Case Corsair Carbide Series Black 300R Mid-Tower

Processor Intel Core i7-4790K Quad-Core

Motherboard MSI ATX Z97 DDR3 2400 LGA 1150

Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 4GB

RAM Crucial 8GB Single Stick. (Could opt for another sick +16Gb)

PSU Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA 750W B1 80+ BRONZE

Hard Drive Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache AND/OR...
A Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive.

The total price for this build (which can run most modern games @1080p & High/Ultra setting) is about $1035.00 depending on where and who you buy from.

Feel free to pm me for links to components, id be happy to help:)

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If you're not going to overclock the CPU, get an i5-6500 instead. If you want to spend more, you can upgrade the i5 to an i7(6700 if not overclocking, 6700k if you are going to overclock), or swap the GTX 1060 for a GTX 1070. Add an HDD, something like a 2TB Seagate Barracuda if you need it for mass storage. GTX 1060 release on June 19th, $300 should be enough for a nice aftermarket 1060. GTX 1060 doesn't have SLI support, but the 1070 does, so if you went with a 1070, you'd be able to add a 2nd at any point if you need/want. GTX 1060 is more than enough for 1080p though, I wouldn't bother with a GTX 1070 unless you're already running 1440p/4k, or thinking of an upgrade soon.

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If you're not going to overclock the CPU, get an i5-6500 instead. If you want to spend more, you can upgrade the i5 to an i7(6700 if not overclocking, 6700k if you are going to overclock), or swap the GTX 1060 for a GTX 1070. Add an HDD, something like a 2TB Seagate Barracuda if you need it for mass storage. GTX 1060 release on June 19th, $300 should be enough for a nice aftermarket 1060. GTX 1060 doesn't have SLI support, but the 1070 does, so if you went with a 1070, you'd be able to add a 2nd at any point if you need/want. GTX 1060 is more than enough for 1080p though, I wouldn't bother with a GTX 1070 unless you're already running 1440p/4k, or thinking of an upgrade soon.

Is overclocking advisable or is there an issue with that?

With a $1k+ budget there is no reason not to overclock IMO. It's easy enough to overclock and it can help significantly in some situations.

Overclocking potentially means less life from your components since you're giving them more power and voltage and increasing temperatures, but as long as you benchmark and make sure you have a stable overclock, you'll be fine. There's also no definitive proof that overclocking is detrimental, and even if it is, it's not severely detrimental. That being said, it's understandable if you're not comfortable with overclocking, and if that's the case, you should save some money and just buy a locked CPU with a cheap cooler like a Cryorig M9i/H7, Raijintek Aidos, or Be Quiet! Pure Rock.

Sanctorum wrote With a $1k+ budget there is no reason not to overclock IMO. It's easy enough to overclock and it can help significantly in some situations.

Overclocking potentially means less life from your components since you're giving them more power and voltage and increasing temperatures, but as long as you benchmark and make sure you have a stable overclock, you'll be fine. There's also no definitive proof that overclocking is detrimental, and even if it is, it's not severely detrimental. That being said, it's understandable if you're not comfortable with overclocking, and if that's the case, you should save some money and just buy a locked CPU with a cheap cooler like a Cryorig M9i/H7, Raijintek Aidos, or Be Quiet! Pure Rock.

Okay I'll overclock it then - Pretty sure I've done that with my current computer and it's been fine the last 5 years. So for a slightly more expensive build you reckon i7 6700k and a 1070 would be the way to go?
Also will I need to swap the motherboard or anything or is it all compatible with those parts too
Cheers

6700K will be an extra $100 and GTX 1070 will be an extra $200 so you could go for both of those instead of you want, or just one. I'd suggest the 6700k instead of the GTX 1070 if you just want one of them. Both are compatible with everything I suggested anyway.

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6700K and GTX 1070

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6700K and GTX 1070

Awesome thank you - That's likely I build I will be going with at this point.

Do you have any recommendations of where I should get the parts from? The only issue is they need to be shipping to NZ so it would be ideal to get them all from one place.

Cheers

You're better off buying from within NZ. What's your budget in NZD?