First Draft Build!

Tried to refine it a little bit but may have gone over the limit. But the upgrades will serve you well! if you do not plan to overclock the CPU, you can get a non-K version and throw out the cooler.

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 Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $26.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $96.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $113.49 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $68.98 @ OutletPC
Storage Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $104.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card $309.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case $47.99 @ Micro Center
Power Supply Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Asus DVD-E818AAT/BLK/B/GEN DVD/CD Drive $17.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) $84.45 @ OutletPC
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1281.73
Mail-in rebates -$70.00
Total $1211.73
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 15:55 EDT-0400
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