Best Non-Overclock Haswell Gaming System

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mhmarefat

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Hello
My PC is 7 years old so I'm looking forward to buy a new (Intel) PC. My budget is about 1500-1600 dollars. I've never overclocked and don't know whether I should overclock(!) and I'd like to play games at 1280 x 1024 resolution with maximized graphics details (I never go above this resolution as my monitor can't support higher). So based on these information what are my best options?
thanks in advance.
 
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This build also includes monitor :D, so you'll play at 1080p with all maxed out :)

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($489.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Gunmetal/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ TigerDirect)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG23AH 23.0" Monitor ($177.58 @ Newegg)
Total: $1506.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-12 16:20 EDT-0400)
 
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Wow sorry airborn, intel is not going any where soon even with AMD "mantel" That Intel is a good build and would recomend the same. With that type of bugdet no point in keeping our old crappy (sorry but the resolution is crappy) monitor.

Please note I'm running an AMD 8230 with xfire 7870 LE's (i.e. baby 7950's) so I like AMD and the time build the machine (like two years, 1 year for the GPU's) it was the best price /performance for what I wanted to do.
 
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for that budget, an intel build will be much better than an amd build. Intel will not die off, either. With AMD pushing for integrated apus more than processors, the intel i-series will have the same demand, if not more as the fx-series dies.

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sorry for the watermark, i just needed the picture. i read about it on toms hardware

i would go with the build posted before, it has the overclocking capability and still within your budget. so in the future, which it will still be playing games for atleast a year, and you need some extra performance, you can lightly overclock it
 
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I am totally open minded. I was about to build a Intel system a few weeks ago. But after a lot of research I am waiting due to AMD in the consoles and Mantle
 
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