Looking to build a new PC, Would love some help!

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Long time lurker on the forums, but I figured this would be the place to go. I'm way out of the market when it comes to shopping for parts so i'd love to hear some suggestions on what to possibly get. I just filled out some things below to hopefully help with the suggestions. If anyone haves any questions feel free to ask, i'll try to reply as soon as possible. Also I've always been fond of AMD CPU's, but I don't mind Intel either.

Budget. How much are you willing to spend? Will finalize my budget sometime this week but around $900-$1100 USD
Where do you live (what country, don't post specific details), and what currency do you use? United States, And the US Dollar.
Is there a retailer you prefer? No Preference.
Do you need or already have peripherals? (this can add to costs) Already have Monitors (2), Keyboard, Mouse, Headset, and Microphone.
What will you be using your Glorious computer for? Gaming? Rendering? Mix of both? Or is this a home media PC or SteamBox? I'm looking for a good gaming build, I also stream, but I'm looking into using a capture card to run to my current PC to use as a Stream PC.
Do you overclock or want to get into overclocking? I don't plan on it.
Do you plan on going for custom watercooling now, or in the future? If it would help the build, absolutely.
Operating System. Do you need a new one? No.

If you Game-

What kind of settings do you like or what FPS do you want to play at? As high as possible generally with both Graphics and FPS. Will generally prioritize FPS, but quality does matter.
What resolution will you be playing at? //or would like to play at. 1920x1080
What kind of games do you like to play? Literally all kinds, nothing in specific.
What specific game will you be playing (if you really only play one) Runescape and Counter Strike: Gloabl Offensive :^) But i do plan on playing many others.
If you Render or Edit things- No

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Something like this > http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dMjHt6 - xeon (i7 without the integrated gpu), 16gb ram, 290x, good ssd and hdd, quality psu, decent gigabyte h97 board and coolermaster case.

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Looks nice, Really appreciate that. I'll get back with a more realistic price soon hopefully but 1000$ is sounding about right.

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The xeon is an interesting choice, I always thought they where not made for gaming and thus never really looked into it...
Other than that (which is probably good too) this is a very good build imo.
Maybe wait for the 300 series if you're gonna buy new ?

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Save some cash by getting rid of the Noctua, Xeons dont overclock so stock fan is fine.

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Yeah, better go with an i5, since you are only going to do gaming.

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Xeon still wins at gaming, has hyperthreading while the i5 doesnt

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yeah, you are right. I forgot about that

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It was my understanding that most games don't use HT? Is that wrong?

Interesting. I guess if you are doing FreeSync/GSync on a heavy game and you really need to stay inside your minimum dynamic refresh rate range this makes sense. Other than that, I'd go with the i5-4690

Skyrim
5% diff in average
8% diff in min

Skyrim 1920 1080 average
Xeon 119
4690k 113
4690 113

Skyrim 1920 1080 min
Xeon 84
4690k 78
4690 78

Crysis
2% diff in average
21% diff in min

Crysis 3 1920 1080 ave
Xeon 58
4690k 56
4690 56

Crysis 3 1920 1080 min
Xeon 46
4690k 39
4690 38

BF3
-1% diff in average
-3% diff in min

BF3 1920 1080 ave
Xeon 105
4690k 105
4690 105

BF3 1920 1080 min
Xeon 85
4690k 88
4690 88

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even if a game doesnt use HT(and some do like Star Citizen) there is literally no advantage to having an i5 over an equivalent xeon

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Yes there is, shaving off $ from a build list

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So my finalized budget has a cap of roughly $1300 USD. It's fine if it goes a tad over, but regardless if anyone had any new suggestions to deejeta's suggested build i'll probably go off that one. I checked out some of the new 300 series cards just released and some seemed worth the extra it would cost. Any opinions on possibly upgrading to one of them? I'm pretty set on getting the xeon for the cpu, seems well worth it for the price.

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Deejeta's build looks pretty solid. The only think I can tink of is, if you were willing to spend the extra $100 or so, going M.2 for your SSD for some extra speed and a bit less cable management:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VjxjkL

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Here is my Suggestion if you have 1300USD and some spare change......

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RL39ZL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RL39ZL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Decent Quad Core that is locked and games are starting to use more cores right now

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ NCIX US)
Just to keep the System more quite and keeping the cpu longer to live

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($73.98 @ OutletPC)
A decent motherboard but I would have reccomended the MSI H81M-P33 due to fearing that the motherboard BIOS would not be compatible with Haswell Refresh and its cheaper but still good

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($57.99 @ Amazon)
A decent 2x4gb sticks of ram with decent timings. The reason I went low profile is that due to the interference that other RAM clashes with the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo and a small number of games benefit with better ram specs.

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.89 @ OutletPC)
500GBS OF PURE GOODNESS. I own the 250gb model and the performance is insane. Plenty enough to store many Steam Games and such in there

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Just 1TB just for storage. It's cheap and fast for what its doing, highly reccomended

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.99 @ Amazon)
This is where I put most of the money into cause that what most games uses. The 980ti is basically a trimmed down version of the GTX Titian X. Also the one that I reccomended you has an aftermarket cooler so the system will be more quite.

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($40.99 @ NCIX US)
A decent case and its slightly smaller than the standard ATX Mid tower cases. Also just one thing you probably won't be able to install a fan on the side panel due to the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO just barely touching the side panel in my humble opinion

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz)
The reason that I went with this PSU is that its fully modular so you don't have to deal with the excess cables that you are system is using and it has a 80 Gold rating so you will be saving on the power bill.

Total: $1333.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 18:54 EDT-0400

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So after some recent massive amounts of rainfall, my basement ended up flooding and killed my old pc. Fortunately my home owners insurance will cover most if not all of the damages. That includes the old pc, so I ended up going with Deejeta's build. I was fond of it from the git-go, so I can't wait for it all to come in. I'll post updates/pictures once I build it and I appreciate all the help/suggestions you all have provided. Was wanting to go with one of the 300 series GPU's but if I ever find it needed I wouldn't mind upgrading sometime.