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General

  • Live in USA
  • $1650 Budget
  • Need PC, Monitor, and Keyboard (already have mouse)​

Uses

  • Gaming (ARK Survival, beige siege, bf4)
  • workstation (Maya, Blender 3D modeling and 3D animation, adobe premiere,  unity 3D game engine/creator)
  • casual (web surfing, typing, and videos)
  • Streaming (twitch)

Notes

  • do not want to wait for 6700k ETA
  • Must preform for 3 years before upgrading
  • Please stay close to budget (20-30 dollars over is fine)
  • ATX  -  E-ATX only
  • Do not care about looks (at all)
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CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($314.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Ducky DK2108-RUSLLA Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($92.00 @ Mechanical Keyboards) 
Total: $1541.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-22 10:25 EDT-0400

"Sulit" (adj.) something that is worth it

i7 8700K 4.8Ghz delidded / Corsair H100i V2 / Asus Strix Z370-F / G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB 3200 / EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB & 250GB - Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB / Fractal Design Define S / Corsair K70 MX Reds / Logitech G502 / Beyerdynamic DT770 250Ohm

SMSL SD793II AMP/DAC - Schiit Magni 3 / PCPP

Old Rig

i5 2500k 4.5Ghz | Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P | Zotac GTX 980 AMP! Extreme | Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB 1866MHz

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No overclocking ability, hyperthreading tho, and the ability to add a second gpu in the future

1440p monitor

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer i11 74.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($22.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($115.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($80.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($502.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($117.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($264.34 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Cooler Master OCTANE Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1658.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-22 10:35 EDT-0400

The site has changed....

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($378.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-UD3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($88.88 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($264.34 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Corsair Raptor K30 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1658.00
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-22 12:45 EDT-0400

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($327.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($63.48 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech Corded Keyboard K280e Wired Standard Keyboard  ($9.99 @ NCIX US)
Mouse: Gigabyte GM-M6800 Wired Optical Mouse  ($14.77 @ Newegg)
Total: $1644.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-22 16:28 EDT-0400

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