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sunnierpeanut

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I am a complete novice ...
I am planning to build a gaming PC that is future proof...?
Can anyone sugest the best value for money for MB, CPU and GPU?
 
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faster23rd

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Intel has less than satisfactory intergrated GPUs if you intend gaming. AMD's line of gaming graphics cards is called Radeon and its competitor, Nvidia, calls it line of gaming cards Geforce. And you can never really future proof a rig, that's a misconception especially at the pace technology develops.
 
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It all depends on your budget, but I would suggest an i5-4670k for the cpu, and an R9 280X for the GPU, as for the motherboard an ASRock Z87 Extreme4. Those components are probably the best value for money, but you can get better. And as faster23rd suggested, nothing is really future-proof.
 
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Value: Generally AMD systems give you a lot more for your money. However if you live near a Fry's or Micro Center some of their 'walk-in only' specials on Intel parts put them in the same price range as AMD.

Performance: Intel has fewer cores but higher per-core performance. AMD has more cores but lower per-core performance. In gaming, Intel and AMD will run neck in neck performance wise in multi-threaded games that can use the extra cores AMD offers. But in older titles or games that are poorly optimized for multicore CPUs, intel will pull ahead by around 5-15% depending on the title.

GPUs: This is very competitive and AMD and nVidia both perform so well and stay so close in price it really doesn't matter. The one thing nVidia does better is PhysX. But that is a proprietary API that isn't used in most games. My 'personal preference' is AMD because their mainstream cards tend to run a bit cooler/quieter than the nVidia cards I've compared.
 
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Thanks for your replies.
I am building the PC bit by bit over 6 months i think.
Question?
Cases do they all fit all mother boards or can you recomend one?
I have looked a ta few that seem to have loads of fans.
Brother in law does water cooling?
Any need?
 
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Budget and intended use please.
Large cases can usually support a host of mobo form factors from EATX, ATX, mATX, and ITX, but the best case depends on what mobo you have and what you inted to do with the rig.



 
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