Need some help with a build.

[OldHickory]

Hey guys, I recently decided that I want to sell my PC and laptop and take some money that I have saved and put it into a nice PC. My max budget is about 1100 dollars maybe 1200 depending on how much work I can get this summer.

Some parameters:
It has to have 16GB of ram, I run a lot of virtual machines as well as work on some open source code, ram is everything in those (Doesn't have to be fancy ram. value ram will work just fine)

It has to have a decent number of cores, personally I don't care, Intel or AMD.

I also would like it to play some of the latest games at decent settings.

I Plan on doing some video editing and some rendering so, whatever you guys think works here.

It will also need to support dual monitors in the future, as I trade stocks and having dual monitors is nice, I don't need dual monitors in the pricing as I will pick up the second one at my leisure.

I will require a monitor, and the WiFi is no longer relevant as I am putting in Ethernet all throughout my house.

Thanks!

 

[TofuLion]

For the MicroATX side I really don't care what case is chosen. Although I really do like corsairs cases as well as the ones from cooler master. I also enjoy having a silent PC.

it's really all the same, you just need a microATX motherboard and a case that fits it all (the height of the cpu cooler and the length of the video card). i changed a couple things because they are the same sale that they were. case is a nice one, but it's relatively expensive

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($245.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($108.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.24 @ Directron)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: LG 24MP55HQ-P 60Hz 23.8" Monitor ($155.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1102.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-23 16:54 EST-0500

 

[OldHickory]

For the MicroATX side I really don't care what case is chosen. Although I really do like corsairs cases as well as the ones from cooler master. I also enjoy having a silent PC.

it's really all the same, you just need a microATX motherboard and a case that fits it all (the height of the cpu cooler and the length of the video card). i changed a couple things because they are the same sale that they were. case is a nice one, but it's relatively expensive

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($245.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($108.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.24 @ Directron)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: LG 24MP55HQ-P 60Hz 23.8" Monitor ($155.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1102.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-23 16:54 EST-0500

Thanks a bunch!