Need help making a pc for my friend!

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hello everyone, so as you see by the title I need a lot of help putting together a system for my friend, he doesn't really have a short budget, just a little short of £1700, for you Americans that would be... $2825.

He has some requirements for this pc though, he wants a case that is stackable, because he wants his main pc in the lower section and he wants to make a low powered server in the top half. but here is a thing to think about, he is going to be using the main pc for recording games, and he is going to be playing consoles and recording off of them, there are no limits on the specs of the pc, but must make up at least 3/5 of the budget, so the main pc must cost at least £1200, that is $1900, the server is only going to be used for private game servers.

The system will be made by the person who is writing this thread. Happy Searching! (can I have full system builds in a pcpartpicker link with a overview of the system, thanks :D )
 
Start with the Cooler Master HAF Stacker chassis. Main tower is ~$170 and the small stacking unit is ~$60 for a total of around $230. It is designed to match up and do exactly what you want to do.

From there, you can pick parts to fill each as needed. With this budget, there are so many options for both systems that I'm just going to let others build on it.