Need help with a new build

[D_loc]

Hey guys. So, I am going to build a new PC. Mainly I will be playing games like Attila: Total War, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, GTA 5 (when it comes out), Skyrim etc. But I am stuck between two config's as I don't know which is going to be the better one. Mostly I will be playing at 1080p.

 

1. i5 4690k with GTX 960/ R9 280X

-or-

2. fx 8350 with GTX 970

 

Any advice would be nice. My budget is around 800 dollars. So I can't go with i5 4690k and a GTX 970 unless I use really crappy parts.

[soaringchicken]

4460 with a 970

[blackadder]

would this help? its in the hot deals. 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/314779-us-newegg-gigabyte-g1-sniper-4690k-30498/

[D_loc]

Do you think it will run Attila on ultra @ 1080p well?

[david cassar]

4460 with a 970

This^ Get a locked i5 4440 and an h81 board and with the money saved get either a gtx 970 or r9 290/290x.

[DimasRMDO]

You don't have to get 4690K, you can get locked version like 4460 and get 970.

[Grimlorn]

My heart is with AMD. 

 

From a real perspective, the AMD FX 8350 isn't bad at all for gaming, I know many people who use the chip for gaming.

Its cheap and super overclockable.

[Wheelgamers]

Go with the AMD CPU and GTX 970, running games like total war and shadow of mordor are going to be better done with a much powerful GPU and has more VRAM available compared to the GTX 960 and R9 280x

[D_loc]

Go with the AMD CPU and GTX 970, running games like total war and shadow of mordor are going to be better done with a much powerful GPU and has more VRAM available compared to the GTX 960 and R9 280x

But I thought that Total War games are CPU intensive games.

[Wheelgamers]

Not really, if anything, in my experience they need a fair bit but not overkill, a FX 8350 would be more than capable in that department 

[D_loc]

I think I will go with i5 4590 or 4460 and a GTX 970. Because according to the benchmarks the performance difference between the 4690k and the 4590, 4460 at stock speeds are almost negligible. And in this way I save for the GTX 970. YAY

[D_loc]

Can you fit a Xeon E3 1231 V3 into your budget? Then you could go with a cheaper H97 board and effectively have a non-overclockable i7 (4 cores + hyper threading)

Sadly, where I live (Lithuania) that Xeon is not available.