Can you help me make a descion?

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alextheswimguy

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I cannot decide between the Radeon HD 7970 3GB or the Ge-force gtx 680 2Gb.

(Note, the radeon comes with 4 games whereas the geforce comes with one.)
 
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lunyone
The 7970 is usually a better (even without the games bundle), so that is what I'd do. The GTX 680 is a good card, but isn't the best bang for the buck, IMHO.
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alextheswimguy

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WD Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive 3.5 Inch SATA III



Asus 3.25 Inch DVD Burner

NZXT Phantom White Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) .

NZXT HALE90 80 Plus Gold 850 Watt Power Supply with Modular Cable HALE90-850-M

Intel Core I7 Ivy Bridge 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel HD Graphics

Windows 7 Proffesional

ASUS P8z7-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6GB/s USBB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard.
 
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Quite easily, with my rig (can see in my sig) I'm near maxing out Crysis 3 at a stable 45-60FPS.

If your just gaming, drop the CPU down to an i5. The i7's Hyperthreading has no real impact to gaming performance.
Drop Windows down to Home Premium 64bit, Professional is only useful if your going to be using more than 16GB of RAM.
850W is a bit overkill, on that rig a good 650W would do. If your going to Crossfire later on, get a 750W

That Green drive also isnt ideal, but there are some things you can do.
Use the money saved from the above to get a 120/128GB SSD for a boot drive (holds Windows, important programs) and use the Green as a storage drive (movies, music, files, unimportant programs and games).
Or replace it with a faster drive like a WD Black or Seagate Barracuda. I suggest you go for the Seagate drive, perform just as well as the WD Black and are often a lot cheaper. Or do both :p.

 
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alextheswimguy

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Sorry this is before I revised it, I will be getting Windows home premium and an i5. I'll look into a good 750 watt psu (if you can reccomend any that would be great.) and I will look into some of the black wd hard drives and a boot drive. Thanks for the suggestion!
 
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If your ordering in the U.S., I would consider something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($61.20 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($403.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1122.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-27 01:08 EDT-0400)
 
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Depends on what your doing. Surprisingly if you leave the CPU at stock settings, the stock cooler will do just fine. But if you want to overclock or anticipate it running flat out for extended periods of time, then you should get an aftermarket heatsink.
The Coolermaster 212 EVO is a great budget option.
 
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Here is what I'd do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($61.20 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($403.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1182.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-27 01:34 EDT-0400)

Save the $ on this build and use the $ later to upgrade the GPU later down the line.
 
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