Help needed for new gaming build!

[andreaszero]

Hello, can someone take the time and build a system for me in pcpartpicker please? What is the cheapest (but quality, not that cheap) x99 build I can get? It will be for gaming! Under 1600$ or maxxxxxxx 1800$!

 

[Xephius]

what CPU do you want?

 

[Phil923]

This is what I would recommend. The MSI SLI Plus is a pretty decent motherboard with good features and the 5820k is the least expensive X99 CPU you can get, though still a very good one especially at only ~$30 more than the 4790k. I went with an 850 evo for your boot drive and a 1tb WD Blue drive for mass storage. I chose 4x4 memory for quad channel and though 8gb is enough for games, I went with 16gb just to be safe and also in case you ever want to go into more intensive things. The case I chose is the enthoo pro, great full tower case at a very competitive price and building in this will be easy. For the power supply I went with my personal favorite, the EVGA G2 850W, excellent quality at again a competitive price.

For your video card, your budget does permit a GTX 980, but I just don't think the extra 10-15% performance is worth almost double the price, but that is up to you. I would however also recommend waiting on the 980ti and the AMD 300 series coming out in the next few months if possible because that will increase your choices by a lot.

Anyways here is my list in PCPP

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($362.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($101.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1441.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-22 16:41 EDT-0400

 

[Xephius]

Ok, done! Hows this?😀
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3mqq8d

 

[vagrantsoul]

suggest going with Phil's build and advice. Personally love the enthoo case far more than the fractals, stronger psu for upgrading vs the 750 I honestly stick with aircooling personally, but the h100i will fit perfect in that case.