Haven't built a PC in 5 years, but will be building a new one soon. I've been doing a somewhat "quick and dirty" hypothetical build:
Processor: Intel i7-6800k
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-X99- Ultra Gaming
HDD Raid Set #1 (RAID 0): 2x Toshiba OCZ RDA400A 256GB
HDD Raid Set #2 (RAID 1): 2x Corsair Force LE 480GB SSD
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR 3200 16GB x 2
Vid Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTZ 1070 8GB
PSU: Corsair RM850x

No cooling system or case yet. Total (rough) cost so far: $1950

I'm considering a Deepcool Genome case (comes with a liquid cooling system already), but not set on any particular case.

Thoughts? Is it just too much CPU for the buck? I'm not opposed to AMD processors, but Intel seems to be spanking them recently in nearly every benchmark and realworld metric for comparably priced processors. I suppose I could step down to an i5 though.

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Posted by jcole4lsu

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Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:18 pm to skrayper

You absolutly do not need a 2011-v3 mobo/cpu unless you need the extra PCI lanes for SLI. Even then its really a marginal upgrade.

Drop down to a 1151 socket Z170 motherboard and i7 -6700k. Really you can get away with an i5, but you have the budget to push it to an i7.
You dont need 32gb ram unless you are doing some serious editing.
For the budget, get a GTX 1080.

ETA: im assuming this is a gaming build. also, would help to know what resolution and frame rate you are shooting for.

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Posted by Hulkklogan

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Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:20 pm to skrayper

What is your goal? What will you be playing, and at what resolution?

That's probably more CPU than you really need, tbh. I'll defer to experts but a comparable i5 will probably be good for any gaming rig.

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You absolutly do not need a 2011-v3 mobo/cpu unless you need the extra PCI lanes for SLI. Even then its really a marginal upgrade. Drop down to a 1151 socket Z170 motherboard and i7 -6700k. Really you can get away with an i5, but you have the budget to push it to an i7. You dont need 32gb ram unless you are doing some serious editing. For the budget, get a GTX 1080.

Yeah, that's my opinion. Dial back the mobo, RAM, and CPU and go with a better GPU.

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Posted by Balloon Huffer

Member since Sep 2010

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Posted on 9/24/16 at 11:35 pm to skrayper

I just built almost the exact same computer about 2 months ago. Love it! Super fast, quiet - and cool. My old set up put out some heat! The liquid cooling obviously makes a huge difference

I'm not much of a gamer anymore, ever actually, so not really sure why I built this beast, but my old one was getting up there in computer years.

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