900 USD first build, need assistance.

[Candyware]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: 450 USD available right now. Other half available in a week.

Budget Range: 800-900 before shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Video games, photo editing

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon (currently have free 2-day shipping on Amazon), others possible if they don't have outrageous shipping fees.

Location: I live in a small town so there's unlikely to be anything local, and would prefer to buy online.

Parts Preferences: Intel

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Would like 16 gB of RAM for photo editing. Would like to be able to run Planetside 2 smoothly. Will not be doing a lot of highest-end gaming, but would like something respectable.

Why Are You Upgrading: Only current computer is a low end laptop.

 

[Mr_Venbeer]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $912.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 20:17 EST-0500

 

[nikoli707]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($129.45 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $853.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 20:21 EST-0500

 

[nikoli707]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $912.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 20:17 EST-0500

the op wants 16gb of ram... dont use a z87 with a haswell refresh cpu... and that seasonic deal is dead/out of stock.

 

[Mr_Venbeer]

8GB is enough for photo editing. He is MOSTLY gaming so he should spend most of the money on a good graphics card. I don't know what is wrong with using a Z87 motherboard. Seasonic isn't out of stock everywhere.

Also he said he might want overclocking on the CPU, so a Xeon isn't a good choice.

 

[nikoli707]

16gb is ideal for photoshop.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Photoshop-CS6-Memory-Optimization-182/page4

 

[Mr_Venbeer]

^ Kinda right, so I fixed things up a little bit.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($142.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($86.38 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $901.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-09 20:42 EST-0500