Gaming PC Build for 2000$

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DarthDuck

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Hello Guys! I need some advice on pc building. Thank you all for your help.

Approximate Purchase Date: Next week

Budget Range: 1800-2000$

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Best Buy or Walmart

Location: Miami/Florida/USA

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I would love to have a window in my case and possibly run Arma,squad and graphically demanding games at ultra without motion blur.

Thanks for everything in advance have a nice day! 😀
 
Solution
If you want to cut the budget and have a more streamlined gaming experience And not overkill, see below. If you dont plan on overclocking you can save yourself some more $$ and drop the K processor for a non K 6500 or 6600. also for dual 980Tis, thatll run $1300 alone for the GPUs plus having to bump up the PSU to a 1000W+ will add an additional 60-80$+. So see the below suggestion and add on $650 for a 2nd 980TI plus about 50-60$ for the higher Watt PSU.

If you've got that kind of budget and you're not overclocking you're doing it wrong. But higher wattage PSUs aren't necessary but it's all relevant to what kind of GPU and monitor setup you plan to run. And those Nex PSUs are horrendous - the G2/P2/T2 are far better units.

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Also will the ram interfere with the cooler in this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LD2QXL I choose corsair dominator platnium btw.
 


It might potentially be a problem with clearance issues. Get the Vengeance LPX instead: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2b3000c15

Also if you want to SLI, I'd suggest bumping that PSU up to the 850W or 1KW P2 model (don't bother with the 1KW G2 from what I hear). And also get the MSI 980TI like I suggested - the TwinFROZR V is a much better cooler than the EVGA stock cooler.
 


OK changed the ram and I went with a gigabyte g1 gtx 980ti also will this psu work on Europe because I will be moving to Europe 2 months later. oh this is the final version btw http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ktq6kL