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Storm-cooled72

Storm-cooled72

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Hey Tom's,

It's time for a refresh on my build, and I figured I would let y'all decide. The build needs to be snappy for everyday items (i'm online schooled), and it needs to score around 70 FPS on BF4, Crysis 3, and Titanfall @ULTRA on 1080p. I would rather stick with Intel/Nvidia, but amd is fine. I have a monitor, but I do need a keyboard/mouse in the deal.

Hopefully y'all can solve this puzzle!!!

-Storm
 
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Storm-cooled72

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I'd love to do that, but I am selling my machine due to profit at the time. I built it for 300, and I have a buyer for 850. So that really influences me to rebuild. Another reason is that I's really like a M-itx PC, mine is a beast on my desk right now. It looks like my cpu is great, but the gfx card sucks. If there are any suggestions for a Mini-itx build, please post 'em! I would really like to use an EVGA hadron, an a watercooled i5 or xeon. I DO NOT plan to overclock, I suck at it.
 
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Storm-cooled72

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That seems like a great build, but I would love to have a quieter case, (and smaller), and a xeon could shave a little money to put towards a better gpu (r9 290x?). The Gtx 970 is fine, and I don't NEED 70 FPS on Crysis, though it would be nice.
 
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Jeff Baffalo

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Gtx 980... this is the best I could do.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($173.61 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.85 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($523.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($28.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $921.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-08 11:58 EDT-0400
 
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Ra_V_en

Ra_V_en

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This build looks just weird with 3,1 GHz i5 and GTX 980... the GPU is half of that PC.
You ask for Xeon here you go, better CPU, MOBO, RAM, HDD, Case and Cooler but all for the difference of that 980... I'm not sure is it worth to put overpriced GPU and cut the pennies on almost all the other.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($323.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $898.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-08 12:34 EDT-0400
 
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