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I'd go with an Asus X99-A/U3.1 and the i7 5820K, can recommend them myself. You will benefit from the two extra cores in almost all productive software.

No, sometimes it's horrible..

It's not much but it's there.

Asus Z170-A

My bad, gave up too quickly.

I don't think the Z170-AR exists, it's not even listed on the ASUS website.. There was a Z97-AR where the only difference to the Z97-A was the color scheme. Could be an error on the PC part picker site.

What about this? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($175.88 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.89 @ OutletPC) Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.90 @ Amazon) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($194.98 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US) Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($20.00) Monitor: Acer S220HQLAbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Amazon) Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.00 @ NCIX US) Total: $721.60 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-19 08:27 EDT-0400

Sure, the 970 is so much better.

Yeah, it's wierd. I'm not sure about the taxes, but I think if I buy something from the Netherlands I need to pay taxes aswell.. Maybe do a quick google search.

The german Alternate site offers this pre-build machine. https://www.alternate.de/ALTERNATE/Gamescom-2K15-PC-W10-64-PC-System/html/product/1214408?tk=8&lk=6706

That may be true for their low-end products, but they do have very good high-end stuff. I can't complain about my Acer S7-392 ultrabook and XB270HU at all.

Yes, with the X79 boards you're only able to use socket 2011 CPUs like the 4930k. It will hold up fine for a few years.

What's the motherboard you bought? Running SLI will give you about 80% more performance if the game has good sli support, with bad support about 40% more and if the game has no SLI-support at all, you'll be getting the performance of a single card, obviously.

With only one 980Ti you won't get 60fps in some games on ultra details + AA. If you want to replicate the buildlog Linus did, only with up to date components, it'll look something like this: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Micro Center) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($439.99 @ Mwave) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($244.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Intel 730 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($238.89 @ Amazon) Storage: Intel 730 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($238.89 @ Amazon) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($689.97 @ B&H) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($689.97 @ B&H) Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: Cooler Master V850 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.98 @ Newegg) Total: $3451.65 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 11:54 EDT-0400 But this would be expensive due to X99, DDR4 and SLI, and as previously mentioned, you could look into something like this, which is more than half the price: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Micro Center) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($80.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.89 @ OutletPC) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($679.95 @ Amazon) Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($80.98 @ Newegg) Total: $1674.76 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-28 12:14 EDT-0400

What's the main purpose of this rig?