Good Strong Build

[Gman]

Good stuff Jimmy.  I'll keep my eyes open for sales/deals on other components as well.  Picking stuff up as you go along as you're doing is a great option, you can find some really good deals and save a surprising amount of $ with a bit of patience.

[ebfd11]

Jimmy you will love the flat cables for the PSu makes wire management allot easier and they look sweeter too, and that case has ALOT of room for cable management.

Good choice on the case, I have the white one with black accents, which did you get.

LawnDart

[JimmyD3]

I got the Black one, 

[JimmyD3]

Ok, next what would be a good CPU and Mother Board?

[ebfd11]

Here is a good combo... decent CPU and great motherboard with room for upgrading in the future and relatively priced

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2342079

A good video card to go with this combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088

And some good memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233778

Or if you want to there are total combos that are decent ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2157922

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2086640


Here is one from Tiger Direct ... use the parts to fill your rig and save the other things for back ups or transfer to make a second rig..

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9559206&CatId=31
Just some things to look at

LawnDart

[ebfd11]

Jimmy any new updates sir???

LawnDart

[JimmyD3]

Lawn Dart, None yet  been busy at work last few days. I like the i7 4790k at 4.0Ghz CPU & the EVGA 04G-P4-3975-KR GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card .

I was wondering though, should I get a GPU that is UHD compatible, (this may be a silly question I am NOT a computer tech lol)?

I think the above gives me the best long term performance options. Let me know what you think or any suggestions you may have. 

[Bizman]

Think about the UHD compatibility this way: Are you going to get a 4K monitor in the near future? If not, UHD compatibility would not be an issue.

As you may have noticed, there's two separate paths to follow concerning high end monitors. Some like the lightning fast frame rates of a 144 Hz monitor while others like the razor sharp details of 4k. Most likely these paths will unite someday, making a 144 MHz 4k monitor the best choice. 2560x1440 27" 144 Hz monitors are already available making a reasonable compromise of both worlds.

[JimmyD3]

Thanks for the feedback Bizman, my eyes are not what they used to be  so a large monitor, in the future is likely. Will the UHD compatible cards declare that in the specifications?

[Bizman]

For aging eyes another thing to take into consideration is, that a high resolution on a small -ish screen may result very small text. A 15" laptop with a 1080p screen running default settings is unreadable to me. Windows 8 does a little better job than its predecessors in scaling, simply because it was built at the time when higher resolutions started to be mainstream. No wonder that many of my friends have rather chosen a 27" instead of a 24" with the same resolution.

[JimmyD3]

Here is my latest build list.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jdearmore3/saved/#view=G2vCmG

 

[Bizman]

Beautiful! I know I'm a little old fashioned here, but I've never been short of time - at least not short of a single minute or two. I must admit, I've missed a bus sometimes, seeing its rear lights, but that hasn't been due to a slow computer.

What I'm trying to say is that instead of the SSD get a GTX980, it'll improve your gaming much more than the SSD. Agreed, it'd raise your budget by a hundred, but if that's an issue you could lower your PSU wattage or "metal" value a little, something like a Gold rated SeaSonic SS-750KM3 would not be a bad alternative at all.

[Pudgie]

Here is my latest build list.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jdearmore3/saved/#view=G2vCmG

 

Nice set up, Jimmy!

Should hold you over quite well.....................

 

[JimmyD3]

Beautiful! I know I'm a little old fashioned here, but I've never been short of time - at least not short of a single minute or two. I must admit, I've missed a bus sometimes, seeing its rear lights, but that hasn't been due to a slow computer.

What I'm trying to say is that instead of the SSD get a GTX980, it'll improve your gaming much more than the SSD. Agreed, it'd raise your budget by a hundred, but if that's an issue you could lower your PSU wattage or "metal" value a little, something like a Gold rated SeaSonic SS-750KM3 would not be a bad alternative at all.

Made the changes Bizman, I think I can live with the cost increase. 

[JimmyD3]

Picked up the Motherboard, CPU and Memory today. Hope to get everything else in a couple of weeks.