Hi, this is my first post on the forums since I want to build my first, well build.
1. Budget & Location
I live in India, where everything costs at least 20-30% more than US. Budget is around 2500 USD, or about 165k INR. Though this is for the CPU as well as as the monitor.
2. Aim
Pretty much everything. I have to use it as a gaming machine running high-end games. I also tend to work with 4k videos and photo editing. Also to be used in 3D modelling and CAD work along with maya and blender. It needs to have powerful CPU as well as GPU along with at least 16GB of RAM.
PS: Games are at a lower priority than other work, so not planning for an SLI build or 144Hz monitor.
3. Monitors
One 4K monitor. Planning to buy either Dell P2415Q or P2715Q.
4. Peripherals
No. And since I'm a student, I'll get windows 10 education for free, so no concern
5. Why are you upgrading?
For everything listed in aim. I don't have a system except my old trusty Y510p laptop. Editing photos is a pain on 1080p panel.
I would like a X99 or Z170 based platform since they have much better upgrade path compared to Z97. Also since I'm building it around July, I can wait till Nvidia announces Pascal or Intel announces Broadwell-E.
Any suggestions.