Less than 2500AUD Mid-High level PC Build

[stconquest]

Heres the updated build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($509.00 @ CPL Online) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($157.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($249.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($119.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage: Transcend  128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ IJK) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($699.00 @ CPL Online) 

Case: Inwin GR One ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.00 @ Umart) 

Power Supply: Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24D3ST DVD/CD Writer  ($18.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $2146.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-11 15:47 AEDT+1100

 

You have a power supply that could easily power three GTX 980s, maybe even four of them.  That SSD is sluggish.  You do not really need that AiO cooler, unless you are an overclocking enthusiast and wants to OC right away.  Right now, those CPUs do not need to be overclocked for gaming, well most games.

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You have a power supply that could easily power three GTX 980s, maybe even four of them.  That SSD is sluggish.  You do not really need that AiO cooler, unless you are an overclocking enthusiast and wants to OC right away.  Right now, those CPUs do not need to be overclocked for gaming, well most games.

Yeah...this build gives room for more GPUs or something else. How is the SSD sluggish? I have the exact same one and it works well...REALLY WELL. OK I understand where you are going with the cooler. Even after all that though, it's a pretty good build that meets the budget specifications

[stconquest]

Yeah...this build gives room for more GPUs or something else. How is the SSD sluggish? I have the exact same one and it works well...REALLY WELL. OK I understand where you are going with the cooler. Even after all that though, it's a pretty good build that meets the budget specifications

 

If you just run the OS on it it would be a bit slowly installing Windows compared to better SSDs.  It has decent reading speeds (Sequential and 4K) so after you install programs on it, running them would be pretty darn fast. 

 

It is not a bad drive, just when writing to it:  http://www.anandtech.com/show/8792/transcend-ssd370-128gb-256gb-512gb-review

 

Comparison:  http://www.anandtech.com/show/8792/transcend-ssd370-128gb-256gb-512gb-review/5

 

Note:  Saturation(max data bandwidth) of SATA III is around 550 MB/s... that is why the best drives hover around that mark.