I have somewhat similar needs to what cmyden mentioned in a new PC, so this morning/afternoon I built a new rig and pulled the trigger on Newegg.ca.
I started with an LGA 2011, but wasn't happy with how limited I was in mainboard options, so I went to an LGA 1150. I wanted a Core i7 until I read up on our Hyper-V guidance more and realized that we recommend
disabling Hyper-Threading for server workloads (it's recommended with VDI, which I'm
not doing), so a Core i7 is probably unnecessary. For primary storage, the Samsung 840 Pro (256GB) was my initial choice, but the EVO is $50 cheaper, and considering the hardware I'm dealing with
now, the EVO is a significant upgrade regardless of the better write speed on the pro. Read speeds are more important to me.
At the end of the day, I'm not a benchmark enthusiast. I do the majority of my gaming on my consoles, and the gaming I do on my PC is Garry's Mod. This'll let me expand a little more into PC gaming (since I've been pretty far removed from it for some time), while also taking care of the needs of my Hyper-V lab.
Final specs:
Case:
Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl w/ USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Silent PC Computer Case
Processor:
Intel Core i5-4670 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670
Motherboard:
ASUS GRYPHON Z87 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard
Memory:
HyperX Fury White Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FWK2/16
Primary Storage:
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250LW 2.5" TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) With Notebook Bundle Kit
Secondary Storage: 2 x
Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD
Video card:
ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Power supply:
EVGA 600 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 600W Active PFC ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.91 3 Year Warranty 100-B1-0600-KR Power ...
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Originally Posted by Rathji
Takes 5 minutes to install and confgure Classic Shell or Start8.
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And when the official Start Menu comes out, that add-on will likely break and cause headaches like it did when the 8.1 update brought back the Start button.