Help me build my new PC?

[Joshp1992]

With a $2000 budget, I was wondering if the good people of tomshardware could construct and list all the components you would include as if it were your own money. UK websites preferred if possible. I'm looking for something (sort of) futureproof, including monitors if you would. Spend my money for me folks, I need ideas.

 

[jsgrant31]

It might help if you list your uses. Is it a gaming only rig? What games do you want to play? Do you want to max them out? What kind of resolution/refresh do you want to play at? IMO there's no need to spend extra on future proofing; by the time the "future" arrives something better will be out that you can buy at that time if you need it.

This is what I came up with for a 1080p/144Hz build...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.73 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.24 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£72.40 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£319.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£95.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor (£227.09 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1231.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-17 20:23 BST+0100

For 1440p/144Hz...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.73 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.24 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£72.40 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HYBRID Video Card (£659.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£95.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz 144Hz 27.0" Monitor (£679.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £2024.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-17 20:32 BST+0100

Cheers

 

[sora]

Wait... So 2000 quids or $2000 USD/CAD?