$1,400 USD | Purchasing today 3/11/15 | Mixed use media & gaming

The 90% build would be this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor $279.99 @ Micro Center
CPU Cooler RAIJINTEK EreBoss 56.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $31.99 @ NCIX US
Motherboard ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $79.99
Memory Apotop 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $99.00 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $104.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $89.74 @ Amazon
Video Card Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card $309.99 @ Amazon
Case Antec Eleven Hundred V2 ATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ NCIX US
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WDN3800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter $31.98 @ OutletPC
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1172.65
Mail-in rebates -$45.00
Total $1127.65
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-11 15:29 EDT-0400

The motherboard, like the one in the other build, is in combo with the CPU (though it also has a $15 rebate, so it's actually even cheaper). The RAM count is down to your preference, of course, as going up to 32GB would just mean adding a second 16GB kit.

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