Which build is best? (budget is 1000)

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AMD

CASE: Enthoo Luxe
CPU COOLER: H100i
CPU: FX-8350
GPU: GTX 970
RAM: 16 gb Crucial Ballistix 8x2
PSU: 750W EVGA Gold
MOBO: GA 990FXA UD3 r5
SSD;OCZ storage sollution 120g
HDD: WDBlue 1tb 7200rpm



INTEL

CPU: i5 6500 skylake
GPU: r9 390 8 gb
CASE: S340 NZXT
PSU: corsair cx 600
CPU COOLER: stock
SSD: 250 ssd crucial
HDD: 1tb wd blue
MOBO: MSI Z170
RAM: 8gb corsair 4x2
 
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Okay, +1 to Chayan4400, you CAN do better. Honestly, going Intel is really the best choice to make since you have roughly $1000 or less that you would like to spend, however, try to go with Haswell as it is much more solid on the terms of price/performance ratio. For example, you can get an i5 4690k, a decent Z97 motherboard for under $150, and some DDR3 RAM which right now is rock-bottom cheap (we're talking $30 for 8GB 1600Mhz). It would save you money and give you your "$1000" gaming experience. I will agree with your choices of GPUs, both the R9 390 and GTX 970 are great choices especially if you pair them up with an overclocked i5 4690k. So, in summary, an i5 4690k + good Z97 motherboard for overclocking your CPU to 4.5Ghz or so +...
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I really want the first one because the intel one just doesnt convince me, but do you thinm that if i squeeze the r9 390 in the first one rather than keeping the 970 it improves in editing and gaming?
 
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the fx series is weak, you will bottleneck in some games and get alot less fps drops and stutter if u get the intel build
 
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Okay, +1 to Chayan4400, you CAN do better. Honestly, going Intel is really the best choice to make since you have roughly $1000 or less that you would like to spend, however, try to go with Haswell as it is much more solid on the terms of price/performance ratio. For example, you can get an i5 4690k, a decent Z97 motherboard for under $150, and some DDR3 RAM which right now is rock-bottom cheap (we're talking $30 for 8GB 1600Mhz). It would save you money and give you your "$1000" gaming experience. I will agree with your choices of GPUs, both the R9 390 and GTX 970 are great choices especially if you pair them up with an overclocked i5 4690k. So, in summary, an i5 4690k + good Z97 motherboard for overclocking your CPU to 4.5Ghz or so + cheap 8GB RAM + GTX 970 or R9 390= guaranteed 60FPS on average in any game (well, except for ARK: Survival Evolved, that game is really POORLY OPTIMIZED! :(

Hope this helps!
 
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A bit late, but here you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($81.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($318.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $991.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-04 06:02 EST-0500

Absolutely no compromises made on any part. This build will easily max out almost any game at 1080p with excellent FPS. It's also overclocking friendly, with a good cooler, overclockable CPU (Technically it's locked but Skylake locked CPUs can be overclocked) and plenty of extra capacity on the PSU. If you have any questions, please do ask!
 
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