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Yeah even though what "Kaby Lake" will be LGA 1151 whatever is after Kaby Lake, Intel confirmed a new socket already.

 

CannonLake... FML.

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Your going to either need to swap to DDR3 ram or get a Z170 board and a Skylake Processor instead of your 4790k :)

 

If your wanting a "future proof" system, (which doesn't really exist in the tech world), your going to want to bump up to skylake, so yes the Z170A M5 would be good :P

 

The 6600k would be great!

 

What are you intending to do with this system? And whats your budget? If you edit your post and address that, some people might be able to help you save some money and get a better system :)

Stop saying bump up to skylake. The architecture after skylake is LGA 1151 but the one after that is not. In 3-4 years by time he wants to upgrade a new socket will exist.

 

 

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Can I get,your budget, what color scheme, and form factor and I will put you together the closest thing to "future proof" as I can get. People here are just throwing info at you.

Well, my budget is around 12k-14k SEK, red and black, form factor? I'm quite a "noob".

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Stop saying bump up to skylake. The architecture after skylake is LGA 1151 but the one after that is not. In 3-4 years by time he wants to upgrade a new socket will exist.

 

The newest platform is Skylake. If he sticks with z97 or z170 it makes no difference. He's not going to be "future proof" regardless

Like you said in 4 years its going to be a completely different socket

So why not?

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Well, my budget is around 12k-14k SEK, red and black, form factor? I'm quite a "noob".

Form factor

Mini ITX

MICRO ATX

ect ect

 

 

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Well, my budget is around 12k-14k SEK, red and black, form factor? I'm quite a "noob".

Awesome :) There are a few form factors, based on motherboard size, it just means the size of your system. 

If you want a small system you go for the ITX form factor, if you want a large system you go for ATX

Are you wanting a small system? or do you not care?

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220-X 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($179.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($140.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($619.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1665.78
Total: 14,530 sek
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 16:08 EST-0500
 
Something like this would be very capable for a long time 
And you have the option of adding a second 980ti in the future if you wished for all the SLI goodness :)
Would you rather me put the 
And if your building a new system, I generally recommend going skylake since its the newest platform, but thats my opinion :P
I also don't know how to pull up Sek prices and shipping availability on PC part picker, so you might have to work with that :(

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220-X 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($179.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($140.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($619.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1665.78
Total: 14,530 sek
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 16:08 EST-0500
 
Something like this would be very capable for a long time 
And you have the option of adding a second 980ti in the future if you wished for all the SLI goodness :)
And if your building a new system, I generally recommend going skylake since its the newest platform, but thats my opinion :P

 

Holy, that looks alot better imo, thanks! But on the SSD, it's mostly just going to be used for the OS and a few games, isn't 256 a lil too much?

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Holy, that looks alot better imo, thanks! But on the SSD, it's mostly just going to be used for the OS and a few games, isn't 256 a lil too much?

 

Thats totally your choice! If you wanted to go for a 128gb one or completely skip it thats your choice :P (Although I recommend an SSD as a boot drive unless your on a tight budget) 

256 would be enough for some games where the load time makes a big difference (Like Fallout 4, holy bejeezus that game has a lot of loading screens) with room to spare for your more common files and such :) 

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@xiscAJESUS Hi, welcome to the forums.

 

First things first. There is no such thing as Futureproof.

 

Now that we've gotten that out of the way.

 

Yes, that build looks good. It will certainly last you two years. Four years possibly, but by the end of four years, you'll probably really be feeling the age of that video card. It'll probably be fine, but you'll definitely be due for a GPU upgrade at the minimum.

 

Now, the most important question: What do you expect/want your performance to be within those four years? If you still want to play all the latest AAA games at high/maxed graphics settings, at 1080p (or higher), then the 390x is great for now, but in 3-4 years? Probably not going to happen.

 

Playing the latest AAA games with the expectation that over time you'll have to reduce the graphics settings? Sure. Within 2-3 years, you'll probably have to play at Medium-high settings, and within 4 years, probably solidly medium.

 

But this is all entirely speculation. Who knows what next gen AAA graphics will look like? We've got a glimpse with Star Citizen, and it looks GPU hungry. That's the whole point about why there's no such thing as futureproof. Some new tech could come out in 2017 that makes your PC utterly obsolete.

 

EDIT: Totally missed the DDR4 thing. Yeah. As others have most definitely said already - Z97 doesn't support DDR4. The build that @Stupidtiggers suggests is a great choice if you can afford it.

 

If you want to save some money, keep the 390x you originally picked out - it's a fantastic value for the performance. If you are gaming only, I would stick with the i5-6600K that he suggested. Either way, I would go with Skylake and Z170 chipset.

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Thats totally your choice! If you wanted to go for a 128gb one or completely skip it thats your choice :P (Although I recommend an SSD as a boot drive unless your on a tight budget) 

256 would be enough for some games where the load time makes a big difference (Like Fallout 4, holy bejeezus that game has a lot of loading screens) with room to spare for your more common files and such :)

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/pkDNt6
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€287.84 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€80.64 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€147.84 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€104.03 @ Mindfactory) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€53.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  (€441.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€119.39 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€150.09 @ Mindfactory) 
Total: €1437.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/pkDNt6
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€287.84 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€80.64 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€147.84 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (€104.03 @ Mindfactory) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€53.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  (€441.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€119.39 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€150.09 @ Mindfactory) 
Total: €1437.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-18 11:25 CET+0100
 
How it turned out in the end.

 

how about this?

 

 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($211.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($95.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($656.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1658.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-18 05:50 EST-0500
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how about this?

 

 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($211.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($95.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($656.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1658.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-18 05:50 EST-0500

 

Blows my budget with $200

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Blows my budget with $200

 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($211.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($95.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($323.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1292.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-18 06:23 EST-0500
 
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Blows my budget with $200

Make sure you squeeze in a Windows License in that budget, unless you have a legal and legit spare license (Eg: An un-used retail license that is transferable to a new PC).

Don't want to forget, and then realize you don't have any money left over to buy it!

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Make sure you squeeze in a Windows License in that budget, unless you have a legal and legit spare license (Eg: An un-used retail license that is transferable to a new PC).

Don't want to forget, and then realize you don't have any money left over to buy it!

I do have a left over copy of W8 64-bit

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