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I'm working on my second build. Though, to be honest I'm not that into it; I just want to save money and have room for upgrading in the future, rather than buying factory. My first build were all parts suggested from "butremor", a brilliant user on here. I'm trying to have a very similar build this time around, with a slightly bigger budget. The build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mrvRBm

Honestly I'm looking for a good synergistic build that's going to last. It's going to be used for gaming + streaming, and video creating/editing. I'm looking to spending anywhere from 1200-1700$ on the tower itself. And more in the future. The biggest con about my last build, it didn't run as smooth as I'd of liked when streaming certain games.

What I have so far: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GKq3nQ I have yet to pick out monitor/keyboard/speakers (not part of the build but feel free to chime on those as well). Annd I'm not sure what I want to keep it cool. I live in florida.

I picked out all the parts individually solely based on price/reviews. The only piece I'm "attached" to is the case. Everything else is just to give a general idea of what I'm looking at. I've browsed the forum quite a bit, and would love to piggyback off advice/suggestions on my build.

Thanks in advance.. you guys are awesome.

I'll be monitoring if there are any questions. Thanks again~
 
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Unfortunately I don't live near any good stores, that I know of anyway. I recently moved to Florida from west coast.

Probably all online
 
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Here's a start.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($315.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M OC Formula Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair C70 Military Green (Green) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1267.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($315.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M OC Formula Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($521.37 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair C70 Military Green (Green) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1479.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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add a second GPU later.

Welcome to Florida. I've been here 4 years so far.
 
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Looks like the closest ones are in Georgia, sorry. How soon are you wanting to build? The current generation Intel CPUs are the end of the line for socket 1150. Skylake (Next gen CPUs (socket 1151) are due to be released late summer/early fall. So if you are wanting to upgrade the CPU and can afford to wait a few months, it might be worth the wait.
 
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Yes. They used to be about 20 miles from where I lived, now nearly 600 miles away :( (but still the closest )

The current generation of CPUs should be good for at least five years. Five year old CPUs are still stout today. New developments will probably be more efficient and have better iGPU, but I doubt that they will be significantly faster. We are reaching the thermal limits of the materials. I would not wait.

GPU's OTOH, last top end, two years at the most.

 
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What's your reasoning for the changes? The video card's in the two builds differ a lot, but are both nvidia. Is that your preference? And do you use windows 8.1? I loved windows 7, but hate windows 8 (it's what this laptop came with).

And thanks. It's beautiful here, but damn hot.
 
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The motherboard is what you need, no more, no less, great overclocking and possible SLI. Memory is cheaper and faster and as good, and leaves room for another 16Gb should you need it later. PSU will allow later SLI for +75% performance with no other change. In retrospect, the second system could use an 850W PSU for dual 980s and overclocking. You need a CPU cooler for overclocking. There are several good alternatives under $40.

Nvidia is lower power, so you can save heat management and PSU, and general system stress. This system is planned to SLI later, so I wanted to keep the heat and power use down (the Nvidia GPUs use about half the power of AMD). There are equivalent AMD cards (290 and 290X,) but power use trumps everything. If you tell me you plan 4k, then things change a little. 8.1 is decent, and is more efficient and effective in memory usage, so it is a little faster.
 
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Okay, very cool. I had no idea of the power usage difference. As for overclocking, I never did that to my previous pc, and wasn't really planning to. Due to my limited knowledge/skill, I figured I'd just end up reducing the lifespan by overclocking ?

 
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Overclocking only reduces life-span significantly if you wind the temperatures up too much. Reducing 8 years of life to 6 years is no biggie for me, so a moderate to normal overclock is good. You could just get the system, and not overclock it. You will get 15% performance improvement, and you could mess with the TurboBoost a little.

If you do not want to overclock, then this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($231.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M OC Formula Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($521.37 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair C70 Military Green (Green) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1368.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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is a very good option. You could add a sub $40 CPU cooler just to help extend the CPU life.
 
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This seems to mos align with what I'm looking for. Though why change the processor from Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor to Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor?
 
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Okay, very cool. I think I will order it all and hopefully get it by next week for building. Thanks, your time and effort is much appreciated, sir
 
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