Woodman567

I forgot to answer your basic question.  I have all the spare parts mentioned in my post, but to answer your question I would say no, it's not worth it.  Basically if you have to spend any money on the upgrade, regardless of whatever it is you're replacing, then it is not worth it.  So, no money involved, maybe.  If there is money, forget it.
 

No, it's not worth the current prices of an SSD. DDR2 systems aren't old like you seem to think they are though. I still use systems with DDR ram all the time.

It's gonna depend on your compiler. Can it use the 24 threads to compile code? If yes - threadripper's the choice. Otherwise grab a 8700K. I'm sure you'll get parts lists very soon
 
I'd say you probably can just squeeze out the Threadripper 1920X, but damn GPU prices are stupid high right now (ethereum price is stupid high as well so makes sense).

I doubt you'll need that much processing power (I could be 100% wrong) So an 8700k + 1080ti 16gb of 3200+ ram should fit well. But keep in mind I could be wrong and something like a Threadripper would be much better/

Just edited the post, about $2000 USD

Just woke up from a super intense dream, but as it ended there was a squarespace sponsor slot for some convention that doesn't exist given by Linus. 

First.

They all have long waiting times, thank miners for that.

The Hyper Cloud2 and Sennheiser GSP-300 are both good options

Just don't buy a Razer headset. Man are they crap. 

Both Seagate Barracuda and WD Black drives (in the 2TB variants) are both 7200RPM with 64MB cache. Not sure on higher capacities, but I think Barracuda drives generally retain their RPM.

I looked at the ATH-M40X and ModMic and almost went with it, but it went over budget a bit much, and didn't want to go used, so I went with the Cloud II's from HyperX because they have great performance and are built well for the price.

Most laptops come backlit these days, and dragging around that heavy thing with little to no battery life would suck. Save your money and get something you wouldn't mind lugging around between home and school.

You can get a 6700k with a $2k budget.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($344.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($73.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($159.75 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($60.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($698.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1830.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-25 11:18 EDT-0400

OCD says you need to paint that HX text to red or white, or just cover it.