$2000 Budget - 2D & 3D Animation (Starting from scratch)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor $553.95 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler NZXT Kraken X41 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $106.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard $174.98 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $79.88 @ OutletPC
Storage Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $325.99 @ SuperBiiz
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $65.99 @ SuperBiiz
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $65.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $88.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.99 @ NCIX US
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) $87.95 @ OutletPC
Monitor LG 23MP47HQ 60Hz 23.0" Monitor $109.99 @ Newegg
Keyboard Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire Rapid Wired Gaming Keyboard $114.99 @ Amazon
Mouse Logitech MX Master Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse $75.49 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1981.17
Mail-in rebates -$60.00
Total $1921.17
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-08 00:55 EST-0500

A 5930K and cooler so you can use overclocking to get more performance from the computer, a 950 PRO which uses a brand new form factor for even faster read/write than a SATA SSD, a nice productivity oriented mouse, a mechanical keyboard oriented for typing, 2 HDD's for RAID 1 and a high quality 550W PSU for it all.

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