Question for the pc pro's : Getting new pc

[GenJoe]

yeah about the prebuild stuff , i dont know enough to do it my self i probly could do it my self but seeing were talking about a +2000€ pc , im not going to worry about the 80-100€ they charge extra to put it together if i break something its going to cost me more

That's the thing.. for a $2000 rig, parts are worth $1500 or less..

[SummerSkye]

I have an Alienware Aurora R4 (Intel Core i7-4960X, blah blah blah) and my nerdy friends gave me shit for months about how I overpaid for it. You know what? I really didn't care. I made a phone call, and the thing was sitting on my desk 10 days later. Could I have bought everything inside the case cheaper had I scoured the internet? Probably, but I had the money at the time and I didn't want to mess with all that. I have had it nearly a year, and yes...it is overkill for this particular game, but I have enjoyed it every day since it arrived. It looks badass, and I have zero regrets.

I guess what I am saying is, if there is a build that you want and you can afford it, I say go for it!

[Friske]

Ouch, unless you're really going to be using all 6 cores, 12 hyperthreaded, then I'd consider that 5820k to be just a tad too much for gaming. Unless you're going to be using that computer as a workstation, I'd probably just forget entirely about the haswell-E platform and just stick to something like z97 or h97 (maybe even earlier chipsets if you want to save some money) if you're not going to overclock. Mainly because the price to performance ratio of x99 (more so with gaming) is just simply more costly, especially if you're just going to use that computer to play games.

The 4790k sounds good though, but I'd probably go with its younger brother the 4690k to save roughly 100 euros or whatever, and use that extra money you saved to get a 980ti that's going to be released in a few months. Or maybe just get a 980 today if you don't want to wait. Hell, you could even 2 way sli some 970s, sli support is getting even better nowadays especially with triple A titles.
Even though mmos in general are more CPU intensive, you said you're going to play other games as well so I'd definitely shell out more cash on the GPU.

If money is no object however, then get the best of the best if you want. Just know that the price to performance ratio generally gets worse as you go up.

[Ayuhra]

I have a i7 4790s with a GTX 970 and this setup can run modern games at max settings at 60 FPS and absolutely crushes FFXIV. I bought a cheap i7 system and built up the rest of it over time as I could afford it. It's not top of the line but it works for me and it didn't break the bank.

I will agree with an above user that i7 processors are super beefy and i3 and i5 will probably give you a good performance for less money. I went with a i7 because I do video editing and work in Autodesk. If it was just for gaming I probably would have aimed a bit lower.