I would propably get a FX-6300 and AM3+ mobo myself though, it's not that much more expensive and comes with 6 cores and its overall slightly faster. 750k is also on outdated FM2 socket (though the future of AM3+ doesnt really have much planned in either at this point, so future-proofing is uncertain). but overall the differences between CPUs isn't very drastic especially for gaming, unless they're really old/laptop/mobile CPUs.

I feel you have very unreasonable expectations when it comes to PCs, and you're just bashing at this point

@Shido yeah not a bad idea if u want to get bit higher wattage PSU, check reviews before you buy though! PC will last long time if everythings setup correctly and u do regular maintenance on it.

Btw u might want to add steam digital sharing to your list http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/11/steam-family-sharing/

Propably around 30-40 fps on 720p mid details with little to no AA. Hopefully this gen wont be as long(5 years should be good enough)

I highly doubt it. I built a $1k+ PC about 4 years ago and I struggle to things on medium settings leading for there to be very few differences between it and consoles versions.

Which CPU, GPU do you have? resolution you play?

The newer game I could find running on a X1900XT which is a tad slower than Xbox 360 equivalent GPU(X1950XT) was battlefield bad company 2 with everything maxed out with 1X AA according to the video author: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLV3hU4uLc running problably on 720p or above

The best equivalent should be a HD 5570 which runs current games just fine at a low resolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbhxhxpgmwQ

AN 8800 GTX which was released the same year of the PS3  runs Metro Last Light very fluid at 1440x900 with medium texture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0cUPvm2lKw

Looks equal or better than the same games on the PS360 to me.

And the build I posted has more powerfull hardware than next gen consoles. 

EDIT: Also, you didn't include the free games you'll get with ps+

An 8800 GTX was $599 in 2006....

I have a GT 230 v2 same or better specs then the Xenos and it's always a crapshoot if a console port will be optimized enough to run decently. I played Metro 2033 and Deus Ex HR on it in 1280x1024, The witcher 2 in 1280x720, Just cause 2 in 1080p and for all had to revisit the settings regularly to keep playable framerates. It's fine for indie games (go play Antichamber in 1080p on a big screen, it's awesome) but Bioshock infinite I chose to play on console. It's a mixed bag, Driver 3 in 1080p (no AA) worked fine 30fps ish, Bioshock 2 no trouble either, Portal 2 some severe slowdown in places but fine overall. That with $200 card from 2009, 3 years after the ps3.

Whatever budget build you make now is going to have the same problems in a few years against console games optimized to their hardware while the HD 7870 and 7950 have been forgotten. No gameplay guarantee for the next 5 years.

u sure got all aggro on me

You're trying to insert words into my text, I never said the bolded text, actually if you read my earliest post, I told him to specifically look out for low quality PSUs...

my 500w PSU is Corsair model and its been running for over 2 years now without issues.

They even gave this board 3 years warranty, for being a budget board thats pretty much the industry standard and they use same tech on the boards that their flagship setups use, if you ever compared difference between motherboards, the more expensive ones usually come with better overclocking tools/support/capacity and with lot more goodies like additional sata ports and PCI-e slots, etc. So you're just paying for features pretty much, that u won't necessarily even need.

Games only need a strong GPU/memory and adequate CPU. Strategy games though are usually an exception because they have to track much more stuff simulatenously, so stronger and faster CPUs are plain better. His rig is fine for the purpose he's going for and I see no issues with the parts he has chosen.

I would propably get a FX-6300 and AM3+ mobo myself though, it's not that much more expensive and comes with 6 cores and its overall slightly faster. 750k is also on outdated FM2 socket (though the future of AM3+ doesnt really have much planned in either at this point, so future-proofing is uncertain). but overall the differences between CPUs isn't very drastic especially for gaming, unless they're really old/laptop/mobile CPUs.

I feel you have very unreasonable expectations when it comes to PCs, and you're just bashing at this point

@Shido yeah not a bad idea if u want to get bit higher wattage PSU, check reviews before you buy though! PC will last long time if everythings setup correctly and u do regular maintenance on it.

Btw u might want to add steam digital sharing to your list http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/11/steam-family-sharing/

The ironic thing is I'm the one being realistic about this whole thing. It's a decent build, but it isn't something I would spend my money on.

You sure seem to think that I'm lying, though. This is why I'm getting aggro, because you're assuming things about me solely because of my position in the argument. I've built my last 3 PCs and I've built over a dozen for other people. None with any major problems. I've been doing this since I was 16. I'm not bashing, I'm putting perspective where perspective is due.

Those specs sound about right, but If you got suckered into paying for GT 230 in your 1000$, no wonder consoles beat it. It's one of the more lower end GPUs in it's class/timeframe, mostly used on laptops. Heck even the most popular card in the 2xx series GTX 260 was about 2-3 times stronger than it in its time.

I'm quite confident in OPs case he is gonna play atleast those 5 years, not with max settings though. But neither will the consoles. If he wants to repeat your GPU choice for this gen he should go with 7750-7770 range. Not trying to belittle ur opinion or anything, so please dont get offended, I have no idea what was included in ur 1000$ and what parts you chose other than GT 230.

Never trust any shop decriptions of parts btw, they allways make everything sound good and sell you crap. Even the most casual PCs are called "powerful" simply because it has good CPU but everything else is way sub-par

@Shido, I would say ur setups gonna run at 1080p 30-45FPS atleast for the first 2-3 years, with some AA and everything maxed. Depends on the games ofcourse, some have insanely demanding SSAO for example so cutting that might net u 10-15FPS more.

and yes 8800GTX was roughly 50% stronger than consoles, it still runs them in higher res/more FPS.