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Hey everybody,

I am looking to build a gaming pc for around under £900-£1000. Considering that I won't actually be physically building the system until november/december, I am open to ideas above the price mark as hopefully component prices will drop.

I was originally set on an amd 8350 cpu, but after looking around forums such as this it seemed as if its performance in single-core-heavy games (such as WoW, my main game) is sub-standard compared to the more expensive intel processors.

I would like the build to easily manage ultra settings (with some high) on most games.

I will mostly be playing games such as WoW, ESO, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and NV, Arma III etc.

Many thanks to this amazing community,

Sam
 
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I agree that Xeon E3 builds are pretty sweet but I made quite a few changes:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.45 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£296.34 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal...
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This build is amazing and can run any game on ultra, with immense fps! :

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rBXWJx) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rBXWJx/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-cm8064601467202) | £185.97 @ PC World Business
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | £22.63 @ Ebuyer
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97d3h) | £75.54 @ Aria PC
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml8gx3m2a1600c9) | £59.98 @ Amazon UK
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | £37.14 @ Aria PC
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn78twf33gd) | £468.85 @ PC World Business
**Case** | [Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4tiw) | £76.90 @ Amazon UK
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx750m) | £65.99 @ Aria PC
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £993.00
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 23:54 BST+0100 |
 
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I agree that Xeon E3 builds are pretty sweet but I made quite a few changes:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.45 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£296.34 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£66.80 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.76 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £841.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-20 00:17 BST+0100

A R9 290 is plenty of power, you should only be looking at the 290x or 780 ti if you plan on having a multi-monitor gaming setup running (game playing across 3 screens) or are playing at 1440p IMO. THe stock cooler is enough for the E3 1230v3 and the Corsair cx uses cheap capacitors so I don't recommend them.

Edit: Xeon E3 1230v3 (or higher numbered) are basically i7s that are locked (no OC) and do not have an integrated GPU (no loss here since you are getting a discrete GPU). The i5 4690k is unlocked so it can be overclocked but it does not have the extra threads that the Xeon E3 or the i7 have.
 
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What if I want to over clock, even mildly?
 
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Using 2 monitors is pretty easy for almost any gaming GPU now (I do it with a gtx 760). The 780 ti is overkill unless you are playing games at 5760x1080 or have a 1440p screen. Just trying to save you some money :)

But if you want the most powerful GPU out then grab a gtx 780 ti (until the 880 series comes out :D)
 
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Then the Xeon E3s are not for you.

If you want to overclock at all, you need a build with either a i5 4690k or an i7 4790k on a Z97 motherboard with a CPU cooler.
 
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haha i guess so :D I'm planning on starting at only 1080p, so would you say 760 or 770? Also, I am open to the idea of amd processors too, as I'm hoping that their WoW performance isn't as bad as everyone says it is D:
 
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They locked it on the xeon (Why i chose a h87 motherboard). But the xeon performs better in everything. Unless you want to spend the extra money on a z97 motherboard and an i7 cpu to get practically the same performance :p
 
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The AMDs processors are much weaker at any single-quad core program compared to the i5s. wow uses 1-2 cores and runs much better on Intel CPUs, if you are a big WoW player, stick to intel.

For the GPu at 1080p I would get the gtx 770 or the R9 280x or R9 290. If you strongly prefer Nvidia Cards then the gtx 780 (no ti) is also a viable option at your budget.
 
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Oh I see, thanks :)
 
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Okay, thanks. So in my circumstance, amd< Xeon< i5< i7 ;D
 
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Well that depends on what you are doing. For most games it would be amd<i5<Xeon=i7 but the Xeon cannot be overclocked to a higher speed so if you want an OC build the Xeon simply doesn't get consideration.
 
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