Is Skyrim worth $9?

This would probably be a better cheat sheet with your current budget: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor $326.95 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $88.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Asus Maximus VI Formula ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $235.78 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory $180.67 @ NCIX US
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $132.98 @ OutletPC
Storage Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $123.88 @ OutletPC
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) $344.00 @ NCIX US
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) $344.00 @ NCIX US
Case Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case Purchased For $125.00
Power Supply Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply Purchased For $169.99
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit) Purchased For $0.00
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available $2072.23
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-23 12:56 EST-0500

This is a fantastic build for ~$2000 that should be able to shred any game you throw at it for at least 4 years. I also left about $500 for you to spend on a mouse, keyboard, monitor, headphones, OS, ect.

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