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thanks guys!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($519.00 @ CPL Online) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.00 @ Newegg Australia) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.99 @ Mwave Australia) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($206.80 @ Newegg Australia) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($479.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($145.00 @ Umart) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($130.00 @ Umart) 
Total: $1787.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Or step up to a 980 for about $2000~ + tax/shipping.

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Kinda limited by your storage but I guess this gives you the option to get a 980Ti.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($358.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.00 @ Newegg Australia) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($77.00 @ IJK) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.82 @ Newegg Australia) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Super JetStream Video Card  ($919.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($145.00 @ Umart) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($130.00 @ Umart) 
Total: $2000.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-29 17:01 AEDT+1100

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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you did not specificy you are only interested in gaming, so more of a general purpose build that will crush any game rather than spewing on the best GPU. ~1950 AUD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($380.00) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($42.34 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($181.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($329.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($103.00) 
Total: $1393.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-29 01:20 EST-0500

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6 hours ago, gonfalons said:

you did not specificy you are only interested in gaming, so more of a general purpose build that will crush any game rather than spewing on the best GPU. ~1950 AUD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($380.00) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($42.34 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($181.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($329.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($103.00) 
Total: $1393.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-29 01:20 EST-0500

The 390 will throttle like hell in a Node 202, and the Node 202 doesn't support 3.5" drives. 

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i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210.

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