1k build with 970 or 290x plus 24'' 1080p monitor.

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: In the next few weeks.

Budget Range: As close to 1k as we can get,

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming.

Are you buying a monitor: Yes, need to be 24' good at FPS



Parts to Upgrade: need em all but keyboard and mouse. The case needs to be for a grown up. Clean look with room for a long GPU.

Do you need to buy OS: Yes


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, best buy will price match.

Location: US.

Parts Preferences: I would like a gtx 970 1st or a 290x. I am ok with AMD cpu that will allow the 970 or 290x to do its thing.

Overclocking: Maybe, not now tho.

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, need a mobo and psu that will allow me to do so if I get a 970. No if build has a 290x.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080,

Currently I was thinking of something like this, but I would love to get some feedback!! Its been 3 years from my last build.


MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
$79.99


G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop
$59.99


ASUS VS248H-P Black 24" HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor
$179.99

ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI
$339.99

AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor
$149.99

Rosewill CAPSTONE-750 750W Continuous @ 50°C, Intel Haswell Ready, 80 PLUS GOLD,
$79.99


Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard $50.99

Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 RED LED Black ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
$49.99

Price w/o shipping $980ish.






 
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A AMD core performs about the same as an intel core when the clockspeed is 1,5 times higher. The clockspeed of the 4440 is 3.1 GHz, so if you want the 8320 to perform the same you would have to overclock it to 4.6 GHz. The amount of cores is comparable, because the 8320 only has 4 FPU's (1 per module of two cores) while the 4440 has one for every core, so also 4. Since games are mostly floating point calculations, this matters quite a bit. (ref. profquast).

I think Fx-8320 is great even for games but require both good (sometimes expensive) motherboard and cpu cooler; overclock know-how; a lot of (fun) work and some luck to get a high oc-able chip.

Finally I recommended a i5 + R9 290 because your budget is only $1k and i thought you...
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imho you should consider this strong $1k gaming build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6wKwK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6wKwK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($175.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor ($156.84 @ Amazon)
Total: $1021.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-19 15:51 EST-0500
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rgNtRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rgNtRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($175.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($319.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VX248H 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($187.58 @ Newegg)
Total: $1026.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-19 16:17 EST-0500
 
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That is not too bad. I see that you dropped down in gpu for some more cpu. I play BF3, ARMA 3/Epoch, and open sand box games. I know that the Intel Cpu is better but I am not sure the if I'd trade the step down to the 290 to get one. Not sure. But this seems like a solid build. Maybe I am not thinking of a balanced build.

 
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Wow. You hit all the marks! I have never made a small from rig tho. Hhhmm.

 
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Yes. It's worse than the lowest i3 in single and dual core performance and only trumps the Hyperthreaded cores in rare scenarios. I hope you don't think a single video game is an actual benchmark for a CPU.
 
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I don't. At the same time I can tell that I can't tell if there is an i7 or a FX8xxx cpu in that video and a lot of other videos I view. I don't think I would be about to notice an i3 vs FX8xxx CPU in use. Bench stuff...sure...I can see the bars and numbers, but in game... I was thinking of the FX b/c of the cheaper Mobo and maybe the idea that games would move to 4 plus cores soon. That would let the FX chip age a bit better.

Anyhow, the h97 mobo kind of kill the idea of the FX chip and the i3. It helps me get in range of the i5. Thats why I love this site and the ppl here!
 
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A AMD core performs about the same as an intel core when the clockspeed is 1,5 times higher. The clockspeed of the 4440 is 3.1 GHz, so if you want the 8320 to perform the same you would have to overclock it to 4.6 GHz. The amount of cores is comparable, because the 8320 only has 4 FPU's (1 per module of two cores) while the 4440 has one for every core, so also 4. Since games are mostly floating point calculations, this matters quite a bit. (ref. profquast).

I think Fx-8320 is great even for games but require both good (sometimes expensive) motherboard and cpu cooler; overclock know-how; a lot of (fun) work and some luck to get a high oc-able chip.

Finally I recommended a i5 + R9 290 because your budget is only $1k and i thought you needed a OS ($100).
If you dont need OS surelly you should buy a i5 + 4GB R9 290x or maybe even a "3.5GB" GTX970.



 
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