First Time Building Gaming PC ( 2014)

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Tech moves so fast. My budget currently is 700 dollars, but I want room for upgrade if I want to. Should I get the latest chips? Which socket do you guys recommend? What's too old? What's new? Powersupply unit?

I want to go intel for the CPU. I hear amd doesn't do well with heating and also doesn't have hyper threading. 1155 is what I was aiming for. Is that a good choice? If it is, what motherboard would you recommend to go along with it? I'm looking for horse power that will give me better graphics than a ps4 or xb1.

 
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Well, almost any budget PC build can outperform the consoles. If your budget is 700 USD, then don't worry.

The newer platforms, right now: Intel LGA 1150, Haswell CPUs and AMD FM2+, Kaveri CPUs. Both compatible with their future upcoming CPUs, Broadwell and Carrizo, respectively.

AMD CPUs are usually hotter than Intel's, but it depends on the platform. AM3+ FX chips are significantly hot, but the FM2+ are cooler, but not at the same level of Intel.

If you want to go with Intel, then is Haswell. My suggestion: Core i3-4150 2-cores/4-threads, any H97 chipset motherboard, 2x4GB 1600MHz CL9 RAM, GPU: AMD R7 265 or nVidia GTX 750Ti, EVGA 500W 80+ bronze certified (but there are other good brands, don't go cheap on PSU). Everything else...
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Well, almost any budget PC build can outperform the consoles. If your budget is 700 USD, then don't worry.

The newer platforms, right now: Intel LGA 1150, Haswell CPUs and AMD FM2+, Kaveri CPUs. Both compatible with their future upcoming CPUs, Broadwell and Carrizo, respectively.

AMD CPUs are usually hotter than Intel's, but it depends on the platform. AM3+ FX chips are significantly hot, but the FM2+ are cooler, but not at the same level of Intel.

If you want to go with Intel, then is Haswell. My suggestion: Core i3-4150 2-cores/4-threads, any H97 chipset motherboard, 2x4GB 1600MHz CL9 RAM, GPU: AMD R7 265 or nVidia GTX 750Ti, EVGA 500W 80+ bronze certified (but there are other good brands, don't go cheap on PSU). Everything else (HDD, SSD, Case, Cooler) is up to you, they don't matter.
 
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I went with
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and Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Is that good enough?

I updated to 800 lol.
 
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