Which Gaming PC should I build?

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I am guessing that your budget is around $1000. All of those builds have their good points and not so good points. For instance, I rarely recommend the corsair cx series since they use chinese capacitors that have a higher rate of failure than the japanese caps that most good competitors use.

Couple of questions that would help us help you:
Do you plan to overclock your CPU?
Total budget, does it need to include OS (windows), monitor or keyboard/mouse?
Primary usages (gaming, video editing, etc.)?
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I am guessing that your budget is around $1000. All of those builds have their good points and not so good points. For instance, I rarely recommend the corsair cx series since they use chinese capacitors that have a higher rate of failure than the japanese caps that most good competitors use.

Couple of questions that would help us help you:
Do you plan to overclock your CPU?
Total budget, does it need to include OS (windows), monitor or keyboard/mouse?
Primary usages (gaming, video editing, etc.)?
 
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I did not build anything yet I am just trying to figure out which of these I want to build. I am kind of sketchy on buying all the parts and finding out the are not compatible with each other so I rather buy one that has already been built. Also the link you have referred me to is about upgrading a PC I do not have a PC built yet. Thank You though
 
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Do you plan to overclock your CPU? Yes
Total budget, does it need to include OS (windows), monitor or keyboard/mouse? No total budget just reasonably over $1000, I just need a monitor
Primary usages (gaming, video editing, etc.)? Gaming, video editing


 
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For parts compatability pcpartpicker.com is great because it shows you which distributors sell parts at what price and tells you if something is incompatible.

The link RazerZ gave is used for both upgrades and new builds since they are typically looking for the same advice. most people just copy and paste the bold portions and fill them out.
 
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Thanks for the quick reply! :)
I answered these questions ^
 
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I would go for option 1 with some tweaks, like this:

Included OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1084.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-13 20:34 EDT-0400)
 
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That build would play battle field 4 at an average of 60fps at Ultra preset settings or Crysis 3 High settings at 60 fps, very high settings at around 50 fps. Crysis 3 is still the hardest game to play at max settings out right now (all at 1080p).

This basically means that the build would play almost any game at the highest settings with good framerates (60+ usually) at 1080p.
 
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Thank you that is very helpful, I have also posted a new thread if you want to check it out. This one is more broad and open to all PC not just the ones within the three videos, thanks again.
 
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