Help with a build

Hardware Build a PC
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I'm ordering parts for a new pc on Black Friday to record gameplay at 1080p on Ultra settings at 60 fps. My budget maxes out at 1200$ I will be playing COD AW, BF4, GTA V (when it comes out for pc) and Minecraft. I already have a copy of Win. 8.1 and all my peripherals (keyboard, mouse, 60hz monitor.)
Please make the prices in Canadian
Thanks!
 
 
 
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It's a little over, but worth it. Its your choice! I accidentally put low voltage ram, but you can change that. I have a geforce 970 and love it. Along with the Asus Sabertooth board and that's awesome the bios is quite impressive. 

 http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/vrFnjX

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Will I be able to record/render with this?

 

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Will you be overclocking?

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Possibly?

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If your wanting to record/render I say go for an i7-4790k which will add another $80-100. I have an i7-4790k and it's an absolute beast, but expensive. I was going to get the i5-4690k, but I didn't because I wanted something with power and longevity meaning it wouldn't be obsolete. it was worth the extra money it just hurt my wallet. I would highly recommend a cooler because if you plan to game it will be wise to get something to keep the cpu cool. 

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Well, I put together a build not oriented towards overclocking.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/GXKVbv

This'll be decently faster than the i5 when rendering videos due to the 8 threads.  It'll game just fine - this Xeon is essentially a locked i7 with no integrated graphics.  A GTX 970 will be very strong at 1080p.

Also, 16GB of RAM will help during editing.

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Thanks brah

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Yeah, but isn't the i7-4790k better, yet cheaper?

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Nope, it's the other way around

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Hmmm....

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-E3-1231V3-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790K

http://www.game-debate.com/cpu/index.php?pid=2118&pid2=2103&compare=xeon-e3-1231-v3-vs-core-i7-4790k-4-core-4-0ghz

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It's better only due to clockspeed.

The price difference is why I've gone for the Xeon over the i7.

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I didn't see that the Canadian price was $358, I payed $330 for mine.

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Well, in the US, the i7 is about $330.  The Xeon E3-1231 is about $250-260.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3

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How much performance would the 1231 give me over the 1230?

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A small amount - it's only 0.1ghz.