1000-1200 USD gaming build advice please!

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retrogradesnowcone

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

Budget Range: 1000 or so, 1200 max.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming

Are you buying a monitor: yes

Overclocking: no

SLI or Crossfire: no

thanks for any help you can give!
 
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RCFProd

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Right, you said no SLI but I still picked an SLI ready mobo along with the power supply 'just in case'. It might be useful in the future.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($232.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($331.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1074.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-21 19:03 EDT-0400
 
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RCFProd

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The Xeon E3 1231 is an i7-4790 without onboard graphics and a slightly lower clock speed. You save about 60 dollars this way instead of buying an the i7-4790 Itself. I think It's useful to have those extra threads in store in-case more games start to utilise more threads in the future. Not to mention some games already do.

Your choice is between that and the i5-4690k. I know you don't want to overclock right now, but again this is a thing for the future. The extra bit of power you might need when your CPU is no longer powerful enough will be brought by a 0.7-1.0 Ghz overclock.
 
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