Looking for gaming rig for 2015 and beyond

[Eightueight]

It has been ages since I have had a desktop, and because I am pretty sick of playing everything on max 30fps, I want a beast that can get me through the gaming-years to come. Other than heavy gaming, I do a lot of video-editing altough I don't necessarily need more than 16GB Ram for that.

Other than that no need for 4K nonsense, I am just looking for a powerful machine that can play all the awesome games to come (Witcher 3 for example) on 60FPS whilst still being able to do all my day-to-day video-editting and graphic design.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Thought I included the budget, but I am looking for a rig of max 3000 dollars.

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($581.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($244.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($292.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($218.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($101.05 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($554.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($554.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2820.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-28 14:36 EST-0500

 

[Sig2525]

i5 4690k and gtx 970 is more than enough.

 

[ifreestylin]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($124.51 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($136.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1294.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-28 12:47 EST-0500

This is the PC i have and can max out almost all games at 60fps. You left out the most important factor here, Your budget.

 

[Eightueight]

This is the PC i have and can max out almost all games at 60fps. You left out the most important factor here, Your budget.

Oops. Added my budget which is around 3000 dollars.

 

[ifreestylin]

This is the PC i have and can max out almost all games at 60fps. You left out the most important factor here, Your budget.

Oops. Added my budget which is around 3000 dollars.

Also if you can list the item you already have and want to include in the build

This build is power enough to get 144hz in games.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($209.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($549.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: BenQ XL2420G 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($599.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2270.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-28 14:26 EST-0500

As for the peripherals its up to you.

How can you look to spend $3000 on a gaming PC and only aiming for 60FPS?

 

[Sig2525]

3000 dollars, i7 5960x and gtx 980 sli.

 

[rockie_]

since i7 5930K is clocked higher than i7 5960X , tests show than i7 5930K is better for gaming . i posted a rig above.

 

[Frag Maniac]

$3000 is an awful lot of money to spend in 2015 when the following year there will be advances that will put it to shame, primarily Pascal's unified memory and NVlink. The 980 SLI pack solution is proving to cause problems in some games.

That said, you'll probably be able to get a budget platform (1151) DDR4 MB with a Skylake CPU sometime in 2015. With Dx12 games coming by year end of 2015 though, it would be a shame not to go the extra mile and include uni mem and NVlink.

There's the new AMD 300 series coming 2015, but so far of what Pascal will have, AMD's only matched feature talked about is stacked DRAM. A 300 series card might be a better temp fit than a 900 series Nvidia until Pascal though.

Even the 900 series cards are said to be getting a software based "virtual unified memory" when CUDA 6 releases though. Honestly, if your planned build time is 2015, I would wait and see what the performance and price is on the 300 series AMD cards. Hopefully CUDA 6 will have released by then too.