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He wants to build a gaming rig, and plans to spend less than $2000.


So here is my idea so far.

GREEN: Locked in; set and decided upon.
BLUE: Up for debate. 
YELLOW: Might not be compatible with another part
RED: Needs to change/be added

CPU: $370 I7 6700k 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

CPU COOLER: $46 Hyper 612 V2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103202&cm_re=hyper_212_evo-_-35-103-099-_-Product

Mobo: $170 ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132567&cm_re=lga_1151_motherboard-_-13-132-567-_-Product

RAM: (Needs to be DDR4)

SSD: $59
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX1AJ8420

 

HDD: $120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6AH20Y2869

CASE: $115
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133194

PSU: $80 Thermaltake Toughpower 750M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153198

GPU: $500 GTX 980 4gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125790R&cm_re=gtx_980-_-14-125-790R-_-Product

He has yet to get back to me on if he needs a monitor/mouse/keyboard, but I'm assuming he wont.

Current price: $1460 + RAM/Periferals

GIGABYTE Z97MX-G5 | 16GB DDR3 | I5 4690k @ 4.4ghz | 1TB SSHD, 500GB HDD, 128GB SSD | GTX 1070 8GB | Corsair Graphite 230 | EVGA 650W | Hyper 212 EVO

 

Cinebench R15: 636(all cores), 127FPS

 

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That build is horribly optimized. For gaming in the 2K price range he'd be better to look at an I7-6700K + 980/980Ti. 

Please quote/tag ( Found by typing @DarrenP) In all posts directed at me. I do not check my current content. 


Intel Core i7-4790K - Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK - 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866Mhz - EVGA GTX 980 - 256GB MX100 - 2TB WD RED - 900D - H100I - Corsair HX1050 - DNS 320L 2x2TB Seagate Barracuda 

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He wants to build a gaming rig, and plans to spend less than $2000.

So here is my idea so far.

CPU: $584 I7 5930K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117403&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-N82E16819117403&gclid=CIC3v6m678cCFYU6aQodh-UB7A&gclsrc=aw.ds

CPU COOLER: $46 Hyper 612 V2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103202&cm_re=hyper_212_evo-_-35-103-099-_-Product

Mobo: $180 Gigabyte GA X99 UD3P

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128772

RAM: (Needs to be DDR4)

SSD: $59

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX1AJ8420

 

HDD: $120

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6AH20Y2869

CASE: $115

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133194

PSU: $80 Thermaltake Toughpower 750M

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153198

GPU: $340 GTX 970 4gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487086

He has yet to get back to me on if he needs a monitor/mouse/keyboard, but I'm assuming he wont.

Current price: $1524 + RAM/Periferals

so do you need to find ram/periferals?

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People have told me to steer clear of thermaltake PSUs. I would recommend something from EVGA. 

I went by a whitelist by someone on here.

GIGABYTE Z97MX-G5 | 16GB DDR3 | I5 4690k @ 4.4ghz | 1TB SSHD, 500GB HDD, 128GB SSD | GTX 1070 8GB | Corsair Graphite 230 | EVGA 650W | Hyper 212 EVO

 

Cinebench R15: 636(all cores), 127FPS

 

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so do you need to find ram/periferals?

RAM yes, periferals, not sure.

GIGABYTE Z97MX-G5 | 16GB DDR3 | I5 4690k @ 4.4ghz | 1TB SSHD, 500GB HDD, 128GB SSD | GTX 1070 8GB | Corsair Graphite 230 | EVGA 650W | Hyper 212 EVO

 

Cinebench R15: 636(all cores), 127FPS

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($564.98 @ SuperBiiz) 


Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($190.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($618.59 @ Amazon) 


Total: $1727.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-11 13:44 EDT-0400

 

I'm a novice builder but I took a crack a full build for you.

 

16gb of ram, 750w PSU and only 1TB HDD

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I went by a whitelist by someone on here.

There's a sticky in the PSU section that says thermaltake sucks I guess it's the law of land around here :)

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There's a sticky in the PSU section that says thermaltake sucks I guess it's the law of land around here :)

The Thermaltake Toughpower is a good PSU but a lot of their PSUs just suck

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CPU: i3 4160|Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE|RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue 8GB(2x4GB)|GPU: Sapphire Nitro R9 380 4GB|PSU: Seasonic M12II EVO 620W Modular|Storage: 1TB WD Blue|Case: NZXT S340 Black|PCIe devices: TP-Link WDN4800| Montior: ASUS VE247H| Others: PS3/PS4

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He wants to build a gaming rig, and plans to spend less than $2000.

So here is my idea so far.

CPU: $370 I7 6700k 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

CPU COOLER: $46 Hyper 612 V2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103202&cm_re=hyper_212_evo-_-35-103-099-_-Product

Mobo: $180 Gigabyte GA X99 UD3P

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128772

 

These 2 components will not work together. You have a skylake CPU and an X99 motherboard. Ditch the motherboard and find a Z170 chipset (LGA 1151 socket) motherboard.

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CPU: i7 6800K | Mobo: MSI X99 Gaming Pro Carbon | GPU: SLI EVGA 980 Ti Hydro Copper | PSU: EVGA 1000P2 | Memory: 64 DDR4 Corsair Dominator Platinum | Storage: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 & Samsung 850 Evo 1TB| Case: Be Quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 | Display: Predator X34 & Dell U2715H | Cooling: Custom Loop

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There's a sticky in the PSU section that says thermaltake sucks I guess it's the law of land around here :)

Link - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/  :)

Current system - ThinkPad Yoga 460

ExSystems

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Laptop - ASUS FX503VD

|| Case: NZXT H440 ❤️|| MB: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI || CPU: Skylake Chip || Graphics card : GTX 970 Strix || RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB || Storage:1TB WD+500GB WD + 120Gb HyperX savage|| Monitor: Dell U2412M+LG 24MP55HQ+Philips TV ||  PSU CX600M || 

 

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These 2 components will not work together. You have a skylake CPU and an X99 motherboard. Ditch the motherboard and find a Z170 chipset (LGA 1151 socket) motherboard.

That is why I marked it yellow. Will look for another~

GIGABYTE Z97MX-G5 | 16GB DDR3 | I5 4690k @ 4.4ghz | 1TB SSHD, 500GB HDD, 128GB SSD | GTX 1070 8GB | Corsair Graphite 230 | EVGA 650W | Hyper 212 EVO

 

Cinebench R15: 636(all cores), 127FPS

 

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Thoughts on the updates?

GIGABYTE Z97MX-G5 | 16GB DDR3 | I5 4690k @ 4.4ghz | 1TB SSHD, 500GB HDD, 128GB SSD | GTX 1070 8GB | Corsair Graphite 230 | EVGA 650W | Hyper 212 EVO

 

Cinebench R15: 636(all cores), 127FPS

 

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