Rig primarily for gaming, may be doing some CAD work on it, but probably not heavily. Not getting into VR. $2000-2300 budget. Could even go a bit over if necessary.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($336.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Thermal Compound: TUNIQ TX-2 3.5g Thermal Paste ($7.39 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($204.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($96.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($158.57 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($649.00 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core V71 ATX Full Tower Case ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.70 @ My Choice Software)
Total: $1917.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-29 22:36 EDT-0400
Wondering on a good aftermarket air cooler. Someone suggested something better than the 212 evo.
Good CPU?
Anything you'd like to point out that doesn't make sense?
Any way to improve on the build, or the budget?
Will not budge from EVGA GPU (which means Invidia GPU) or Intel CPU.
Gigabyte and Asus are the only two motherboards I'll trust, and I heavily prefer Asus.
I WILL NOT be using VR.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($336.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Thermal Compound: TUNIQ TX-2 3.5g Thermal Paste ($7.39 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($204.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($96.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($158.57 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($649.00 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core V71 ATX Full Tower Case ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.70 @ My Choice Software)
Total: $1917.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-29 22:36 EDT-0400
Wondering on a good aftermarket air cooler. Someone suggested something better than the 212 evo.
Good CPU?
Anything you'd like to point out that doesn't make sense?
Any way to improve on the build, or the budget?
Will not budge from EVGA GPU (which means Invidia GPU) or Intel CPU.
Gigabyte and Asus are the only two motherboards I'll trust, and I heavily prefer Asus.
I WILL NOT be using VR.