Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my PC as my current one is getting old.
Budget: ideally around $2000-$2500
Resolution: 1080p, will probably buy a 1440p monitor in the future but not at the moment
Games / Settings Desired: WoW and Ark: Survival Evolved predominantly
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc): Streaming and a small amount of video editing and some work with virtual machines. I don't have great upload speed so I'm after a solid cpu to do some of the work to compensate.
Country: Australia
Parts that can be reused: Only peripherals.
Do you need an OS?: Yes
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?: No
I put a list together but I'm not sure if the brands/parts have cheaper or better alternatives etc.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($515.00 @ CPL Online)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($65.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($199.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($135.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($98.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($519.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($196.00 @ PLE Computers)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.00 @ IJK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Other: MSI Z170A Gaming M5 ($329.00)
Total: $2212.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-08 02:43 AEST+1000
I'm planning on getting a gtx 970 GPU and then running it in SLI in the future but just using 1 for now. 16gb of RAM, I believe it needs to be DDR4 for the new z170 mobos. I'm looking at the i7-6700k CPU, I know it doesn't provide gaming performance increases but I'd like the extra power for streaming. Other than that I don't really have any preferences.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Axphyxiate.