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Sat down and on a lark, put together a possible build within your price range I think will work for you.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($334.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit)
Total: $993.91 - Dont pay attention to this. The export of the list doesn't include some things in this number, like the CPU. That's because Newegg currently doesn't have any in stock. Click the part list above to see the true value.
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-09 21:18 EDT-0400
CPU - i7 6700k - Probably over what you really NEED, but it's Intel's latest and greatest mainstream processor. The i7 means this Quad core chip can utilize downtime to impersonate an Octo core chip. This is really helpful when your running heavily threaded programs or many programs at once, but most people would only really encounter this when trying to edit or render video.
Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - A very well respected aftermarket Air cooler. You might want to pick up an aftermarket thermal compund as well, they usualy run around 5-10 bucks. With the Skylake generation, you NEED to buy an aftermarket cooler like this, as they no longer come with reference coolers.
Mobo - MSI Z170A Gaming M3 - A nice and well respected brand. This motherboard is needed to use the above CPU. MSI also includes their own version of DIMM-Drive technology in the bios, so you dont need to buy it seperately. Although if you wish to use it, I suggest upping the amount of Ram you stuff into the system.
Ram - Corsair Vengence LPX 16gb DDR4 - Memory needed for the motherboard and processor. Anymore you should run at LEAST 8gb if not 16gb of memory. Personally I might bump this up to 32gb given who long I tend to use systems for and the average rate of expansion of memory needs nowadays.
Storage - Samsung 850 Evo 500gb - This is another part I might bump up if you want or add another drive for dedicated bulk storage.
GFX Card - MSI Radeon 390 8gb - The 390 series has taken the crown off the venerable Geforce 970 as the midrange price performance King.
Case - Fractal Design S - A good rather barebones case. Note, you cant mount any 5.25" drives. So no CD/DVD drives in this baby. But it has plenty of good space inside for parts, it's built and constructed with Water Cooling in mind, and it has air intake filters that are easy to access along the front and the bottom, keeping dust out of your case. You should probably think about getting some more fans for this bad boy to increase airflow. It has space for a TON of fans. It also has liberal uses of sound dampening materials to try and keep the noise from everything under control.
PSU - EVGA Supernova 750W 80+ Gold Cert - Good brand, plenty of power for just about anything you could throw at it with your budget. The 80+ Gold means it's efficient and will hopefully keep your power bill down.
OS - Windows 10 USB - Do be warned that Windows 10 has known privacy issues. There are plenty of articles and videos by people such as the guys over at TekSyndicate on youtube that explain what they are, and how to minimize the problem.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($334.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit)
Total: $993.91 - Dont pay attention to this. The export of the list doesn't include some things in this number, like the CPU. That's because Newegg currently doesn't have any in stock. Click the part list above to see the true value.
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-09 21:18 EDT-0400
CPU - i7 6700k - Probably over what you really NEED, but it's Intel's latest and greatest mainstream processor. The i7 means this Quad core chip can utilize downtime to impersonate an Octo core chip. This is really helpful when your running heavily threaded programs or many programs at once, but most people would only really encounter this when trying to edit or render video.
Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - A very well respected aftermarket Air cooler. You might want to pick up an aftermarket thermal compund as well, they usualy run around 5-10 bucks. With the Skylake generation, you NEED to buy an aftermarket cooler like this, as they no longer come with reference coolers.
Mobo - MSI Z170A Gaming M3 - A nice and well respected brand. This motherboard is needed to use the above CPU. MSI also includes their own version of DIMM-Drive technology in the bios, so you dont need to buy it seperately. Although if you wish to use it, I suggest upping the amount of Ram you stuff into the system.
Ram - Corsair Vengence LPX 16gb DDR4 - Memory needed for the motherboard and processor. Anymore you should run at LEAST 8gb if not 16gb of memory. Personally I might bump this up to 32gb given who long I tend to use systems for and the average rate of expansion of memory needs nowadays.
Storage - Samsung 850 Evo 500gb - This is another part I might bump up if you want or add another drive for dedicated bulk storage.
GFX Card - MSI Radeon 390 8gb - The 390 series has taken the crown off the venerable Geforce 970 as the midrange price performance King.
Case - Fractal Design S - A good rather barebones case. Note, you cant mount any 5.25" drives. So no CD/DVD drives in this baby. But it has plenty of good space inside for parts, it's built and constructed with Water Cooling in mind, and it has air intake filters that are easy to access along the front and the bottom, keeping dust out of your case. You should probably think about getting some more fans for this bad boy to increase airflow. It has space for a TON of fans. It also has liberal uses of sound dampening materials to try and keep the noise from everything under control.
PSU - EVGA Supernova 750W 80+ Gold Cert - Good brand, plenty of power for just about anything you could throw at it with your budget. The 80+ Gold means it's efficient and will hopefully keep your power bill down.
OS - Windows 10 USB - Do be warned that Windows 10 has known privacy issues. There are plenty of articles and videos by people such as the guys over at TekSyndicate on youtube that explain what they are, and how to minimize the problem.
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