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[btm710]

So this is to be my setup for college. I'm aiming for $1500 (I know I'm over, not a huge issue) and would like to get as close to that while retaining features like M.2 PCIe support and USB C ports. The laptop is only included because I paid for it out of the same budget. I'm going to wait on the GPU to see the RX 480 either be awesome or watch other prices fall around it. I'm going to be playing the regular slew of AAA games at 1080p, doing moderate CAD and simulation work and generally being productive. This is going to be my pc for at least the next 5 years so it needs the hardware to last.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.00) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: *XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: *Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Acer G237HLbi 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Other: XPS 13 9350 (Purchased For $891.00)
Total: $1708.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-21 18:48 EDT-0400

[DXMember]

wait a week or two, you might get surprises out of nowhere

plus up your ram to like 16gb or something

[btm710]

Wait for sales?  I plan to.  And the RAM, 16GB is almost exactly twice the cost of 8GB so I'll just get more later if I need it.

[Mrhappyjolly]

someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I thought you would have needed more than 8gb ram for CAD? if it needs to last 5 years, 16gb ram would be minimum if my memory on CAD requirements are correct. You need to also check if CAD work will benefit on multithreaded workloads, then you should get an i7.. 

[btm710]

3 minutes ago, DXMember said:

wait a week or two, you might get surprises out of nowhere

plus up your ram to like 16gb or something

Wait for sales?  I plan to.  And the RAM, 16GB is almost exactly twice the cost of 8GB so I'll just get more later if I need it.

[btm710]

2 minutes ago, Mrhappyjolly said:

someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I thought you would have needed more than 8gb ram for CAD? if it needs to last 5 years, 16gb ram would be minimum if my memory on CAD requirements are correct. You need to also check if CAD work will benefit on multithreaded workloads, then you should get an i7.. 

I can run Inventor on an i5 3210M with 8GB or RAM.  I don't think I need an i7 and I'm certain it't not worth the extra cost.    And the RAM, 16GB is almost exactly twice the cost of 8GB so I'll just get more later if I need it.