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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor €1045.51 @ Home of Hardware DE
CPU Cooler Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler €139.90 @ Caseking
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5P ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard €307.15 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory €196.84 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Kingston Predator 240GB PCI-E Solid State Drive €264.77 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Crucial MX200 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive €435.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive €225.66 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI) €1404.94 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI) €1404.94 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Superclocked Video Card (3-Way SLI) €1404.94 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case €358.99 @ Pixmania DE
Power Supply Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply €340.74 @ Home of Hardware DE
Optical Drive Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer €75.89 @ Amazon Deutschland
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) €159.90 @ Caseking
Sound Card Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card €354.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Wireless Network Adapter Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter €79.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Fan Controller NZXT Sentry LX Fan Controller €54.90 @ Caseking
Monitor Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor €459.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Monitor Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor €459.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Keyboard SteelSeries Apex M800 Wired Gaming Keyboard €167.28 @ Amazon Deutschland
Mouse UtechSmart Venus Wired Laser Mouse €79.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Headphones SteelSeries H Headset €271.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Speakers Logitech Z906 500W 5.1ch Speakers €294.01 @ Amazon Deutschland
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total €9986.23
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 21:32 CEST+0200

CPU: The highest-end CPU that's practical in gaming. There are ones far more expensive, but those have way too many cores to be useful and are usually locked.

Cooler: Has some custom loop potential, still fine in a closed loop. Quite a good cooler.

Mobo: Does pretty much the same stuff the Rampage V does, €150 less expensive. There might be some minor differences but you won't notice those, and it also looks better IMO.

RAM: Even on a build with this kind of budget, anything above 16GB is simply impractical. Especially DDR4. Also don't get baited into buying the super-expensive high clock kind.

SSD1: PCI-e, for Windows and anything else that you feel needs really fast access. 240GB is plenty.

SSD2: For your next-level fast access files, e.g. Steam games. Not as fast as a PCI-e one, but still much faster than a traditional HDD. Again, 1TB is plenty.

HDD: For big dumb media files and games you don't access that often. With 4TB, I'm highly doubtful you'll ever run out of storage.

GPUs: 1 Titan X can drive 1 4K monitor at 60FPS full ultra settings. We have dual 4K monitors here, so the extra GPU is sorta to make the build futureproof. It fits in the budget so why not?

Case: Looks cool and has lots of fan bays. I personally recommend populating all the vents with LED fans of your choice so it lights up and looks cool! It is a matter of preference here though, get whatever case you like that supports EATX mobos.

PSU: 200W to spare for overclocking, and 80+ Platinum. Also fully modular.

ODD: Why not? Optional ofc.

OS: W8.1, like you asked.

Sound card: If you're going to get $100+ speakers and headphones, you might as well have the power to make them sound like they're supposed to sound.

Wireless adapter: For dem innynets. Skippable if you have Ethernet.

Fan controller: These come in handy to tone down noise a bit. If you don't want to install custom fans, or don't feel like you need that functionality, then feel free to leave it out.

Monitors: 4K 60Hz, 1ms response time. 28", accepts HDMI and DP although I would highly recommend DP.

KB: Mechanical, wired, RGB-backlit. Again, this is largely a matter of your preference.

Mouse: Has an insanely high DPI (16400, highest of any mouse on the market) and the lighting is tunable to whatever you want that's on the color wheel. Also has dat keypad on the side.

Headset: 7.1ch, comes with a mic. Once again, your preference!

Speakers: One of the best speaker sets out there IMO, but don't take my word for it.

Enjoy it!

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