joining PC master race. Build help.

[xGearhunter]

Budget/location: $2500 budget in U.S dollars.

Aim:(main aim) Gaming at max to almost max settings for new and future titles I.g Battlefield hardline, GTA v, etc ect. (Secondary aim) Game development,and Video editing capabilities

Monitors: one. (May incorporate a second monitor in the future)

Peripherals: For the mouse I'd like to have the Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse. Keyboard: Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 Blue LED Backlit (Red Cherry MX) Wired Standard Keyboard. Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor. (Note I do not have any of these items)

Why am I upgrading?: Joining the PC master race for gaming and to begin a career in game development, YouTube, and more goals.

Note: I have the game development and video editing as the secondary aim because in the far future I may build a workstation just for that and other non gaming needs.

Edit: I'd also like to stream with 60+ frames and record video. (Not sure if this is entirely important to also know.)

[HeathCliff]

Any aesthetic preferences? Colour? Form factor? etc.?

 

Edit: Can't really be much of use to you as my system doesn't even wish to remotely be of any use. Well that's what I get for attempting to make a 12 year old system work for longer than it's lifespan.

[Mooshi]

For that budget, grab whatever Intel i7 is trendy currently, 32GB of ram, SLI GTX 980, a 256GB SSD, several TB worth of HDD storage and you're done.

[xGearhunter]

I'd like a blue and black color scheme. Anything is fine in aesthetics. Form factor I am not sure what you mean (new at this) and can't think of anything else that I would like to mention.

[SimpleG]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.95 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220-X 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: EVGA Z97 Classified EATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($346.30 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($98.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.98 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.98 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case  ($126.00 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $2029.15

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-27 16:03 EDT-0400

 

 

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[SuperPug]

How bout this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jtFvsY

 

Dont know if the ASRock board is any good but its the only Z97 that is Black/Blue

 

850W PSU for future upgrades

[gylmir]

 

 

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you forget the keyboard and mouse plus no screen ?

 

this is what i have in mind but went over the budget when adding mouse and keyboard.

16gb ram is good to start you can always add more since you got 8 slots.

i added 2 screens 1 4K screen since it is so much better to work on a screen with lots of room and a 2nd screen 120hz for gaming.

 

the budget was tight for a clean solid build but got the best from it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($318.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.49 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($144.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($101.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card  ($549.98 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX US)

Monitor: Asus VG278HE 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($372.99 @ Amazon)

Monitor: AOC U2868PQU 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ Newegg)

Keyboard: Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Blue LED Backlit (Red Cherry MX) Wired Standard Keyboard  ($139.00 @ Mechanical Keyboards)

Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($74.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $2681.37

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-27 16:57 EDT-0400