Xeon Budget Gaming PC As First Build?

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This is my first PC I'm building and I've come up with a list of parts, was going to go with just an i5 6500 but hearing that the Xeon E3 might be better for this purpose I decided to go with that. Nothing is set in stone yet so if anyone has any suggestions for what I should maybe swap out or add they are well appreciated. As I am new to PC building I'm not 100% sure the parts are all compatible so if anyone could point out anything that is wrong that would be cool as well! Thanks a lot! Here is the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FXnRZL
Costing me a little under 1500 AUD. Main purpose for playing games such as Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3. Thanks again!
 
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Gaming only? The Xeon won't really be much better. If you'll be rendering, editing, streaming, or pretty much any other kind of work, the Xeon is the better choice. The Xeon is great for gaming though.

My jaw hit the floor when I saw you had a $215 H97 motherboard selected. I'll assume that was an error. I put a more sensible option in there and threw in a much better psu.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:...
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Gaming only? The Xeon won't really be much better. If you'll be rendering, editing, streaming, or pretty much any other kind of work, the Xeon is the better choice. The Xeon is great for gaming though.

My jaw hit the floor when I saw you had a $215 H97 motherboard selected. I'll assume that was an error. I put a more sensible option in there and threw in a much better psu.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1001.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 07:27 EST-0500
 
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[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($295.00 @ Umart)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($123.07 @ Newegg Australia)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($74.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($389.00 @ Umart)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($69.00 @ IJK)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Total: $1019.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-21 00:29 AEDT+1100
 
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here you go it is gr8
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($37.38 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1041.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 08:20 EST-0500
fallout 4 uses threads so you will better fps then a i5
 
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Hey thanks for replying. I wouldn't really be getting the motherboard or the Xeon but the mobo, the Xeon and the 8GB of ram are in a deal. Here it is https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31328&cPath=1491
I might be doing a bit of recording but If I just get an i5 instead of this deal, I would also get 16GB of ram instead of 8. Which will be more useful overall? The Xeon or the extra 8GB of ram? Thanks!
 
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Thanks for replying, this was going to be pretty much the build until I saw this deal https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31328&cPath=1491
And now I'm tossing up between the two. Thanks again!
 
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Thanks for the build and the information, I notice you swapped in a 970. I can't seem to find a straight answer as to which is better, I understand the R9 390 runs hotter but it also seems to get slightly better fps in a lot of benchmarking. It's really hard to decide. Thanks again!

 
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That's not a bad deal on the bundle. Gaming performance will be virtually the same between the two, the real differences being Skylake would be a little cheaper and you would still have onboard graphics vs the hyperthreaded Xeon. Tough decision.
 
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I'm not sure how but the xeon deal averages my whole build out about 50 bucks cheaper than if I went with my i5 option.

So the xeon being cheaper, I should go for that?
 
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I would rather have the hyperthreading. It is more useful to me. You can always add more RAM later so that's not an issue. The 390 and 970 are very similar in performance. I would get whichever is cheaper. If the price is the same, I would get the 970 for 1080p, 390 for 1440p.
 
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