Building 900$ - 1300$ Gaming Rig

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Thank you for opening my "building rig" request! I hope this is clear and specific as it gets so I don't waste anyone's time or effort. Much Appreciated guys!

Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next few months

Budget Range: 900$ - 1300$ (will be buying locally)

System Usage : Latest and Upcoming PC games: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Total war: Attila Company of Heroes 2, Dying Light, Evolve, Arma 3, GTA 5 and any upcoming games. Ultra graphical settings on all games please :)

Peripherals: No need for purchase, Monitors no need, :) OS no need :)

Additional Comments:
    I tend to do a lot of things at the same time or leave programs in the background running, so lots of RAM is required

    I'm interested in doing a SLI or Crossfire setup (would you recommend it? Oh and I like using multiple monitors for work: Minimum of 2 is already good)

    Would you recommend 4k HD reso? Is it within reach of my budget?

    I'm also interested in adding some SSD space for my OS or process heavy programs like Developer tools or if possible my games but still would want to have HDD space to put static files in since I'm a file hoarder

    Finally as any desktop builder would want, i'd like this build to last as long as possible or at least easily upgrade-able


Thank you for taking your time in reading. Hope to hear from you soon! :)

 
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4k would not be in you budget also do you already have multiple monitors or do you need the monitors within that budget? and also do you need windows 8 or 7 or do you not need a OS? and I would recommend sli or xfire for multiple monitors
 
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How about this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($101.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($77.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($549.00 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1318.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-03 13:15 EST-0500
 
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Thank you for replying!

Everything looks really good, but em actually interested in AMD processors as of the moment. I hear they provide very bang for buck processors, is it possible i can get a CPU from AMD that has the same processing power as the Intel's i7 series but cheaper? I'm willing to lose some storage to half to make it fit my budget. Also Mobo would need to be changed to accommodate CPU Socket, yes?

Also, GPU wise, i'm also interested in Radeon graphics cards, i've been seeing a lot of praises to their R9 seires cards, can you elaborate or justify just a lil why Nvidia GTX980 would be the far better choice. cost and performance wise

Sorry if i'm asking too many follow up questions, just making sure if i'm getting my money's worth, like anyone else would :p
 
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as of now, Intel processors are more powerful and at your budget range, it would be silly to go for AMD. AMD is comparatively inefficient/bulky.

NVIDIA 980 is the best gpu you can get at the moment. Not the best performance per price ratio but best performance.
 
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I see :) If that's the case my current Desktop PC is actually running an Intel i5 3.2GHz Quad Core Processor , do you think it is salvageable or do you recommend i should purchase a new one?
 
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Which one, exactly?

Open the Run command (Win + R) and type dxdiag

Tell us what you see in the processor section.
 
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"Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz (4CPUs). ~3.2GHz"
is that any good?
 
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This is a complete build w/ OS and SLI-ready for $1300 mate :D

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($186.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($110.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($50.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($549.00 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1300.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It's a few generations behind. If you really want to, go ahead - just swap the mobo but otherwise, for better performance, buy the new one - hyper threading is your friend :)
 
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Yeah i've been hearing a lot about the new Haswell architecture and my GF's laptop's CPU is running one and it's pretty smooth :O I guess I'll just opt for the new ones since at the end of day i'll still end up buying a new one if the old one breaks or worst bottlenecks the new system
 
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Yay more choices! Well this set up is relatively the same as the one suggested by PizzatheHut bro said. I guess that's a 2nd notion then! :) I don't really need an Optical drive since i notice they die out pretty easily and plus i haven't used one in ages since almost everything, especially games are digitally purchased and downloaded now. If worst comes to worst i have an external opt drive on standby :D As for OS i'm gonna stick with my Windows 7 as for now and i heard win7 users will be getting free windows 10 upgrade so i'll ride that wave :) I appreciate the reply filippi!
 
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So far i've picked PizzatheHut's suggestion :) especially since bsod1 and Filippi broes seem to support his claim :) If anyone else would like to suggest or have any more comments they are more than welcome :D Thank you PizzatheHut, bsod1 and filippi for the help!!
 
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Great to see I could help. Have fun with your new PC :)
 
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Here is my build for you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($106.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($549.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1268.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-03 14:27 EST-0500

8 gb is enough, plus this is DDR31866
this has CPU cooling which is needed if you plan to overclock.

If you do not want to overclock, you can get a non-k CPU, a non OC motherboard

ALSO, this has the Define R5. That case is amazing.
 
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