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My original budget for this build was about $1800 - $2000 AUD and I've gone over the max budget by about $400 AUD. I'm happy to pay an absolute max of $2200 and no more. I'll be buying all parts from one retailer and I chose CPL because they had the most amount of cheapest products through all of PartPickers merchants. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/TxD6WZ
 
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scale back on ram (get plain ram) and ssd (120G of any brand for just an os is more than enough)
ditch the wireless card and run a cable for now

and, uh, if you're over budget then buy the other parts from someone other than CPL if the other guy is cheaper! or make CPL match their price since you're buying so much from them to begin with.
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scale back on ram (get plain ram) and ssd (120G of any brand for just an os is more than enough)
ditch the wireless card and run a cable for now

and, uh, if you're over budget then buy the other parts from someone other than CPL if the other guy is cheaper! or make CPL match their price since you're buying so much from them to begin with.
 
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either / both! 1600 or 1866 is typically all that intel needs, but there's cheaper versions without fancy or weird heat spreaders. adata xpg v.1 and hyper-x are plain, as is gskill ares, and they're usually cheaper and go on sale regularly at least here in canada.

oh, you could also postpone the 212 Evo cooler if that helps. it's easy to simply buy it later on when you have extra cash on hand. simply delay your overclocking activities until you get it.
 
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i wouldn't cheap out TOO much on the mouse & keyboard, since they are the things you are going to be touching and using ALL THE TIME. cheap out on (or skip for now) the cpu cooler, get less ram, a simpler case, postpone a HDD and use just an SSD at first. monitors will last for SEVERAL builds, so don't cheap out there. another option is going for non-overclocking gear, so non-k cpu and a good H-series board.
 
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That's a good idea postponing the HDD purchase. What about dropping back to an MSI Gaming 3 or less? I don't know anything about this MB, so you'll have to research it yourself. What about this, then wait for a sale on some of the items.

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wFw4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wFw4D/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($357.00 @ CPL Online)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($164.00 @ PLE Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($529.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($135.00 @ Scorptec)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($155.00 @ CPL Online)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Monitor: Asus VE248H 24.0" Monitor ($199.00 @ CPL Online)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Other: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate ($125.00)
Total: $2211.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-02 10:41 AEST+1000
 
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still $14 to go, but i've removed the cooler and hdd for now, and swapped your cpu/mobo/ram/ssd. i'm tempted to blow away that wifi card, too.....


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($315.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.00 @ Umart)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.00 @ IJK)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.00 @ Umart)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($529.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($135.00 @ Scorptec)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($155.00 @ CPL Online)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Monitor: Asus VE248H 24.0" Monitor ($199.00 @ CPL Online)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Other: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate ($125.00)
Total: $2014.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-02 10:46 AEST+1000
 
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