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I am looking to build a great gaming computer for around 900 dollars. I need as much computing power as possible in that price. I would love to overclock, but I would rather have more threads/cores (i7, or FX even) than an unlocked CPU. Any suggestions would be great. The cases I were considering are:

Corsair 630t (orange)
Phanteks Enthoo Pro
NZXT S340

The rest is up to you.

Thanks!
 
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Easily.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($241.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory...
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $477.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-12 14:29 EDT-0400

I left you a little room to choose a more expensive case if you want. You can also spend another $60 and get a 120gb BX100 SSD if you want, but that would put you above budget.
 
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That is a weird PSU, I would rather go with an EVGA SuperNova, for a similar price.
 
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That's about as close as I can get to $500 with a 250gb SSD and keep one of your cases. Had to drop to mATX board and 4440 to save $15.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($173.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $509.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-12 14:38 EDT-0400
 
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mATX is fine. See if you could drop the price with an FX CPU. Those 8 cores really help me.
 
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Ok. I can sell some stuff around to raise the budget to 650. Is this a good use of $$?

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

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($165.93 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($58.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Adorama)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $652.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-12 14:46 EDT-0400
 
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For $650 and the same above requirements I can get you an unlocked i5:
But to answer your question, yes an H97 board and Xeon or locked i7 can be fit too. But you're better off with the i5 for gaming.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $656.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-12 14:51 EDT-0400
 
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I just updated my post to an 850-900 dollar build, as the 690 seems more overkill as a look at it. Any suggestions now? I need an i7 or xeon for this price. I do lots of encoding, and the extra threads really help. I also need 60+ FPS on almost any game on 1080. I am not opposed to old hardware at all. In other words,, 2x gtx 680's is fine by me. They just need to be cheap. 700 series is even better.
 
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Easily.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($241.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($307.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $893.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-12 15:02 EDT-0400
 
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have we anything better than this? I can live off of an old hard drive for a while, and the 770 is plenty for me. I may even use that cash to buy a 690 used off of e-bay :)

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

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($229.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($116.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($279.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $906.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-12 15:10 EDT-0400

 
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My Xeon + 970 build above is much better for the same price. The Corsair H60 isn't very good, and completely unnecessary on a Xeon. The NEX Supernova isn't nearly as good as the B2. The GTX 770 is old tech and way too much money for that price when a 970 is $30 more.

You ask for advice and then we give you builds, but it's like you don't want to use them.
 
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I agree with you, but the 770 is cheaper, and it is likely that I will get a 690 instead. The 690 overclocked out preforms even the 980, and the 770 just happens to be the same price on PCPP as the 690 on ebay. The power supply advice is great, thanks. I am really bummed now because the other day, I saw a 600 B2 (i think it was 600), for 20 dollars at goodwill. That would have been a good buy... As for the xeons, do they really run that cool? My 3770 at long gaming sessions reaches 80 with a stock cooler, and I was just thinking that is normal. I also just noticed that the board was z87, and the xeon was a 1230, not a 1231... derp...
 
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I'm gonna pick timeconsumer's build as solution, as it is basically the same thing as yours. Thanks for the advice everyone!
 
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