What can I drop to get this rig under $2000?

[platformmaster918]

Egann said:

platformmaster918 said:

Lulz said:
$2000 seems high for a rig that you only need to run current games at max settings/60 FPS. I'm by no means an expert, but for the results you're looking for you shouldn't have to spend more than $1500 max. and probably even less than that if you were willing to build the rig yourself.

The graphics card I want to be a little future proof so maybe I'm overspending.  Also I'm thinking the CPU and/or motherboard I may be overdoing it's hard to get a read on it cause I'm not super tech savy.  Keep in mind I'm factoring in monitor so that's a big chunk.

There's no such thing as future-proofing with PC's. Especially when console launches are around the corner and who knows what game recommended specs will look this time next year. Get some middle-high GPU that's nothing special, pocket the money difference, and buy another middle-high end GPU in two years. If you've built the rest of it right, you'll float the one system for about four years.

Even better, wait until a mutiplat next gen console title hits shelves, build a rig to it's recommended specs, and then overbuild RAM and CPU so you can upgrade the GPU later.

very well I was gonna wait anyway since I'm devoting most of this Fall to PS4 and early next year.  It'll probably be a year or so before I start to really look at this seriously and by then the next gen stuff should be worked out.  Hoping to get a good rig for multiplats and Rome 2 of course on max.  Then I can also enjoy the most social games (since my friends will have it) and PS exclusives on PS4.