theCynicalMonk

The Video Card is a placeholder for the MSI 1080 ti Gaming X when it becomes available again.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($349.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($248.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-4133 Memory  ($263.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($714.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case  ($249.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($167.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($142.98 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM  120mm Fan  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM  120mm Fan  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM  120mm Fan  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM  120mm Fan  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($259.99 @ Best Buy) 
Keyboard: Logitech G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Headphones: Razer Kraken Pro  Headset 
Speakers: Logitech Z625 200W 2.1ch Speakers  ($147.28 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2956.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Here you go
And How could I have gotten more for my money? I thought I did pretty well

It's meant to be an overkill build

It's meant to be an overkill build

I'm not going to say that over half of the parts ARE "necessary", but if that's what he's looking for, then let him do it. And trust me... The 4TB of mechanical drive capacity, RAM frequency, and the case are all definitely not overkill at this point in time. With the amount of Steam games people have (including yours truly), 4TB is like one chip in the Frito's bag

Smaller PSU, less pricey case, slower RAM (3000MHz for DDR4 is a good price/performance point. At over 4000MHz you're paying a lot for not much gain in performance), black series drives are overly expensive, Windows license could have been bought for $30 from somewhere like Reddit, motherboard could be cheaper for not much compromise and the CPU cooler could be a good air cooler. 
 
All things that wouldn't impact performance much but would save a fair bit of money. Not saying your choices are bad. I own things like Dominator Platinums, which are not at all value oriented. Build is good, not everyone goes for pure value, as aesthetics and such play a part. 

I have been saving for this and waiting for this for a VERY long time

^^^
But I am excited for the release!

am hyped to see what it really brings

The Skylake and Kaby Lake prices are fairly close on the processors (at least on the X700k SKUs) so it is really close, but if you need to go all out and this is determining between a k SKU or Non-k SKU, I would go with Skylake.  Just not enough gains to justify Kaby Lake over skylake.

Thanks for that, I think you've made my mind up

Do you have a source to back that up? I'd like to see it. And don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to come across brashly

There's no need to at all, but you can if you want since cost obviously is not much of a factor for you. Might as well get a titanium one if you're gonna do that. I have a titanium one myself.

Because I'm not getting 2 of them, that's where my money draws the line

Unfortunately FX cpus were designed on the assumption that work loads would use exponentially more cores as time went by. Didn't happen. And now they're stuck with many, but pretty slow cores. An FX "core" (they actually are made of dual core modules that share some things, but whatever) is about 60% as fast as an intel core series core.

immediately follow by vendor overclocking the crap out of them until they are stupid power hogs that need water cooling...(and forgetting everything wrong with last pentium extreme edtion)