Optimizing new gaming rig for Rust

Monty2267

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Hello all. First post here on Tom's Hardware. Apologies if this post isn't in it's proper home but I was hoping to get some feedback from Rust players specifically.
I'm planning on purchasing a new computer soon and I'm going to give building it on my own a shot for the first time. I've been around a handful of friends who have built their own machines and know my way around the basics of a computer, so I'm hoping with a bit of research and some online tutorials it won't be so hard. Rust is hands down the most demanding game I'd be playing if I was attempting to run it on higher settings, and I was hoping I could get some inputs on what people might think some good options would be for the hardware.
I'd be looking to keep the entire setup around $1,100 or less if possible. I realize that limits me in certain regards but I'm not trying to build an absolute high-end monster.
Any inputs at all here would be really appreciated--Cheers. =)
-Monty
 
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great budget build for $895. if you want to overclock then just swap out the h97 board with a z97 board and get a decent cooler, as well as theres alot of headroom in the price for you to throw in a nice ssd as well, same deal with the gpu, look up the benchmarks for a gtx 970 and r9 390 and see which one performs better in those games that you want to play, if the 390 comes out on top then just swap out the gtx 970 with the r9 390.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/q6xZgs

gokitty199

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great budget build for $895. if you want to overclock then just swap out the h97 board with a z97 board and get a decent cooler, as well as theres alot of headroom in the price for you to throw in a nice ssd as well, same deal with the gpu, look up the benchmarks for a gtx 970 and r9 390 and see which one performs better in those games that you want to play, if the 390 comes out on top then just swap out the gtx 970 with the r9 390.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/q6xZgs
 
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