Couple of thoughts.

I'm neutral in the AMD vs Intel fight - both have their pro's and con's.   That said, I wouldn't touch any of AMD's stuff prior to the new Ryzen's.  For a budget box that's not going to game, IPC will be a LOT more important, and an I3-7100 at $119 will eat alive the low end AMD's at IPC.

Assuming you follow my advice, you won't need a separate GPU (like your old 780gtx), which will save you money in power consumption, and save you money by....

Your chosen power supply is MASSIVE over kill for a non gaming box.  I'd step down to something like this.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817151074

ETA:  almost forgot to make a motherboard suggestion if you go Intel.

A lot of the motherboards are using "fake" bullshit USB 3.1 (it's really usb 3.0 with a new marketing term - usb 3.1 gen 1).  You want usb 3.1 gen 2, which is rated at 10gbps.  I recommend the following.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157738

I hate that garbage

Check out Da Vinci Resolve has a free version video editor that looks pretty good.
Check out a youtube channel called explaining computers. He shows how to install it and gives a tutorial.

Check out Da Vinci Resolve has a free version video editor that looks pretty good.
Check out a youtube channel called explaining computers. He shows how to install it and gives a tutorial.

There is no need to spend $50 on that CPU cooler. Get an Intel retail box CPU and the HSF is fine for your needs. Seriously.
If you aren't overclocking skip the Arctic Silver. No need.

Intel i3-7100 is the CPU you seek, performance at a great value. If you have enough in the budget you can spring for a low-end i5... if you want a true quad core. It won't be much faster in most scenarios.

Unfortunately you'll need new RAM, as the new stuff uses DDR4. But you should be able to sell your old DDR3 for a decent price.

Try finding a motherboard that supports the new CPUs, DDR3, and USB 3.1 v2  (you can't- is my point)

I can understand wanting to reuse the ram, but you're gonna have to make a hard choice.

1.  Get an older style system that still uses DDR3 (I'd recommend a 4th gen Haswell series in this case), but you'll be getting a tad slower box for the money, and if you still want USB 3.1, you'll need to buy an add-on card.

OR

2.  Eat the cost of having to buy DDR4, but you can now get into a 7th gen Kaby Lake or AMD Ryzen.  This will cost a bit more, but its going to be more power efficient and faster to boot.


Based on your last post, I'd try to stretch your budget, and get either an I5 / I7, or one of the new AMD Ryzen.  The stuff you're doing is fairly power user level stuff.

There a plenty of Haswell mobos and cpus out there. You would lose USB 3.1 support but you could re-use your old ram and probably pick up a used i7 which will smoke the build in your OP for things like video editing.

I recently faced the same dilema and went Skylake/DDR4. Sold my old stuff on ebay for the price of my new ram.

Just buy a Dell, and be done with it.

A.W.D.

And pay 3 times as much.

not necessrily.
Start with the right basic package and configure it online.

I used to do the whole "build my own computer thing," - did a good dozen probably for myself, friends, family and progressed to just buying complete.

A.W.D.

Maybe this will help clear it up for you.

Intel's desktop cpu's come in 3 basic flavors.  The basic tech is the same for each flavor, the difference is clock rate, # of cores, turbo boost (or lack of), and hyper threading (or lack of).

The I3 is a dual core, hyper threaded cpu.  They do not have turbo boost, but since Intel tends to clock these at pretty high speed, thats not much of a loss.  For applications that don't use a lot of cores, these are some of the best cpu's on the market.

The I5 is a quad core, NON hyper threaded cpu.  They do have turbo boost.  For applications that will honestly use 4 cores, they can be a fair amount faster then the I3.  

The I7 is the same as the I5, except you get hyper threading back, and Intel bumps the clock rate up a bit.  

For shit like web surfing, M$ Office, etc.. the I3 is the best bang for the buck by far, since these class of programs never use more then 1 or 2 cores.  However stuff like video rendering, compiling code, and SOME cad programs will use the extra cores if you have them.



Regarding Intel's generational difference....We'll start with Intel's 4th generation of I series, aka the Haswell's.  

The 4th gen's are the last to use DDR3.  If you're trying to go as cheap as possible, this is the route I'd go.  An I3-4170 will run you $125 and includes a heatsink.  If you want to go to an I5, the I5-4460 is about $215.  Most of the motherboards for the 4th gen's don't come with USB 3.1 natively, but I did find one that did.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132512



If you decided to go newer.....The 7th gen Intel's are about 10-15% faster at the same clock rate compared to the 4th gen's, and they're usually clocked a bit faster too.  They'll also require DDR4.  An I3-7100 will run you $120 for a 3.9ghz dual core.  Stepping up to an I5 will get you a I5-7600K at $240.   This is a quad core at 3.8ghz.

While probably out of your price range, the new AMD cpu's are a big deal because they give you a shitload of cores that perform comparable to a 4th gen Intel core.  The 1700X has 8 cores at 3.4ghz.  Of course it does cost $400, but thats a shitload of power for the price.  


Hope this helps.

