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I'm looking for some build that would handle well:

  • -Two HD monitors
    -Run the upcoming AAA games in high quality
    -Full time working (24/7) - I will only shutting it down to give it a clean every several months
    -Amateur 3D designing
    -Unity 3D
Secondarily, I would also love a good performance with Photoshop and some video editing software.
I'm not afraid to overclock in order to squeeze the PC.
 
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The r9 280 is on the performance level of the gtx 760. r9 280x is on the level of the gtx 770. It's an all round stronger card. I went with the windforce because it was one of the cheaper ones at the time I designed that build. The sapphire vapor-x card is cheaper as of now, which would be able to move the budget around to fit other parts.

The CPU still will probably do parts of the rendering. Rendering is more multithreaded compared to gaming which is single threaded. The fx 83xx has a stronger multithread performance because of its extra cores compared the i5. The next step up from a fx 83xx cpu would be to a xeon in my opinion. At least for rendering and what not.

If you want to mitigate the prices around. I might be putting to...
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Here's something you could consider:

It'll play AAA titles fine.

FX8320 will do 3d rendering and video editing fairly decently. It's basically an underclocked fx 8350.

Motherboard will support a decent overclock.

RAM, its just ram. It'll do.

HDD, its a HDD.

GPU, r9 280x will still handle upcoming games on higher/Ultra settings at decent frames. If you need a nVidia GPU, you could probably sacrifice by buying the aftermarket cooler later one when you can spare a bit more on that.

PSU, it'll do fine.

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 ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($83.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($289.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.94 @ OutletPC)
Total: $902.08
 
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I just moved the budget money to put in a SSD.

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 ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($83.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($73.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($289.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $867.14
 
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With the r9 280x it wouldn't really matter too much. If it were the r9 290, the cooler would play a bigger factor.

As for overclocking, the system could hit at least 4.4ghz I believe. The fx 8320 is an underclocked fx 8350, so you will most likely be able to hit 4.0ghz without adjusting too much.
 
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If you're going to be rendering, video editing or something like that, then the extra cores would help. If you were just gaming, the i5 would do jsut fine. But for the budget, i5 vs fx 8320/8350, the intel would perform a bit worse than the fx 8320/8350 overclocked especially. Plus, if you overclock the fx8320, you could get roughly the same performance as the i5, but downside is that it uses quite a bit more power.

Gaming on the fx8320 isn't horrible either. So, since you're willing to overclock the build, this is just a bit more balanced. An intel build would probably be around the same price anyways. If I were to use a i5 4460 and H97 motherboard. Again, the extra cores of the fx 8320/8350 would help a bit.

If you're just doing the rendering and video editing as a side thing, like once in a while, then it would be alright to go with the i5.

Also, I think a nVidia card might be better for rendering depending on the software you use.
 
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I do the video editing completely as a side thing, from time to time.

But the FX-8320 costs 120$ while the i5-4670K (for example) costs 190$, is it worth the extra 60$?

Primarily I use 3DS Max and Unity, secondarily I use Blender and CryEngine.
 
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If the rendering thing is something that you'll be doing often, then stick with the fx 8320. It'll be a bit better. I'll be honest and say I'm not entirely sure on the rendering thing, but from what I gather, the r9 280x is better for 3ds max. I'm not sure about the other ones. Maybe someone else can say something about those.
 
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About the GPU, is it worth buying the 280X instead of the 280. If so, why buying the WINDFORCE version (I've read that Sapphire's ones are the best)? Why not get the OC version?

About the CPU, could you explain why choosing the FX-8320? I think that the other cores won't be used because they need floating points (not sure).
 
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The r9 280 is on the performance level of the gtx 760. r9 280x is on the level of the gtx 770. It's an all round stronger card. I went with the windforce because it was one of the cheaper ones at the time I designed that build. The sapphire vapor-x card is cheaper as of now, which would be able to move the budget around to fit other parts.

The CPU still will probably do parts of the rendering. Rendering is more multithreaded compared to gaming which is single threaded. The fx 83xx has a stronger multithread performance because of its extra cores compared the i5. The next step up from a fx 83xx cpu would be to a xeon in my opinion. At least for rendering and what not.

If you want to mitigate the prices around. I might be putting to much emphasis on the CPU, but I feel like the stronger multithread on the cpu would do better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($247.94 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($78.30 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Vapor-X Video Card ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar MX300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($60.74 @ Amazon)
Total: $906.17
 
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