Made a part list for a friend what do you think? $1250 budget.

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godfish

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I strongly suggest shelling out the extra 60 bucks for this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($338.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-SCF-12025KK-RP 43.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.66 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: SteelSeries 6GV/2 Wired Standard Keyboard ($77.12 @ Amazon)
Total: $1338.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 18:31 EDT-0400
The processor is more powerful, and the video card has a much higher effective memory clock.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($137.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-SCF-12025KK-RP 43.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.66 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: SteelSeries 6GV/2 Wired Standard Keyboard ($77.12 @ Amazon)
Total: $1301.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 18:42 EDT-0400
 
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godfish

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This would put the best parts of both of our builds, and I would strongly suggest this. The i7 will give your computer better use in the future because of the hyper threading, for only about a 100 dollar difference. However at this point in time both processors are pretty much equal in gaming. For streaming and gaming in the future the i7 will out do the i5.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-SCF-12025KK-RP 43.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.66 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: SteelSeries 6GV/2 Wired Standard Keyboard ($77.12 @ Amazon)
Total: $1408.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 18:50 EDT-0400
 
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godfish

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Intel currently has the more powerful processor for power per core, however AMD offers more cores, but less power in each core. Almost all video games are only designed to use 2-4 cores. So you will see much better performance from an Intel. Basically you get what you pay for, and if you want it to last, an i7 Intel is the way to go.
 
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