Decided to go big ($2K) for gaming rig.

Black and blue build. Will max out anything for a long time. Under budget too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Xeon E3-1276 V3 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor $332.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $57.98 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory $64.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $77.88 @ OutletPC
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $45.88 @ OutletPC
Video Card XFX Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Triple Dissipation Video Card $499.99 @ Amazon
Case NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case $68.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Newegg
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) $89.88 @ OutletPC
Monitor Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor $259.99 @ B&H
Keyboard Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard $59.99 @ Best Buy
Mouse Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse $59.69 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1763.24
Mail-in rebates -$55.00
Total $1708.24
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-11 09:56 EST-0500

CPU: Best Xeon CPU for this socket. It's basically an i7 but not. It's got integrated graphics if you need them at any point, comes with all the fancy Xeon stuff that i7s don't have, and is hyperthreaded.

Mobo: Cheap, has all your needs, fits the color scheme.

RAM: Good speed, fits the colour scheme, safe voltages.

Storage: 256GB Evo SSD. Generally considered to be the faster consumer-targeted SSD for the price. Also a 1TB HDD for images/videos/files.

GPU: One of AMD's most powerful card on the market. Stronger than a 980ti. Will max out any games for a couple years.

Case: Really sleek looking case from NZXT. Has great upgradeability, lots of space for cable management, tons of features, good sound reductions, and best of all it matches the color scheme perfectly.

PSU: Terrific quality PSU with high wattage to power the R9 Fury.

OS: Windows 10 since its newest and has the best boot time optimizations and such.

Monitor: Great quality 1440p IPS monitor. Good for image editing and gaming alike.

Keyboard: Very popular cheap mechanical keyboard. Super click and nice, and very reliable. Does not have numpad though.

Mouse: Most popular among mouse on the market right now, and for good reason. Accurate sensor, ergonomic, and stylish.

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