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will it be better to buy a cheap case and motherboard and  buy a op graphics card? 

op gpu:

g.skill 8gb

r9 290

fx 8350

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX ( or just go with a ceap one)

Corsair Carbide Series 200R

750w corsair modular

h100i

1 tb baracuda

 

overall better build:

i5-4670k

msi gaming g45

gtx770 msi gaming

Fractal Design r4

1tb baracuda

h100i

g.skill 8gb

750w corsair modular

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Go with the Intel/Nvidia rig.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

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AMD. Better performance, but wait for aftermarket 290. Also, get a Seagate SSHD, instead of an HDD. 

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The 2nd one is not an overall better build other than the case...

Both builds aren't really value oriented.

 

Where are you shopping/located? Budget?

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