PC for 1080p gaming and learning 3D modeling

lukixxx

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Hi.

Soon I will finally be able to buy new PC and I wanted to ask you guys for advice since I wasn't following new hardware at all (my actual PC is 7 years old and even back then it wasn't high end PC, just looking at all those new powerful components when you struggle to launch not so new games on low settings is painful), so I decided to ask for complete build instead of advice on my build.

I want to build new PC that could run new games smoothly at 1080p and if that helps you I will give you games i'm most interested in: Witcher 3, Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen, Dragon Age: Inquisition and Black Desert. I want to start learning 3D modeling, if PC is capable of running new games then it shouldn't have problem with amateur work like mine.

Budget Range: 1000?£-1500£

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, 3D modeling

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Parts Preferences: I always had Intel cpu and nVidia gpu so if it's possible I would like those, to rest I don't have any preferences.

Overclocking: Maybe but I never tried it (never had custom cooling so I was too scared to try)

Your Monitor Resolution: I want to buy 1920x1080 but if you have any suggestions I'm open for them.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£217.76 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.98 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.92 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£243.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£54.29 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£74.94 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VS239HV 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£112.08 @ More Computers)
Keyboard: Cherry G80-3850LYBGB-2 Wired Standard Keyboard (£61.19 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Cobra E-3lue Wired Optical Mouse (£7.59 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1018.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-23 18:04 GMT+0000

without OS, keyboard, mouse, and monitor, this is only £768.
 
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lukixxx

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Really thanks for response and your configuration look great.
I have 2 questions though, what are major differences in Xeon and I-series in similar price range? I hear a lot about latter one but as I'm not up to date with new hardware I'm totally green about Xeon.
And if I wanted to to go with upper limit, what parts would you change? You can exclude OS, keyboard, mouse and monitor and go with 1200£ limit.