Building... Which do you think is better?

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shawnzybear2012

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Building a PC... I'm indecisive on everything. I have put together two combos, Please let me know if something will not work and also if i am able to do something else thats even better.

1st Combo.
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

EVGA 04G-P4-2768-KR GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support SC 4GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

Rosewill LIGHTNING-800 800W Continuous @ 50°C, Intel Haswell Ready, 80 PLUS GOLD, ATX12V v2.31 & EPS12V v2.92, SLI/CrossFire

AMD FX-9590 Vishera 4.7GHz Socket AM3+ 220W Eight-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition FD9590FHHKWOX with Liquid Cooling

XIGMATEK HDC-D802 Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler for HDD Bay

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan

Corsair Obsidian Series 550D Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

2nd Combo.
Thermaltake Armor Reve Gene VO800M6W2N Black / White SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (Model:VO800M6W2N)

MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Extreme OC High Performance Triple CFX/ SLI Intel Motherboard (Model:Z87-GD65 Gaming)

ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (Model:GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5)

CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready (Model:CP-9020031-NA)

Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I74770K (Model:BX80646I74770K)

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL (Model:F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL)

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive (Model:ST1000DM003)

LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blu-ray Burner, Bare Drive, 3D Play Back (WH14NS40) - OEM (Model:WH14NS40)

I'd prefer to save cash... So if there is anything better and maybe cheaper??? Please & Thanks!
 
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Both builds are ridiculously overkill for gaming. This is my suggestion, others feel free to tweak it, it might not be perfect:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($94.48 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $938.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-08 22:39 EST-0500)
 
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considering that a dual core i3 still makes for a decent gaming PC, i wouldn't cross a quad core i5 off the list and call it obsolete anytime soon. but if you got to have more cores, an OCed FX-8320 would suffice, giving you more financial room for a better a GPU like a 770 where it really counts.

2x4gb is more than enough for gaming. if anything, memory speed may matter more than size in the future with DDR4 just over the horizon. otherwise, it's a simple upgrade to add an extra 2x4gb kit.

some ideas;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($168.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.92 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 550D ATX Mid Tower Case ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1167.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-08 22:42 EST-0500)
 
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@Hazle, why the $170 motherboard? And just for gaming, I'm not sure if he needs a SSD, plus he said he's looking to save money. If he has money to spend though, its a great investment.
 
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Everything I've read about the 9590 turned me away from it. It puts out incredible heat and consumes a lot of power, keep that in mind. It will possibly require more effort to make it stable as opposed to say the 8350 (which I just bought for my new rig this morning) Some even say water cooling is a must, whether that is accurate or not, I do not know.
 
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more power phases = better OCing with the 990FX over the 970 board. also considering his initial choice of hardware lineup, he has plenty of cash to spare, i reckon $1500-1700. an SSD, better board and a slick case for a couple hundred more than yours but several hundred less than what he planned isn't going to hurt him much.
 
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Money isn't a issue, what I was referring to is that if there is something better and cheaper out there I'd rather get that.

So MSI Z87-G45 is not as good as 990FX? I'm not gonna use multi GPU's.
 
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Z87 is better because you're gonna get a intel cpu with that and we all know what amd is like at this price range
 
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shawnzybear2012

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What do you think of this then?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ybng
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ybng/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ybng/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($387.72 @ TigerDirect)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case ($114.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1357.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-08 23:32 EST-0500)
 
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