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right now the two best cpu for your price range are the i5 4670k and the amd 8000 cpu. these two cpu have the best price/performance for a gaming rig. they be able to play any games and not bottle neck a high end gpu.
with the savings in the build dollars you could get a faster gpu or ssd.
the i7 4770k is faster then the i5 because it has hyper threading. but your paying extra for have four virtual cores.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74770k
the three parts that most of the build funds need to go are the cpu the power supply and the gpu.
cheeping out on any of them can cause issues on a gaming rig.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JxIb
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JxIb/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JxIb/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£101.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£242.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.66 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: NZXT HALE82 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £800.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 09:21 GMT+0000)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£107.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£80.39 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.54 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£251.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.77 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £670.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 09:22 GMT+0000)
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JxJt
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JxJt/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JxJt/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£129.90 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-PRO Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.24 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£242.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.66 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: NZXT HALE82 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £746.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 09:23 GMT+0000)
 
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more than €100 over his budget.
 
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are you having a hard time making the budget fit your builds?
 
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the slightly cheaper build is a locked cpu and mb. cant over clock it. the r300 is a slightly bigger case and some times it easier for first time builder to use a slightly larger case for the extra room it gives you. if your going to game with the rig the intel cpu are faster then then amd cpu. you wont need to replace and i5 with an i7 latter in the year. the i5 are a great cpu for the money. if you can wait nvidia is dropping there newer maxwell gpu and when they do there going to be a price shake up on there cards. also near the end of this year if intel gets there act together there going to be a haswell refresh.
 
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And i though I was acting like a douchebag when I was posting Poe poems (no pun intended)
 
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Intel normally doesn't lower their prices that much, so my guess would be no.
 
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vmn and to the op...amd if they were keeping there fx line and doing refreshes to the chipsets and the cpu then the amd cpus are a good value for the money. the issue with amd if you look at the leaked road maps...there no new chipsets for the amd 3+ cpu coming out or any new cpu per leaked road maps. with intel the newer cpu and chipsets are keeping up with the newer ddr4 ram and faster pci 4.0 standard. amd is now tossing there hat and money into apus cpu.
http://www.corsair.com/blog/forget-amd-fx/
 
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Not true, at least about DDR4. The interface will not be available for regular consumers (including a big part of the server market ) until the next 1.5 years

 
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If you go with haswell, you still need a new motherboard/CPU(might be able to use haswell CPU's dont really know) to support DDR4 ram.
Well havent seen or read anything about performance increase going from PCI 3.0 to PCI 4.0-
If it is the same as it was from PCI 2.0 to PCI 3.0 then isn't worth it.
He will see best performance for his budget with my build.
 
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