Need help for my first build

After following Logan and Wendell for more than a year and gathering the required money, I want to upgrade from my 5 years old VAIO Laptop to my first self constructed Desktop - Finally :)

My budget is about € 2000 = $ 2350. Lesser would be nice than I could buy new peripherals :)

I live in Germany.

I want to game (high end games - I love FPS and TPS as well as open world games like Fallout, GTA and The Witcher) and work with it. Work will include data processing (Excel and OriginPro - some files are as big as 300 MB), Photo-Editing I'll use the Adobe creative suite, some video editing, and I want to get into 3D Rendering (maybe I will start with Blender).

I am going to use Windows 8.1 and Linux.

I am also interested in going into overcklocking (would the i7 4790K be better or an AMD).

It is also possible that I'll be going into custom watercooling.

For the time being I have selected some parts that might be in my new system but am completely open for any suggestions because I am a complete newbie to computer parts.

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/wh3F3C

I would like to have 16 Gb of RAM but don't know what to take.

I chose the case so that I could add the ROG front base to it. (Link http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG_Front_Base/)

I am really looking forwards to your replies and help.

Thank you.

And I am also open for any good peripheral suggestions

here's what i would do http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/vPYrLk

thanks, but why the Asus Maximus VI Hero instead of the Asus Maximus VII Hero?

would you also suggest the Corsair H100i watercooler?

Aren't there any more suggestions? :(

I personally tend to shy away from Asus ROG boards simply because I believe they're way too expensive for a motherboard.  Cheaper options often work just as well, and then money can be put into other places.

Quick build: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/Q89GwP

thanks for your input. 

The comment about the MoBo makes sense. 

Would it be better to go for the GTX 980 or the GTX 970 two way SLI - do you have any experience?

 

I don't - I only have performance numbers on the internet to go by.

The GTX 980 is about $200 more for about 10-15% more performance.  I personally think that 2 GTX 970s would be a much better price-performance value, especially considering how fast a single GTX 970 already is.

I just noticed that we're coming up on a price hike via your partpicker price history. If price is an issue (which it always is) I would wait till next month to see how things shape up.

Thought I heard a rumor (I stress rumor) of graph cards going down in the coming months.

Not sure if your Asus 980-970's are included in the rumor either. 

As long as it stays below 2000 € it is fine

Now I am going for x99:

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/PPHW6h

What do you guys say?

The extra 2 cores and 4 threads should help a lot with stuff like video rendering and anything CPU intensive.  It won't do anything for gaming though.

Some changes.

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/hfyF3C

Quieter CPU cooler

Better quality power supply

Thanks for your inputs. :)

However, I think I'll be waiting some more time for my computer build for Skylake to launch this year.

Have already waited for so long. ;)