Resolution: 1920x1080 likely will upgrade in the future
Games / Settings Desired: I love high FPS on Max settings, MSAA can be turned down/off if I must.
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc): Occasional uploads to youtube, Twitch.tv streaming, Watching full hd movies/tv shows while gaming, music, etc.
Country: USA
Parts that can be reused: None, giving existing computer to the kids. (I mean the tower, I will be reusing all peripherals.)
Do you need an OS? Nope.
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? No, see above
I am just looking for some advice and/or suggestions. I am going for a red/black theme. I am looking to future proof this machine so I do not need to upgrade for a long time, and when/if I do, the existing parts do not need to be replaced and will be compatible with any new parts I buy.
Possible future upgrades I have considered (in no particular order): Customer Liquid cooling or expanding the AIO that I will have already, Doubling up on the ram, M.2 PCIe SDD, Broadwell, SLI (980x2), 1440p Monitor (possibly even 4K).
You can lose both SSDs and go for the BX100 512GB SSD, but I've got two in; one for OS and one as a streaming disk. There's an insane deal on a 2TB Barracuda disk ($15 at Newegg) but I'm not sure that it's better than the confirmed better Deskstar.
EDIT: the Barracuda offer is only available to newsletter subs, so you'll haver to subscribe to Newegg's newsletter scheme to take that offer.
Last edited by mmoc5a460f7641; 2015-02-01 at 01:13 PM.