Hey, I am going to build a pc in a BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX case. I want it to last for some years running all games on ultra. I want watercooling, but it is not necesary. I also want some red LED lights.
Thanks
For $1250, I would do this. This is gonna be without monitor and keyboard etc. assuming you already have these...
BitFenix Case: $72
GPU: MSI N760 ITX : $250
CPU: Intel i5 4670k : $220
CPU Cooler: Corsair H75 Liquid CPU cooler: $70
PSU: Corsair RM 550 : $106
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8gb : $73
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Impact: $215
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB : $90
Lights: BitFenix 30cm Alchemy Red : $22
This is all without tax and shipping, but I think you should be okay because without that the total comes to $1,118 so you actually are under your budget a bit and this is a pretty nice gaming rig. You should be able to run all games maxed at 1080p.
Hope this helped man.
P.S. :
If the 760 GPU doesn't perform as well as you want, you can spend an extra $100 and get an EVGA GTX 770 that has real solid performance and you might still be under budget.. Although I did suggest the MSI card due to its form factor