Best Gaming PC in $1200 budget

Thegenie

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To start with, i'm not sure if im in the right thread. But oh well. I have a $1200 dollar budget and i want to buy THE BEST possible gaming PC that i can get. I at least want a GTX 970 for my video card and an i-7 processor. Can anyone help me out creating the best set up?

P.S. I already have a mouse, keyboard and monitor.
Thank you :)
 
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This setup will perform nearly like core i7 & better than a prebuild.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive...

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This setup will perform nearly like core i7 & better than a prebuild.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($468.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($90.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1200.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 15:41 EST-0500
 
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