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lonewolf4231

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I am thinking about building a com. To show that my mom's iMac can be beat by something not from apple. If I am about to do this it would need better cpu, graphics and, well better performance. But I am having trouble with AMD. Nvidia cards. It is either AMD with 1-3 games free but older. Or nvidia with a brand new game. (bl pre sequel) so which one. The mac was 1,500 so that is where I set myself.

so if your clueless and in short, I am looking for the one with the most/best rewards. as-well as performance. so nvidia/ AMD rewards.

 
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TopLuca

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That's not true , if they don't work you can keep on contacting them till you get correct codes.

Have never really ran into such an issue.
 
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A GTX 970 is the hands down choice here. The AMD offerings just don't stand up to it.
Nothing made by apple at 1500$ can have that kind of sheer power. Add an i7 4790K and 16 GB of RAM and you can prove in the future that a 3 YO Home-built PC runs faster than the iMac which will come out then.

All under 1500$ too!
 
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Kohwali

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Alright this should definitely beat your mother's iMac (LOL):

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Kohwali/saved/xbpD4D

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($325.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($164.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($159.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23.0" Monitor ($158.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1478.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-20 13:48 EDT-0400

I made made these selections according to what I saw on the most expensive iMac on the Apple website. Gee whiz, if you guys have all this money to throw around for pissing contests, you guys should send me a bag of money too :D

Good luck with the build! And how are you guys going to settle it? Benchmarks? Render times?
 
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TopLuca

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For $1500 without monitor , OS and other peripherals that's what I'd do .

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pmKQLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pmKQLk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($137.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($157.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($255.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($255.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1512.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-20 14:15 EDT-0400
 
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