slimhim :
Dang sky. 1500 dollar build is the cheapest?
Of course not, haha, but since you only said 1000-2000, I tried to make you an optimized build for the middle of your price range. You could probably cut a couple hundreds bucks on it.
This would also be fine, and you could invest in an SSD later, since it isn't mendatory. It also has a GTX970 instead of the 980, which is still an amazing card!
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7Mw4rH