[mos_skeeto]

1.) Sorry for posting my budget build. I thought it would be nice for OP to see a cheap build so he can make a better one with his budget.

2.) Everyone in this thread who's rocking an i3 have budget systems. In case you don't know what that means, it means building a computer that can play games but still be very cheap. An 800 dollar computer like the one I am building can still play new titles at 1080p and render high framerates at low/medium quality settings. This is acceptable for many people. Hell I think that's better than some Xbox titles.

3.) Yes, games can utilize more than 2 cores but I advice you to check out my link above. In some games like Battlefield 4, it makes virtually no difference. Here's the quote from that article: "Battlefield 4 doesn't tell us much with all processor configurations delivering virtually the same performance when using the GeForce GTX 960."

Using cores and seeing performance differences are two separate things. Some CPU intensive games will see better performance with 4 cores but in many cases it isn't a bottleneck. I did my homework: GPU is the major factor in a gaming build. No one is going to pair an i3 with a Titan GPU so I don't get the hate.