so my computer is also something like 5 years old and I've made clear how it's dying right now in previous topics (mainly the graphics card coolers are not working as far as I can tell from using speccy)
I'm planning on making a computer build, my first, for
the same price as what I bought this computer for, $1500 $2500
here are my current specs:

Here are my requirements:
- needs to be able to pass all personal benchmark tests (Just Cause 2, Blacklight Retribution) plus Draw with Jazza's graphics benchmark tests (IDK what they are) and run max shaders (maybe even soft shadows) on BL at 60 FPS for over 100,000 bricks (is this reasonable idk)
- needs to be able to run FL Studio, with all it's plugins and stuff, smoothly, and it should be able to store several recordings and audio files (AKA two large hard drives and a ton of RAM)
- needs to be able to have my cintiq hooked up to it and work perfectly
- I would like it if I had multiple 4k monitors, though IDK how much that would cost
- needs to have a reliable, effective cooling system that won't break on me like the last one did, someone brought up a liquid cooling system in the last topic I made but I don't know how that works or what it costs
- I've heard of something called shadowplay that I want to look into, apparently it allows you to record games smoothly or something which would be good for recording my playthroughs of games like BL, ROBLOX or the Dark Souls trilogy
- needs to play audio outstandingly, right now my audio's forgeted up in iTunes and it will only play bass for songs like The Beatles's "Taxman" (this is not super important, though, my recording instructor told me that when I hook up an audio interface to my computer it will automatically become the sound card and make it sound much better)
- needs a case that will fit all this, look pretty and still remain compact and portable
- needs to work without bugs or annoying stuff like that (loving duh)
here is what I've got so far (this will be updated as things progress):
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9zLDpbI need help cutting down costs without sacrificing quality, I need at least $99 leeway for the Schiit Modi 2
/discuss