700-950Euros gaming desktop

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For some time i have been thinking of building a desktop, i have little tecnical skills and my knowledge is limited though, so i wanted to ask u guys for some help in this build.
I want to build a GAMING desktop, i will use it for works and stuff too but mainly i want it for gaming, i havent bought anything else, i dont have a monitor, so i will be getting it from scratch.
I will be playing a lot of high-end graphic engine games like AC4 and BF4 and other games that come out in this gen.
From what i have checked i was thinking about:
- R9 280X with an intel core i5, i am from portugal so the GPU will be 300 euros alone, i was thinking about 200 euros for the CPU and maybe a 100 euro monitor like this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-S22B150-21-5-inch-Widescreen/dp/B006Z5GGN4

-About 8gb of ram and a power suply of about 750-900 watts, since i am considering in the future (like in a year or 2) giving some more juice to the computer with another GPU and some overclocking.
I have no idea what Motherboard to put in for this build
Would apreciate any help u can give

Other relevant information: Yes i can go a little over the budget but only if it is really worth it, and i will buy After market cooler fans for the CPU and GPU once i overclock them, by the way english is not my mother tongue so sorry if its bad :/
 
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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro3 Intel Z77 SK1155 € 87.9
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K (Unlocked) 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) 6MB BOX € 208.9
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Blue 2x4096MB (8GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CAS9 1.5V € 87.9
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB SATAIII (6GB/s) - EZEX € 56.9
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 2.5 Sata III 120GB € 81.9
GPU: Sapphire Radeon DUAL-X R9 280X OC 3GB DDR5 PCI-E € 274.9
CASE: Cooler Master Force 500 € 39.9
PSU: Corsair TX750 V2 - 750W 80 PLUS Bronze € 107.9

Total: € 946.2

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I'm sorry but what site could you refer me to to select parts since you live in Portugal and that's preferable to not send you to the USA or I don't know where to look for parts :)
 

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well this is the best parts site in portugal http://www.chiptec.net/
It has all the updated prices i can also go to this site http://www.assismatica.pt/ and order a PC alrdy made
Btw relevant translations
CPU= Processadore(s)
GPU= Placas gráficas
Case= Caixa
Ram memory: Memórias Ram
Monitors: monitores
 

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro3 Intel Z77 SK1155 € 87.9
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K (Unlocked) 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) 6MB BOX € 208.9
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Blue 2x4096MB (8GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CAS9 1.5V € 87.9
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB SATAIII (6GB/s) - EZEX € 56.9
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 2.5 Sata III 120GB € 81.9
GPU: Sapphire Radeon DUAL-X R9 280X OC 3GB DDR5 PCI-E € 274.9
CASE: Cooler Master Force 500 € 39.9
PSU: Corsair TX750 V2 - 750W 80 PLUS Bronze € 107.9

Total: € 946.2
 
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mmh I don't think it would do well for SLI...Maybe one card would be @x16 and the other @x4
If you really are planning on going on SLI this one should do the job
ASUS P8P67 PRO INTEL P67 SK1155 REV3.1 149.9 EUR; for a total of 1007 EUR. A little over your max budget.

The prices wont be significatively different, if you include delivery costs though it maybe better to buy from chiptec. In any case make sure to look at all the costs (+ delivery!!)
 

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Well i have look at another website also portuguese and i got like this:
GPU MSI GTX770 OC 2GB (N770-2GD5/OC) 299,90 €

CPU Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz 6MB Sk1155 (BX80637I53470) 174,91 €

Motherboard Asrock Z77 PRO3 (90-MXGM00-A0UAYZ) 84,80 €

PCU Nox Urano VX 750W 140mm (NXURVX750) 60,50 €

HDD Western Digital Green 1TB SATA III 64MB (WD10EZRX) 59,90 €

SSD Samsung 2.5" 840 Evo 120GB (MZ-7TE120BW) L90,90 €

Case Nox NX200 Preta (NXNX200) 31,50 €

Disc burner Samsung DVD-RW 24x Sata Preto Bulk (SH-224DB/BEBE) 17,90 €

Monitor Asus LED 21.5" VH228D 109,90 €

Total: 930.20 euros
Btw u get AC4, Splinter cell blacklist and Batman origins with the GPU
Would u go for this deal?
 

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Very good. Still you'll need RAM + PSU ;) . And you won't be able to make a full SLI
 

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Yeah sorry. In fact you can make a SLI but there will be a GPU running at x16 and once you'll plug the other GPU this one will run at x4. So for example a GTX 780 would be a lot bottlenecked by the bandwith...
 

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The GTX770 is an excellent card, i'd suggest you to look either for MSI or EVGA or ASUS, they have good cooling systems and OCing capabilities. If you want a better motherboard to run SLI at x8/x8 which would be better than the AsRock Pro 3, take a look at this one Asus P8Z77-M-PRO
 

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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-scaling-p67-chipset-gaming-performance,2887-10.html. In fact it depends on the game you're willing to play. In case of playing Skyrim, NBA2Ks, a single GTX770 will pretty much max out the settings. Still in this review there isn't much of a loss.