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1. Budget & Location
budget is $2000AUD and i live in australia

I'd prefer to keep the price within $100 of my budget.

2. Aim

Mainly for web browsing and gaming 

3. Monitors
i dont have any monitors atm, it will be within the budget aswell

4. Peripherals
i dont have a keyboard and mouse

i had a look online and these interest me 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_1241&products_id=29701

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=258_697_698&products_id=28230 

i will also need a os, pref win10

5. Why are you upgrading?
not upgrading, i need a computer 

 

 

 

i would like to have this case for the build

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_1510&products_id=18956

 

i will need a optical drive as well as a wireless network adapter and at least 2tb of space  

 

 

this is what i did on pcpartpicker, but not sure if it is good 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/zK9v99

 

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Laptop: Thinkpad W520 i7 2720QM 24GB RAM 1920x1080 2x SSDs Main Rig: 4790k 12GB Hyperx Beast Zotac 980ti AMP! Fractal Define S (window) RM850 Noctua NH-D15 EVGA Z97 FTW with 3 1080P 144hz monitors from Asus Secondary: i5 6600K, R9 390 STRIX, 16GB DDR4, Acer Predator 144Hz 1440P

As Centos 7 SU once said: With great power comes great responsibility.

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http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/GZbxBm

 

MOBO can be switched out and a Define r5 would be a better case.

 

also getting rid of the SSD for a 970 would be better. 

 

 

EDIT: link updated

 

EDIT: idk why but the link isnt working right ;~;

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/GZbxBm
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ CPL Online) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($199.00 @ CPL Online) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($78.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($187.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($519.00 @ CPL Online) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.00 @ CPL Online) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 600W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($115.00) 
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($17.00 @ IJK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($155.00 @ CPL Online) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($49.00 @ CPL Online) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($45.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Mouse: Cooler Master Mizar Wired Laser Mouse  ($59.00 @ CPL Online) 
Other: NZXT Aperture M Multimedia Hub ($54.00)
Total: $1970.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-22 22:10 AEST+1000

CPU: I7 4790k  CPU Cooler: NH-D15 GPUMSI 970 4gb   Motherboard: z97 Gaming 5 PSU: Corsair hx850   Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8 gb  SSD: Samsung 850 Evo  Case: Air 540

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