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Hello, i am about to buy the parts needed for my gaming pc and i am looking for suggestions on what to change or not. My budget is up to 800-850 euros for the items below (not the entire case).

CPU: AMD FX-6350 (122 Euro @ e-shop.gr)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V (40 Euro @ e-shop.gr)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X (125 Euro @ e-shop.gr)
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X (90 Euro @ e-shop.gr) or G.Skill Ares (90 Euro @ e-shop.gr)
Hard Drive: WD CAVIAR BLACK 1TB (75 Euro @ e-shop.gr)
Video Card: GIGABYTE GTX760 2GB (245 Euro @ e-shop.gr) or Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB Dual-X (215 Euro @ mrcheap.gr)
PSU: COOLERMASTER GM SERIES 650W (80 Euro @ e-shop.gr)

SUM: ~770 Euro.

 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€160.33 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€78.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€74.97 @ Hardwareversand)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€53.35 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB AMP! Edition Video Card (€330.13 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (€57.08 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€61.28 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (€13.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €829.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-03 18:06 CEST+0200
 
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[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4qsHpg) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4qsHpg/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k) | £171.54 @ Aria PC
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | £24.54 @ CCL Computers
**Motherboard** | [ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97pro4) | £79.16 @ Scan.co.uk
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl8d8gbxm) | £67.13 @ Amazon UK
**Storage** | [Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct120m500ssd1) | £49.99 @ Amazon UK
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | £37.50 @ Aria PC
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp40972kr) | £265.16 @ Scan.co.uk
**Case** | [Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011052ww) | £45.90 @ CCL Computers
**Power Supply** | [Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg620m) | £65.72 @ Amazon UK
**Optical Drive** | [Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24f1st) | £15.60 @ Kustom PCs
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £822.24
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-03 17:20 BST+0100 |

Here is a oveclockable build, with the new 970 which is a beast of a card. This rig will tear through anything you throw at it!
 
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The i5 will beat even a 8350 or 9570 AMD cpu. They will also bottleneck with a 970, decreasing performance. The build I posted will last you for a few years, and will even keep on medium-high settings in the next 3-4 years. The 970 is a beast card when paired with an i5!
 
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Why pay for inferior performance? The i5 is far better than an FX 6350. Even overclocked to 4.5ghz, it cannot beat my i5 3570k at stock.
 
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Okay, lets say i choose the i5 intel build i have some questions though:

I might upgrade this build in a year or couple, don't i need a better motherboard? This Asrock will be enough for more things in 2 years?
If i get the intel build i need the best in its category don't really mind if its 20 or 30 euros up, i chose the 6350 before cause it was the best 4 core from AMD
About the RAM, aren't 1866 better than 1600? I really don't know much about computer hardware...
 
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H97 will be compatible with Broadwell that comes out next year, though it is doubtful you will need it. ns of current architecture. AMD's new platform/CPU for high end desktop is at least 1.5yrs out. Intel isn't all that affected my memory speeds either. Only reason I have 2133, was because it was on sale. It was selling for the same price as the 1600 kit I would have normally bought. Also GPU, to a point, matters more than CPU. Going with a higher clocked intel cpu won't really do much performance wise for you. FX 6300 would bottleneck a GTX 780.

The GPU I chose is far better than what you listed. I would have said GTX 970, but those seem to still be priced fairly high for you. AM3+ is a dead platform. AMD is not producing any new chips for it. All we are getting is refreshed versio
 
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I changed CPU, motherboard and added an SSD to your build logainofhades. I am 99% to this, even though it tops me to 1k Euro buying the parts from Greece, but i don't see any other solution....
 
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You will need an aftermarket cooler, if you want to overclock. Overclocking, generally isn't really worth the added cost. Also I would go with something more like this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€221.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€115.48 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€74.97 @ Hardwareversand)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB AMP! Edition Video Card (€373.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€52.90 @ Caseking)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€60.74 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (€13.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €999.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 15:46 CEST+0200
 
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I just found an offer for a mobo-ram-ssd packet

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero
RAM: G.SKILL TRIDENT X 2400 (without the cooling system cause they couldn't fit in the case)
SSD: OCZ AGILITY 3

for a good amount of money. Same cpu and gpu though. Shall i get these 3?
 
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Well if you say so!! I still have my concerns about the SSD though, i read some reviews from newegg stating that its a piece of sh*t. The 3 combo is the same price as my previous lower combo but with a trustworthy ssd...
 
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