End of year build for 2015

Derek_7

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I am looking to start a build now and would like to cash in on the deals that are coming up as black Friday approaches so I have me something nice by christmas.

My main game i play is Arma III which is poorly optimized but I love the game. So keeping that in mind can someone point me to a good build perhaps on pc part picker? I will occasionally use obs to record some gameplay with mild video editing. I would like to have an ssd in the mix... something flashy...cool looking liquid cooling maybe? Budget would be around $2,000...

Thanks a bunch... been out of the building game for almost 4 years and not up at all on all the gpus and processors nowadays.
 
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Have a dedicated hard drive for recording to will make the recordings much smoother and not affect your gameplay as much. (having to read and write a ton of data to the same drive kills performance)
Just used this build for someone else, but it's also the absolute best for gaming.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($259.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($144.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($659.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1649.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 03:03 EDT-0400

You can use the extra money for a good monitor: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/aoc-monitor-g2460pqu

 

Derek_7

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Wow 2 TB sata drives... well needing more storage will NOT be an issue man. Great build I think. Unless a counter argument comes up I think I have my answer
 


Have a dedicated hard drive for recording to will make the recordings much smoother and not affect your gameplay as much. (having to read and write a ton of data to the same drive kills performance)
 
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