@brass I have a power supply layong around here somewhere i think its 500w. You can have it if you want it. Just IM me.

for me i would not touch any amd other then the new ryzen stuff, but for me to recommend some one not really into computers to get it with the couple of issue i don't want them to go threw the hassle and loops that they have atm with needing bios support and stuff. i would go with the intel partpicker you chose but tweak it a little.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kr2qXH

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kr2qXH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kr2qXH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus STRIX H270F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($219.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($145.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($131.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $915.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-06 20:33 EDT-0400

ram speed will play a role but in day to day task you dont see too much. in games it has shown that going from stokish 2133mhz ddr4 to ~3200mhz ddr4 can net you like 10fps more. i would think ~3000-3200mhz is the sweet spot at the moment.

if you are going to go ryzen wait for the r5 series for the cheaper price and get the 1500x which is the 6core 12 thread. its not released and there isnt any benchmarks posed yet i think because of the NDA's so we have to wait a few weeks to find out. with ryzen there are/was a memory speed issue mainly because the MB manufactures had little time to get that stuf sorted out and some other little things.

I may well be missing something, but could you save ~$30 on the SSD here?

seriously look into a intel NUC. i7 version due out in a month will drive 3 monitors

for that few things just get a 1050 ti for a few buck cheaper and a whole hell of a lot faster.

team memory is ok just not widely known.

get the crucial mx300 525gb ssd. i been running it my self for over 6 months just fine. not to mention i just bought a 2nd one. crucial ssd's are good to go and are more for the budget orientated where as samsung are really good for speed (wont notice much) and want a premium for it.

intel provides heatsink for non - k  cpus like the i5 7500/7600 but the i5 7600k won't have a heatsink. the "K" behind the part number mean it is an unlocked cpu so that it works better for overclocking. if not overclocking then save your money and not get one.

just get the seasonic g 550 psu. may not be fully modeler but a really good for the price.

umm they make things like a display port to dvi adapters. one may come with the card or just buy one for under $10 https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=display port to dvi&tag=vglnk-c102-20 use these at work

that aint going to happen when going with a gen old and low end gpu. nvidia mid range is like the gtx 1070 right now.

Your intel option looks pretty good to me.  On the ram,  super high clock ram (like the 3000 you picked) can be a pain to get to run stable sometimes.  I wouldn't spend much money to go above 2400 or 2666 myself.

You have an I5-7500 in your intel list there.  I think thats a decent mix  of cores/cost for what you're doing.  Regarding ram speed, super high speed ram buys you a fairly minimal boost in speed.  The performance gain you get going above 2400mhz ram is pretty small (well under 5% in most bench marks between 2400 and 3200) and stability of the ultra high speed ram can be an issue.

The # after the I3 / I5 / I7 is what tells you what gen it is.  So a I3-4130 is a 4th gen, and a I5-7600k is a 7th gen.  

Other thoughts, that video card is pricey if your not gaming on the box.  If you need 2 DVI outputs, thats easy to do.  Get a cheat fanless nvidia card, and run one monitor off the Nvidia, and one monitor off the built in video.  Also, cheap video cards that have a DVI and a HDMI output will work fine too.  You can get a cheap HDMI to DVI cable, we do it all the time at work.

my 2 cents on SSD's.  I recommend Intel, Samsung, or Micron.  Samsung is a tad spendy compared to Micron, BUT its an excellent drive.

The NON K models include a fan and heatsink.

While the Team Dark ram would probably work ok, I tend be conservative on ram and stick with Micron/crucial, Corsair, Kingston, or other major brands.

The K's are unlocked (if you want to overclock) and are usually clocked 10-20% higher then a NON K model.  They don't come with a heatsink (the logic being that overclockers will want an aftermarket heatsink).

Are you actually going to OC the CPU? The 7600 vs 7600k is only a very small step up in speed out of the box and if you're not going to OC it then there's no reason to spend more to get the K and the Z270 chipset and the aftermarket cooler. My wife's gaming PC is running an i5-7600k OC'd mildly to 4.6GHz and I'm really happy with it.

All the I5's will have the same feature set and cache, only difference will be clock rate, and IF its a K model, unlocked for overclocking.

7500   is a 3.4ghz model.
7600   is a 3.5ghz model.
7600K is a 3.8ghz model thats also unlocked.

Other then that, these are all identical.

you may also find buildapc helpful.

they live for puzzles like this

This.

Either the Intel Nuc or one of the copies e.g. the Brix.

Why do you need an external GPU?  Do you plan on gaming at all?  If yes then I suppose have at it.  If no, then there is no need for it just use onboard graphics.

You don't even need an i7, an i5 would be fine.

is the routing for work related stuff? could you get them to spring for it?

In that case buy the non-K chip. Save some money and buy a mobo that's not a Z270 chipset, and also just use the stock cooler that the non-K CPU comes with and save even a little more.

@brass. I dont thinkihave what you need. Sorry

imo just go 10 PRO. and follow one of the guides on stopping updates and telemetry stuff

Windows 7 ftw

Lets be real, you don't have a choice. You're going to go with 10. MS has no competition other than past versions of its own OS, and they are figuring out how to beat those.

^This. Expect updates that fall on the bad side of the Ballmer Curve.

The license for a 10 can be had for cheap legitimately (Global version) you just have to make your own bootable USB key/CD.
http://www.play-asia.com/microsoft-windows-10-pro-3264-bit-oem/13/709747

This is a quick spec out for a Ryzen build. It will knock any Intel offering's dick in the dirt real quick in this price bracket for a non overclocker. Notice the GTX 1060 6GB

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($218.44 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($234.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($149.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card  ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.39 @ SuperBiiz)
Other: MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon ($134.99)
Total: $1047.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-14 19:53 EDT-0400

here's mine

id be willing to sell you my card in a month or so but i doubt you would be able to use it as you need a custom water loop for it