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Currently I'm at the point where I hate my current computer. Nothing wrong with it in particular, however it is a laptop the was made more for school work and kind of like not at all for gaming. It runs most games on low/very low, though fairly poorly. I'd like to be able to run games on higher settings than low and higher than 15-20 fps. However, I'm also looking to spend as little as possible.

So I made what I think would give me good performance for the price.(Keep in mind I'm just looking to be able to run most games, not trying to run the newest games on very high getting 60 fps)
I know that there are at least a few members here who really know their computer stuff, so I want to make sure everything is compatible/I'm not missing a core piece/and that I'm buying parts that aren't complete crap.

Optical Drive: $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Case: $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133196

Hard Drive: $65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132049

Motherboard: $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131795

Power Supply: $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028

RAM: $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313345

Video Card: $120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121642

CPU: $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113281

Monitor:$60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254094

Wifi Adapter:$16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045

Keyboard ~$10


Current Price: $600

If someone could go through and confirm that these all work together/or point me towards better parts pieces I'd really appreciate it, thanks!(Keeping in mind under $450 is good, however I don't mind spending a bit more if it offers significantly better performance.)

Personally, I'd spend the extra money to get a 2gb virtual card. I know you said you don't care as much about playing all the new games at max graphics, but its really not that much more money and many new games are taking up more and more memory, I feel like 1gb cards will be outdated quickly, especially on a higher resolution monitor.

I'd recommend this, its pretty much the same as the one you have listed except with the 2gb instead of 1 and its not much  more expensive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121642

Pay 10 more dollars for a terrabyte drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Also, shouldn't you use a full atx motherboard for a mid tower?
One more more thing, the Sapphire Cards are very good overclockers(running my 6850 at 950/1170 at 1.2v) and seems to stay cool.
The sapphire TRIXX utility works well for me, but you have to load the profile again whenever you start it up.

u have a cpu using amd's FM2 socket but the motherboard is amd's AM3+ socket
here is the similar one from Asus for the FM2 socket
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132049

and the ram id recommend getting 2 4gb sticks of ram so u will be using both available channels it be cheaper then one 8gb too
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

and yer missing an OS unless u already have one u can use

Alright updated my original post with all the suggestions.

I do have an OS I can get my hands on, I think my school has a fairly good deal on windows if you're a student.

Thanks for the help so far guys!

You said you where coming from a laptop, so what about kb,mouse,monitor?

Quote from: ARTgames on December 28, 2013, 11:42:23 AM
You said you where coming from a laptop, so what about kb,mouse,monitor?

EDIT: Was wrong actually, all I have is a mouse and headset so I added in keyboard/wifi adapter/monitor.

I know that $600 isn't bad considering I need everything but a mouse, but I would probably want to not try and go any higher than that.

um i take back that motherboard i suggested as its a uATX im not sure if it wouldnt work in the case u picked but better safe then sorry right
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138366
with this one u get usb 3 on the back and for the 1 on the case and later if u want to get a sound card or Wifi card u can

this is the current wifi card im using and ive had no problems with it picking up the signal witch is in the my neighbors house
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106136

i think you can do better then 600 for about the same parts and since you are gona have a dedicated vid card using a apu cpu doesnt make alot of since, since they arent as powerful for an equally priced cpu. 70 daloors in rebates and combos

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2AmJV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2AmJV/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2AmJV/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Momentus Thin 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Hannspree HL161ABB 15.6" Monitor  ($67.58 @ Newegg) same as the one you picked
Keyboard: Rosewill RK-101 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($6.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $510.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-12 21:20 EST-0500)

man i love pcpartpicker.com

Or buy this complete machine which is quite a bit faster.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1515834

Whoops forgot about this topic. I went over it a lot more in-depth with another friend and increased my budget. Ended up getting a 4670k, MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Mobo, MSI 660 GTX, G.Skill RAM, and a 1 TB hardrive. Waiting for the rest of my parts to get here next week actually.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ABim

(Was actually closer to $850)

that is a pretty good combo logan :)

Quote from: Titan on January 13, 2014, 10:40:34 AM
Whoops forgot about this topic. I went over it a lot more in-depth with another friend and increased my budget. Ended up getting a 4670k, MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Mobo, MSI 660 GTX, G.Skill RAM, and a 1 TB hardrive. Waiting for the rest of my parts to get here next week actually.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ABim

(Was actually closer to $850)

The thing that bothers me about the 660 is that it has its voltage locked by default.
I bought the Sapphire Radeon HD 7850, as it was recommended to me for overclocking, turns out with a decent cooler I brought it up to nearly par with the 7950.