[Help] Looking for AUD $1500 builds[Help]

[LordPatt]

My step-son and I want to build two pc's for around $1500 AUD each. I would love a list of builds with the best price to performance and upgradability for the future. We want to be able to play the latest games at the best possible settings in 1080p at 60 fps. 1 PC may be used for recording and light video editing.

 

[Nuckles_56]

Here are the two options I'd suggest, overall they perform much the same currently, but the second build whilst slightly over 1500, can be overclocked if you wish and will give you better performance in everything which needs 4 or less cores.
The second build has a much larger upgrade path as you can put in either a kabylake or cannonlake CPU instead of the skylake one which is there now, it also has DDR4 which will be used for all future CPU's for at least the next 4-5 years whilst DDR3 will die out. The second build is the only one where you can put a second GPU in crossfire in future, but by then you are generally better off getting a new GPU instead.
The first build will be better for recording and video editing due to the extra CPU threads available.

Overall, I would suggest going with the skylake build (build #2) as it is more flexible into the future in particular.

Build 1#
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($369.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($175.87 @ Newegg Australia)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($112.47 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($509.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $1486.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 22:41 AEDT+1100

Build #2
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($358.00 @ Umart)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($175.90 @ Newegg Australia)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($113.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($509.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $1531.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 22:49 AEDT+1100