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1. What is your budget? ?500'ish

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming/Video editing/Photoshop
BF4, ARMA3, etc.

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer?
Case: full tower Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 (very quite, would like to stay with this)
Soundcard: Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional, 64MB
SSD: Corsair Force GT 120GB
HDDs: 1TB, 1.5TB, 4TB
IDE DVD writer (would prefer to ditch this and just get a SATA DVD writer)

Currently running a quad Q9550 with a Thermalright "TRUE 120" heatsink

5. Do you need a monitor? No

5a. If yes, what size do you need. N/A

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? 1680*1050 (Samsung Syncmaster 226BW) Don't intend to upgrade for the next while.

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes. Open to the idea, but due to poor ventilation, would probably need water cooling to do so.

8. How can you pay? Bank Transfer/Credit Card

9. When are you purchasing? 15th December, to ensure I get it by xmas. Yes, a long way off, but hope to get most of it soon, unless something "big" is coming?

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? No thanks

Any of ye have any suggestions?

?108 X 1 - AMD FX8320 Black Edition 8 Core (3.5/4.0GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W, Retail Boxed)
?72.49 x 1 - Gigabyte 970A-UD3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
?49.99 x 1 - Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K)
?169.99 x 1 - Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCUII OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
?22.49 x 1 - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler

Total = 422.96

So, the lads on boards got back to me with a Haswell xeon o.0
Stats look good, but not sure either way :|

Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 Bx, LGA1150, ohne K?hler ?217.74
MSI B85-G41 PC Mate, ATX, Sockel 1150 ?66.43
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws PC3-10667U CL9 ?71.28
MSI R7870-2GD5T/OC, 2048MB DDR5, PCI-Express ?154.42
Shipping|?18.99

Leaning towards the i7's, though. Can't seem to find the Xeons on the site I'll be using :/

Just make sure whatever motherboard you buy fits your case  :?: :?: :?: :?:

Pffft. Have a tower, so could fit an ATX mobo in

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Stuck between AMD's 8320 or 8350 or Intels i5-4570 or i5-4670. Although Intel's CPU is fairly powerful, AMD's octo core also looks fairly good. Gah.

GPU is coming up as unavailable.

All bought, waiting for it to arrive. Went Intel in the end.

MSI GTX 760 TwinFrozr Gaming 2 GB
i5-4670K
GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro Blue PC memory 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1600

Going to wait until RAM goes cheap again, before throwing more into it (more RAM is great for Photoshop).

Also getting another Razer Deathadder, as the current RMB has failed some time ago. Getting an IDE-SATA adapter, as don't see the point in upgrading the DVD drive, and still need the VariRec capability for the time being.

Jerry it was shipped today.Might have it Wednesday.

AWESOME!