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Alright, I know you mentioned you want to play some games that aren't as intensive, but you want to be able to possibly play GTA as well. Although it has been proven to run on some dual cores, I wouldn't even risk it. Most games these days prefer and reccommend quad cores as the minimum spec. You can go with the Pentium if you are really set on that CPU, but I would not pick that for myself. Also, that Pentium will probably bottleneck a 970 as other people have already mentioned.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpDMxr

 

I picked an i5-4460, and I put in a 960. You'll have enough power for games that depend on CPU power and/or GPU power. Also, I'm assuming you have a CPU cooler already or something because I didn't see one on the build. Anyways, good luck with your build!

 

Happy Gaming! :)

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Alright I'm torn trying to decide between GPUs *note im not biased towards Nvidia or AMD so any card from either will do also I do mostly play LOL and CSGO but would like the optiion to play games like GTAV and MKX 

GPUs I'm considering:

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These are all in a different price range though..

From best to worst:

GTX 970 > R9 280X > GTX 960 > R9 270X

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970 > 280x > 960 > 270x

 

The 970 is the best, but why not look at 290x? Some times they are cheaper and perform the same, as long as you have a good enough PSU and cooling.

If you need value more than pure performance, the 280x is a perfect all around card.

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970 > 280x > 960 > 270x

 

The 970 is the best, but why not look at 290x? Some times they are cheaper and perform the same, as long as you have a good enough PSU and cooling.

If you need value more than pure performance, the 280x is a perfect all around card.

forgot the build it may go into http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XrvmjX

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Go for this ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832) Or the Asus. I suggest upgrading your CPU to a i5-4690k to get top notch performance.

 

 

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Alright I'm torn trying to decide between GPUs *note im not biased towards Nvidia or AMD so any card from either will do also I do mostly play LOL and CSGO but would like the optiion to play games like GTAV and MKX 

GPUs I'm considering:

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QmmWdCBam, Added a CPU upgrade if you want. That Pentium could be a bottleneck with a 970

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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Alright, I know you mentioned you want to play some games that aren't as intensive, but you want to be able to possibly play GTA as well. Although it has been proven to run on some dual cores, I wouldn't even risk it. Most games these days prefer and reccommend quad cores as the minimum spec. You can go with the Pentium if you are really set on that CPU, but I would not pick that for myself. Also, that Pentium will probably bottleneck a 970 as other people have already mentioned.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpDMxr

 

I picked an i5-4460, and I put in a 960. You'll have enough power for games that depend on CPU power and/or GPU power. Also, I'm assuming you have a CPU cooler already or something because I didn't see one on the build. Anyways, good luck with your build!

 

Happy Gaming! :)

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if you want a good card in that little case either get refference/blower style gtx 960 or if you have a bigger budget gtx 970. so that the hot air to go outside of the case.do not get amd in that small build.less TDP better

 

these are what you should look at

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121926&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487069&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-487-069-_-Product

this is made for small builds

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127842&cm_re=gtx_960-_-14-127-842-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487093&cm_re=gtx_960-_-14-487-093-_-Product

 

and step up to an i3 4160 its much better for gaming than the pentium. but if you want to upgrade to an i5 later by all means get the pentium

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This looks better and is just as good for the price with this and in the future you can do crossfire and ad in a SSD as future upgrades.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.45 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($256.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Enermax ECA3253-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.98 @ Directron)

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($91.69 @ NCIX US)

Total: $916.06

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-10 15:54 EDT-0400

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forgot the build it may go into http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XrvmjX

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QjNWdC

 

That Pentium will seriously bottleneck the 970.

From what I've heard, the i3 won't bottleneck the 280x, and, assuming your running 1080p, the 280x will bomb through any game.

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QjNWdC

That Pentium will seriously bottleneck the 970.

From what I've heard, the i3 won't bottleneck the 280x, and, assuming your running 1080p, the 280x will bomb through any game.

Don't forget that he's running a h97 board so no overclocking so the performance would get tanked.

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