Need help with a $1000 build, parts only from microcenter.

[Theocnoob]

4th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-4670K 3.4GHz LGA 1150 Processor
With mobo
Z87-Extreme4 ATX LGA 1150
607911

$294.98


WD Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal...

$59.99

Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB DDR3-1866...

$79.99

Corsair CX Series CX430M 430 Watt ATX Modular...

$39.99

MSI AMD Radeon R9 270 2048MB PCIe 3.0 x16 Dual...

$184.99

Corsair 200R case

$57.99

Windows 8
$99.99

Acer 23" UM.VG6AA.B01 1080P
$119.99

$938

For future upgrades I would go in this order:

1)SSD

2)CPU heatsink upgrade+ extra case fans
(and then overclock the CPU)

3)GPU upgrade (280X/290 for example)

Happy building!

 

[bob4933]

This build looks similar... xD


FWIW, Im "happy" with my seriously overclocked AMD, but I still wish I went Intel...

 

[Theocnoob]

Looking at the build I suggested, you could squeeze in a GTX 760 2GB instead of the 270 and get higher performance. It would still cap out under $1000.