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Since your budget is $800-1000 U.S., I made an updated build. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/vegarg/saved/R74hP6This build gives you the sapphire r9 290x which is more powerful, has another gigabyte of vram and is pretty damn sexy. To go along with this, I updated the power supply to handle the increased power consumption. The power supply is of a higher quality and is modular which makes building a lot easier. The only concern is that the sapphire tri-x card is really long. It may not fit a card this big. You also may want to do more research on the cooler. PcPartpicker is telling me that the hyper 212 evo might have trouble fitting.

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If I do stick with an FX-8350, would and AMD GPU be a better go than a NVidia one then? The Build mr. Vegarg put together is looking very cool to me, but it's always nice to have a second opinion. As for the SSD I'm definitely sold on it :)

 

Looks good enough. I may modify a few things, probably the case or the cooler, I still wanna decide a few of the components that are getting mixed reviews. As expected I'm seeing a lot of preference for Intel chips so I'll probably look more into the CPU, therefore deciding if the case goes or stays. :)

 

the CPU makes no difference on how much better the graphics card performs based on if they are matching brands. ideally, I would recommend a intel CPU and a AMD Graphics Card.

 

Here is a build I conjured up, only $40 extra to go for a Intel CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $965.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-18 22:49 EDT-0400

CPU:i7-4790k CPU Cooler: H100i Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97x Gaming 3 RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB(2 4 GB sticks) *UPGRADED TO 16GB(4 4GB Sticks)* GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming *UPGRADED TO Asus GTX 1070 Strix OC* PSU: Antec Edge 750w Case: Define R5 Monitor: Asus VG248QE *UPGRADED to a Acer X34 as my main monitor and my VG248QE as my secondary monitor* Keyboard: Gamidas Hermes *UPGRADED to a Corsair K70 RGB with BROWN switches* Mouse: Razer Naga Epic 2014

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