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Sir Spam A Lot

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Hi! I have been recently looking into purchasing a PC and saved up quiet a mother-load of cash for this purchase, so honestly the budget is not much of a problem as long as it doesn't exceed about $6,000 USD. I am very new the PC Gaming world and just look into playing some demanding games such as Grand Theft Auto 5 or maybe Battlefield 4. I need help from people with expeirence on which PC to buy, whether it be per-made from a company as in Alienware etc. Or if I should build my own, and then which parts to buy. Thanks, I could really use the help!
 
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Math Geek

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you're confused. this is a computer forum. you saved money to buy a car but somehow got distracted :D

that's way more money than needed but if you list what parts you need can easily put something together for A LOT less. $2000 would easily get a complete pc with monitor and such if you wish.
 
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1. Do you really want to spend all $6000? Even top of the line PCs only cost $2000. Accessories can bring it up to $3000 total.
2. While it's possible to spend $6000 on a PC, what you get isn't worth the cost in a value-to-results comparison.
3. Do you have to run games on the absolute highest graphics settings?
4. How many monitors do you want to have?
5. Wifi, keyboard, mouse, ect?
6. Building a computer isn't hard if you're willing to read the manuals instructions and watch a couple of 50min videos, are you willing to learn?
7. You can play the games you want just fine on only a $900 build as well.
 
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So, It's going to be one of the highest budget build at Tom's Hardware?. Quad-SLI sounds good !

 
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To me, his wording indicated to not go over $6k; it didn't seem that he wants to go out of his way to spend $6k. Anyway, based on the limited details...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($341.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($205.20 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($109.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.29 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($679.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($128.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1900.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 15:31 EDT-0400

IMO this is quality without going too overboard on a "budget-less" build. You have the power and the board to SLI if you ever want to, plenty of CPU and RAM, and your GPU will do everything 1080p/2K and do OK with 4K as well. I'd look at Asus ROG Swift or something for a monitor. Case and GPU brand/model are of course up to your preference.

Now, since you've never built before I think you could get away with spending $1.2k on something that will run everything at 1080p. Again, it depends on your desired resolution.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.29 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1159.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 15:40 EDT-0400

Cheers
 
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