Advice New System $2500

[Rulesmith]

Approximate Purchase Date: April 2, 2016. who wants to buy anything on April fools day.

Budget Range: $2000 - $2750 total

System Usage from Most to Least Important: games, Star Citizen, Occulus Rift

Are you buying a monitor: No



Parts to Upgrade: all new system

Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Northern California

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, Nvidia video

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200, plus occulus

Additional Comments: Need to have a window and lots of bling.  Want some future protection.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Need a new system to run consumer Oculus Rift and want a system that will be good for Star Citizen.

 

[Gingerbread]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mMXj3C
You can always invest in more ram, bigger SSD, a second GPU, but personally I see no reason to spend that money right now. I would use this and stash the other money and once Pascal comes, sell the gtx 980ti and get a new GPU. No point in going SLI, but since you have the budget, if you want to, it's possible.

 

[Randyivy]

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