Need help with new system, budget $1200

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hellzbro

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Currently have this http://www.pccasegear.com/sc/yIr, (please use this website to build the pc as i'm in Australia and it has Australian prices). Budget is $1200, May overclock in the future (no need to buy a cpu cooler gonna get the 212 hyper evo). Please use the same case, I don't mind AMD or Intel, would be nice to see the difference though. I like Nvidia gpu.
Thanks in advance guys :D
 
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datguy20

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Intel beats AMD for gaming at the moment, so the 8350 really isn't worth it unless you're doing rendering/editing.

Here's something I could recommend http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/XLMX7P Had to remove the SSD to get to budget, but the R9 390 will do much better than the GTX 960.

I wanted to get you a better quality power supply (something that's tier 2 or 1), but that one's the best for the price. It's not terrible (tier 3), just pointing it out.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($258.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($479.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Gunmetal/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.00 @ PLE Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($72.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1199.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-25 15:38 AEST+1000

edited his build for a better power supply and an NVIDIA gpu
 
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If you are open to changing the case to something else by NZXT, you can get this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($258.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($479.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.00 @ PLE Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.00 @ Umart)
Total: $1191.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-25 16:01 AEST+1000
 
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datguy20

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I've never seen a good reason to go for the GTX 970 over the R9 390, especially when it costs more. Think I've had the argument in two threads now, and I never get a good reason besides "it uses less power." Every single fps result I've seen puts them within 1-3 fps of eachother, but paying the same price for 4 more GB of VRAM just makes sense to me.

I'm just disappointed in all the GTX cards below the 980/980 ti, as they're just too expensive for what they are. meh
 
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no, I like the 390 more than the 970 as well. I just chose the 970 because he stated he preferred NVIDIA.
 
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