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nicedude80

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I don't know what parts to pick, I was going to go with intel, then I found the fx9590 but now I am wondering if I should do something else. I could email the wishlist to you if you give me your email address. There is just sooooooo many parts I don't know what to choose. I want a gaming pc that will get the maximum performance for 1500$ or less. I just don't know what to do. Should I go with an intel CPU? Or an amd CPU? And I am defiantly getting a nvidia graphics card. Probably the 750 ti. I just don't know about the other stuff. Could anyone give me some pointers? What CPU should I pick, and also what power supply will I need for it.
 
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i7s are higher end processors than the i5s; they feature "hyperthreading", which generally allows some software applications to run faster. Others know a bit more than me on this, but my undersatnding is most pc games don't take advantaeg of hyperthreading.

I think general wisdom is that for gaming, you want to spend most of your money on the GPU. Your GPU is more likely to bottleneck you than the CPU.

One key thing in the two builds proposed is one is an ATX solution, the other a micro ATX one...
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My uber uATX build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($103.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill AEGIS 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.18 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Aerocool DS-Cube MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($102.76 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($92.68 @ Amazon)
Total: $1117.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 14:56 EDT-0400)
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KDNpmG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KDNpmG/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KDNpmG/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($472.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1412.88
 
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Is there aerformance difference between i5 and i7? Also will the top build be able to run games at high with good fps? Which build is better? Because of course the lower the money the better, but I want it to run games good.
 
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i7s are higher end processors than the i5s; they feature "hyperthreading", which generally allows some software applications to run faster. Others know a bit more than me on this, but my undersatnding is most pc games don't take advantaeg of hyperthreading.

I think general wisdom is that for gaming, you want to spend most of your money on the GPU. Your GPU is more likely to bottleneck you than the CPU.

One key thing in the two builds proposed is one is an ATX solution, the other a micro ATX one. Generally, ATXs are bigger, and more expandable. If you wanted to run two GPUs in an SLI config, move to water cooling, add other components, more HDDs, etc, you can do so with an ATX case.

Woltej1's proposed comp has a K processor, meaning you can actually overclock that chip, getting a bit more CPU performance. Thats why he included a aftermarket CPU cooler, to facilitate keeping the chip cool as you squeeze some more performance out of it. He also opted for less RAM, but you generally don't need more 8 gigs of RAM for games anyway, and he went with a higher end GPU (which is where I suggest you spend your money if you want to play games on the best settings). Damric's solution doesn't include an optical drive...do you need one?

On the other side, maybe you want a small form factor - if so, maybe Damric's solution is for you.

If you want specific guidance on what those two proposed GPUs will play certain games on (the settings, I mean, like ultra, or high), you will have to ask the specific question. I'm not as knowledgable on that end.
 
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