1100€ Budget Gaming Rig

gamingjaex

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Approximate Purchase Date: This week or the next one

Budget Range: 1100€

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming / Editing / Watching Videos / Uploading / Surfing

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I live in Spain so this will be kinda tricky. Give me your best recommendations and ill search for them in Spanish websites and shops.

Location: Spain-Catalonia-Barcelona

Parts Preferences: I never had an AMD graphics card so I don't really know if it is better than intels.

Overclocking: I don't know much about it so I guess it is a no.

SLI or Crossfire: Not sure what is that.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1024x768

Additional Comments: It will be my first attempt at PC building. The money is my 2 year long and tedious savings. I don't want to f*** up all the effort I spent saving so I wanna be sure that I am buying the correct stuff. I've seen the Budget Intel Gaming post but the information is too overwhelming. Anyone kind enough to lend me a hand? :)
 
So try this :)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.48 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Macho-120 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($94.94 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1054.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-27 19:55 EST-0500)
 
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gamingjaex

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I've been doing a lot of research around the forum, what is the difference between getting a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB GDDR5 and the Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ? Sorry, I am kinda lost when it's about graphic cards.