$800 build recommendations

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Hey everyone im looking for some recommended builds for around $800. I already have a monitor, mouse, keyboard, OS. I would like to keep towards the Intel/nvidia side of things but its not really required. I would use it for heave...heavy gaming and would like something that can hold up in the coming future. Thanks 

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That is a pretty tight budget for an Intel / Nvidia build that is also future proof

what games do you play?

Give this a look ... it will game and is under budget

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/f38Y23

or if you have to have Nvidia $12 over budget

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/drmqwP

Just remember the prices are always in flux ... and black friday and cyber monday are right around the corner

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Thanks. both look great. Most of the games I play are quite demanding (crysis, Metro, modded skyrim, bunch of other stuff) 

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the second should do well for you ... If you plan to OC I would recommend a Noctua d14 cooler ... and to bad you can't scrape up an extra $88 over budget and get a gtx970 ... it would really improve your experience. may check prices on cyber monday

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Im just using $800 as a base range and could push a little higher on the price but would like to keep it below $1000. Thanks a ton for the help.

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then definitly throw the 970 in  ... leaps and bounds better performance than in either build

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but then AMD has got the R9 290 on sale to combat Nvidia $290 for a 290 is $100 bucks cheaper than two months ago

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003622sr

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What 970 should I go with. evga, gigabyte, asus?

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EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card has the highest base OC

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42975kr

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Cool. Thanks a ton

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Is it just me or are the 970's prices already going up?

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Not really.  Reference model starts at $329, but custom PCB/cooled models should be a bit pricier.  High demand-low supply may also be a factor.

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Ohh ok I saw the base model then went back and I mistook the custom pcb model for the same... thanks though

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Ive been seeing allot of people saying the evga 970 is having some fan issues. Would the gigabyte 970 fit in the case and would I need to get a better psu?