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Whats up guys, just curious as to what people could do with a $3500 budget, mainly gaming and editing so needs a fair bit of power.
The site i'll be using is www.pccasegear.com.au
So would be good to go off there prices and i know for certain i'd like a 1080ti put in.
Would also like 16GB RAM minimum.
I have no preference towards intel or amd.
interested in seeing what people can come up with :)
 
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Both of these builds are $700 cheaper than the aforementioned build. If you want to go Intel:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($472.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: Asus - MAXIMUS IX HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($388.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($189.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($169.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM...
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How about this:

PC Case Gear - Shared Shopping Cart
1 x Intel Core i7 7700K - $479.00ea
1 x Crucial MX300 2TB 2.5in SSD - $799.00ea
1 x ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Turbo Edition 11GB - $1,109.00ea
1 x ASRock Z270 Pro4 Motherboard - $169.00ea
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK32GX4M2A2400C16 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 - $359.00ea
1 x Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 Liquid CPU Cooler - $115.01ea
1 x Corsair Carbide 270R Case with Window - $85.00ea
1 x Corsair TX650M 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply - $139.00ea
1 x Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB SSD - $189.00ea
Total: $3,443.01 - @pccasegear.com 30/05/2017
 
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g-unit1111

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Both of these builds are $700 cheaper than the aforementioned build. If you want to go Intel:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($472.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: Asus - MAXIMUS IX HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($388.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($189.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($169.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($1139.00 @ Umart)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.00 @ PLE Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.00 @ Scorptec)
Total: $2723.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-30 15:20 AEST+1000

If you want to go AMD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($518.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: Asus - CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($349.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($189.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($169.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($1139.00 @ Umart)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.00 @ PLE Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.00 @ Scorptec)
Total: $2730.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-30 15:21 AEST+1000
 
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Which would be better and more powerful for editing as i know my current pc's cpu struggles to run games and record at the same time? Kinda want it to be over kill to be safe so if there's anything better again up to an extra $700 chuck it in as i don't want to be upgrading any time soon. Also would i be able to run triple monitors on these builds?
 
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For all your intended purpose, including all that you have listed above, this will be the most appropriate build capable of handling anything you throw at it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($428.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($228.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($359.70 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($309.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card ($1159.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.00 @ PLE Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($154.00 @ Skycomp Technology)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($48.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $2853.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-30 16:40 AEST+1000

 
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Honestly you could go either way. I hear Ryzen is better for editing because it has the ability to process video faster than Intel. Although if you're going to do video editing I would actually suggest the new Intel X299 platform, though since it's brand new there's no word on price but I would look into that as well.
 
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