Fairly trivial pickup, but I got a 2x8 kit of Patriot Viper DDR4 today. Pretty sure that all I have left is the cooler and the video card at this point (and eventually a better display for it all, obvs.)
Anyway, grabbed the kit for $54, so I'm still doing well on my budget overall, and I'm surprised to see that so many reviews have this memory as near the top of the line stuff - I honestly didn't think there was much difference between brands of memory in the first place, frankly.
So, recap:
Case & 850W PSU - Jacked from my big brother.
GA-X99 mobo - $130
5820k - $329
RAM - $54
Relatively sure that only leaves me with the cooler and a video card, yeah? Maybe a sound card if I want that sort of thing, which I'm not sure if I do - does anyone have any opinions on that subject, actually? I'm considering getting surround eventually, so it might be worth it to get something halfway decent?
Assuming that's out, I know I wanna get a Noctua DH-215, which is probably going to run me about $90, and then all I have to care about is the video card.
Speaking of which, I've come to a pretty solid conclusion on that front, though I'm only about 80% sure of it - I'm going to get a 1070 with the knowledge that I can sell it second-hand in a year or two to help pay for a 1080ti or whatever they end up calling it.
That way I'm not stuck with a first generation card but I've still got something that'll completely blow my hair back while I wait. If I do that and I'm not patient enough to wait for OEM and get a founder's edition instead, then I'm looking at a final cost of riiiiight under 1k for what I think is going to be a damned fine machine.