First Self build PC, amd, for games and videos

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Hi, I have a budget of £700 (preferably less) to buy all the parts necessary to make a pc that can run modern and new games (bf4 etc) and also render videos etc. I want it to be both an amd CPU and GPU (maybe intel CPU, maybe). To be able to play games on ultra with good fps (around 60fps). I have a monitor I got (1280x960) and will use that or maybe a HD1080p TV? or is it better to stick with my Monitor?

Keyboard and mouse arent necessary. Also need an O/S windows 7 or 8 is ok.

I am building it myself for the first time ever so any tips/help with that too will be much appreciated! I really cant wait to do one for myself instead of just buying a built one.

Thanks everyone
 
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Anas Bashar
about the card, the R9 280X is actually a re-branded HD 7970, but it is newer and have newer versions of DirectX (11.2 compared to 11.1) and a faster memory (6000 compared to 5500), plus the other tecnologies that came with the R9 series.

one thing worth mentioning is the HD 7970 has a higher clock speed than the reference R9 280X. but the card i mentioned in the the build is Overclocked (Core Boost: 1020MHz), only one version of the 7970 (HD 7970 Ghz edition) has a slightly higher clock (Core Boost: 1050MHz) but it is about £100 more.

So, definitely go for the R9 280X.

as for the OS, get a win 7 64bit (have to be 64bit since COD ghosts and watch dogs require that). honestly i got lost looking for it in amazon UK, i think this is the...
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have a look at these parts: (£670 total)
1- MOBO: http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-990FXA-Motherboard-Processor-Gigabit/dp/B004ZHC2DC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382515571&sr=8-2&keywords=msi+990fxa-gd80#productDetails
2- CPU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-FX8350-Edition-Processor-4-2GHz/dp/B009O7YUF6/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382515218&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=amd+fx+3850
3- GPU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Dual-X-Radeon-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00FL8H57W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382515255&sr=8-1&keywords=r9+280x
4- RAMs: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CML16GX3M2A1600C9-Vengeance-Profile-Performance/dp/B009YOJZ5E/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1382515860&sr=8-6&keywords=16gb+ddr3+1600
5- HDD: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1382517029&sr=8-5&keywords=7200rpm+1tb
6- Case: http://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Vantage-Gaming-Audio-Reader/dp/B0071KZNUY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382516323&sr=8-2&keywords=atx+case#productDetails

are these ok for you? need any other parts to add?

Notes:
*this CPU is 8 core and will help you with the rendering.
** the 16GB rams are for your rendering needs, 8GB are enough for gaming only though.
*** it is better to get the case locally, will save you a lot on shipping.
**** for the GPU, this is the second best single chip AMD GPU in the new AMD linup out there, but do not expect crysis on altra with this card.
 
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about the card, the R9 280X is actually a re-branded HD 7970, but it is newer and have newer versions of DirectX (11.2 compared to 11.1) and a faster memory (6000 compared to 5500), plus the other tecnologies that came with the R9 series.

one thing worth mentioning is the HD 7970 has a higher clock speed than the reference R9 280X. but the card i mentioned in the the build is Overclocked (Core Boost: 1020MHz), only one version of the 7970 (HD 7970 Ghz edition) has a slightly higher clock (Core Boost: 1050MHz) but it is about £100 more.

So, definitely go for the R9 280X.

as for the OS, get a win 7 64bit (have to be 64bit since COD ghosts and watch dogs require that). honestly i got lost looking for it in amazon UK, i think this is the one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-Professional-SP1-64-bit/dp/B00B4Y7PTK
anyway u can get that from any local store for about £30.
 
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