July 2014 Gaming PC under 1100$

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I would like to play upcoming games on best-to-medium settings for at least 5 years...
- Just the case of the computer is in the budget (excluding storage)
- Preferable AMD processor & nVidia graphics card.
- Is it reasonable to expect 8-core processor, and 16-32GB of RAM from a 1000$ build?
P.S. Quality, cheap 1080p monitors (not in budget)???
P.P.S. Sorry for bad English and thanks in advance!
 
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it is true of course, the FX 9370 is a power house and might be too much for this build. Instead of it I've build a nicer one with the FX 8350 but with a GTX 780, it is a bit over budget and you can always cut the SSD from 240gb to 120gb or just get a 8gb or ram instead of 16gb.
Please take a look:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($134.00 @ Amazon)...
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYHfFT
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYHfFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYHfFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($180.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($268.30 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23.0" Monitor ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1128.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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Thanks, but I would rather prefer AMD processor and nVidia graphics card.
Also, the monitor isn't in the budget.
 
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Reason ?

An i5 is better than an fx 8320 and the 280X performs the same as a gtx 770 but cheaper. The only thing I would change in that build is the power supply and get maybe an xfx 650W and go for 8gb ram
 
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Hi Cuki,
Selected some kickass components for your Gaming Rig.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Fhtxbv

All these components are compatible,and work perfectly with each other.
And For gaming A 8gb of Memory is pretty much all for now.
Not added The screen..It's just out of your budget!
 
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It seems to me more games are compatible with nVidia.

AMD processors have more cores and usually offer more clock speed - 4690K 4-core vs. AMD FX-8320 8-core
It looks to me like there is better availabality of AMD processors than Intel here, in Serbia. (Maybe I'm wrong)

FX-8320 (which you mentioned) is with double more cores, actually cheaper here.
 
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Seems great! I was thinking about AMD FX-8350, and GeForce GTX 770 too!
Well I suppose that anything over 8GB would be a bit too much...
 
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I would suggest looking at this build, it has the 16gb of ram and a newer version CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-9370 4.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($304.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($58.72 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $993.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

I did sacrifice the SSD for the 16gb of ram.. It can be modified to a 8350 with an 120gb SSD built about 30$ over the 1000$ budget.
If it's a 1100$ budget you can just add it :
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3V4tK8

Enjoy
 
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I wouldn't recommend that processor simply because it uses way too much power (220W) compared to an 8350 (125W) and has similar if not same performance in gaming compared to an 8350 while still not beating an i5. Unless he wants a heater in his system, rather go fx 8350/8320

Plus, I think only the rev 4 version of that mobo supports that chip, else it will be throttled on that mobo

He would need at least an ASRock 990fx extreme 9 to fully support that chip's tdp
 
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Good Luck with your new Build,and also don't forget to pick a best answer! : )
Regards.
 
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the fx 8320 have 8 cores but it does not mean is faster then intel with 4 cores
the fx 8320 is good for cfd or video editing ...only there you can see a good performance ; in gaming the fx is slower then intel so you can not compare the cores of the fx cpu vs the cores intel cpu they are differents

and please do not take the fx 9370 because you will destroy your mobo and you will have overheat issues and stability problems

its up to you ??
 
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it is true of course, the FX 9370 is a power house and might be too much for this build. Instead of it I've build a nicer one with the FX 8350 but with a GTX 780, it is a bit over budget and you can always cut the SSD from 240gb to 120gb or just get a 8gb or ram instead of 16gb.
Please take a look:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($134.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($459.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($58.72 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1152.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

is it too much? because its as high end as it can get..
 
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I did build an intel one aswell, because its a gaming rig i really reccomend sticking with the GTX 780.
you can always get the GTX 770 and get a better intel CPU.
Here's an idea of the performance difference:
http://www.hwcompare.com/14625/geforce-gtx-770-vs-geforce-gtx-780/

The PC:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($134.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($459.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($58.72 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1151.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Enjoy
 
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I will put that into consideration, thanks for the tip! :)
 
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It isn't, just as much as I can pay! Seems very good! I'll definitly get a GeForce 770 or 780.

About the storage, it isn't so important, I have an external hard drive from my current build that I plan on using on the new one.



Thanks for both builds! Both seem very awesome! And, thanks for the 770 vs. 780 link!

I will take some time to decide which of all builds recommended, is the best. Thanks so much for advices and help everybody!

Cheers!
 
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