$1,200.00 gaming pc. some components preffered. USA

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor $321.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler Zalman CNPS5X Performa CPU Cooler $11.85 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $161.24 @ Newegg
Memory Wintec One 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $101.39 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $159.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $43.99 @ SuperBiiz
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card $194.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case $28.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $36.99 @ SuperBiiz
Optical Drive LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer $38.99 @ SuperBiiz
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) $92.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Fan Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan $3.98 @ OutletPC
Case Fan Kingwin CF-012LB 40.0 CFM 120mm Fan $3.98 @ OutletPC
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available $1201.36
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-08 13:52 EST-0500

You've got some expensive tastes, friend. The Tower and CPU cooler would put you too far over budget to be reasonable, and since those were the most optional aspects of your build, I kept them out. We're still $2 over budget, but that's much less distressing than the $100 we'd be over if we went with the 410 case and Kraken cooler.

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