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Looking at building a new computer since I am rebuilding one for a friend. I am reusing 32 gig of ddr3 corsair,1 tb harddrive,monitor, and case(full size) and am trying to keep the price as low as possible but be able to run most games out there on high. Was wondering what yall thought of the following build.
I am also unsure on windows 8 or windows 7.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2g0Pm
I was looking at the 670 but was sold out, so I decided on the 760(its actually cheaper currently)
any ideas or comments would be great. Again I would like to keep it under 700 before I buy the OS.
 
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32 gigs of RAM are ABSOLUTELY unnecessary for your system. Absolutely use max 8 GBs or you're gonna be overkilling your system and just be a stupid setup. Soo yeah. I changed your build around a bit and went 37$ over budget, I hope that's not too much of a problem :)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2g1ag

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.99 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video...
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2g1ba
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2g1ba/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2g1ba/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.99 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($117.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $686.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-06 13:44 EST-0500)
 
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Rammy

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Tweaked the cooler and the PSU to something more sensible.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.96 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.26 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $660.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-06 13:46 EST-0500)
 
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32 gigs of RAM are ABSOLUTELY unnecessary for your system. Absolutely use max 8 GBs or you're gonna be overkilling your system and just be a stupid setup. Soo yeah. I changed your build around a bit and went 37$ over budget, I hope that's not too much of a problem :)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2g1ag

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.99 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $737.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

Anyways, I changed your power supply since it was total overkill. I also changed your CPU to a more powerful one so you can handle the GFX card you are using and use it to it's max. I also changed the motherboard to a cheaper one since you don't need all of that :)
Hope I helped, have fun!

Oh btw, get Windows 8, some tests have proven windows 8 to be better in game performance apparently...
 
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That's not true, though that particular PSU wasn't great, they have a lot of very high quality PSUs like the Capstone and Fortress ranges.

Neither is that
 
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Nice. But there will be no defining difference in the life of the board for games weather its 1150 or 55. Nobody is going to swap out an ivy bridge quad for a broadwell. imho. If you can get a good price on the more reliable clocking ivy bridge take it.
 
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Hello.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.99 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill 850W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $683.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-06 13:53 EST-0500)

I made some obvious changes (like Haswell) and the Gigabyte 760 because is faster and cheaper.
I would change the PSU if you want with XFX P1-650S-NLB9 650watt but better quality and 5years warranty at the same price of $79.99

edit: The CPU and mobo are a combo from newegg with $15 discount :).
 
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what about a amd fx-8320? I realize I would have to switch the mobo etc, but would it be able to compete with the i5s persay in guild wars 2 or SC2 for fps etc? I've never used a amd before and am just wondering what the big difference is. I have heard with the 8320 depending on cooling and setup you can get upwards of 4.8ghz on them.
and as for the 32gigs of ram, its currently sitting in a drawer so I figured if I could throw it on the mobo I might as well.
 
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In terms of value, the 8320 is hard to beat. It's certainly comparable to i5s, though most benchmarks put it behind (though not by much) in gaming. It's more power hungry, and you have less choice when it comes to motherboards (and therefore cases), but those are pretty small trade offs for what you get.
 
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I was acutally looking at the 8320 and the giga but am also looking at the asus sabertooth990 fx r2.0. Is it pretty much preference with the amds on whether radeon or nvidia to? Or is one better then the other for amd chips?
 
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