Help building a PC for mainly Skyrim on Ultra Settings, I only need MOBO, CPU, and GPU . . . preferably AMD build. >$500

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I currently have Asus M2N Sli Deluxe, AMD X2 5200 with BFG 8800 GTS . . . I know, its old lol.
Well id like to upgrade, id like some suggestions, I more than likely will not ever run dual cards just fyi, i want to basically run games such as Skyrim at ultra settings with some mods. I wouldnt mind a little OCing, nothing crazy. Id like to stick with AMD if possible and stay under $500, if i have to go a little above thats fine.

I was thinking sabertooth 990fx r2.0 but saw asus m5a97 r2.0 for half the price, and seems to have what i need. Also thinking amd fx-6300 with evga gtx 660 ftw sig
 
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Skyrim is just one of those games that AMD never did perform very well on. You get results like: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/57446-fx-8350-cpu-review-amds-vishera-arrives-17.html

Notice how in some games the 8350 is right up there with enthusiast i5's and even close to the i7's but in Skyrim it falls flat on it's face with the i5-2400 being a shade over 20% faster . . .

If Skyrim is the primary concern you'd probably be better off with a mid - low range i5. and as much video card as you can afford in there.

Another test site, just to hit the point home:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/12/intel-core-i5-4670k-haswell-cpu-review/5

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Really? Im not having issues at the moment i just wanna run the game at ultra with decent FR, i run it at med-high right now. Well if i need to make the move to intel thats fine i guess as long as I can still stay under my budget. Got anything in mind Thanks
 
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Skyrim is just one of those games that AMD never did perform very well on. You get results like: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/57446-fx-8350-cpu-review-amds-vishera-arrives-17.html

Notice how in some games the 8350 is right up there with enthusiast i5's and even close to the i7's but in Skyrim it falls flat on it's face with the i5-2400 being a shade over 20% faster . . .

If Skyrim is the primary concern you'd probably be better off with a mid - low range i5. and as much video card as you can afford in there.

Another test site, just to hit the point home:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/12/intel-core-i5-4670k-haswell-cpu-review/5

 
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Awesome, thanks for the info, this should really help me with my decision
 
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CPU http://www.microcenter.com/product/413251/Core_i5_4670K_34GHz_Socket_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

GPU http://www.microcenter.com/product/419486/02G-P4-3765-KR_NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_760_Superclocked_ACX_Cooler_2048MB_GDDR5_PCIe_x16_30_Video_Card

MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131990 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130737

You think this would be decent?
 
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