I haven't built a PC in 10 years. I want to get back into gaming, but I have no idea where hardware has gone in the last decade. Also looking for a small setup since I live in a pretty tiny space. Suggestions/guidance?

Since you wanted Nvidia this is a really nice build, its also Insanely small, although it doesnt include the OS you can probably find a way to get on for cheap without piracy.

This has an SSD for boot and OS so it will have a near 10 second bootup.

You could save a bit by going AMD but if you need CUDA this is the way to go.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor $187.56 @ OutletPC
Motherboard ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard $79.99 @ Micro Center
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $59.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $69.98 @ OutletPC
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $51.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card $199.00 @ NCIX US
Case Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case $71.00 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $34.99 @ NCIX US
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $819.40
Mail-in rebates -$65.00
Total $754.40
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-07 21:01 EST-0500
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