up, and a motherboard or a peripheral that will support all of those fans. Seems like a lot but I is possible. I have a PCPARTPICKER BUILD that meets all this but I want the communities feedback on this.
Cool build man but I had something similar. I had an MSI GTX 980 which is around the same price and I had a wd caviar blue 7200rpm 1tb 3.5" hardrive which would make this PC better but for just a few extra bucks
Bad SSD due to kingston's bait & switch to asynchronous flash.
ASUS' R9 290s and 290Xs have really underperforming coolers. There is a lack of thermal pads, and as far as anyone can tell, the coolers were taken from their GTX cards and put on the AMD side.