Trying to figure out a build

Budget:
Up to $2100

Expectations:
I need a rig that can handle 3d modeling, gaming, and school work.

Usage:
I'm a newly minted Wii U Developer with a game i'm developing for Steam, I'm also perusing my BS in game programming and need a rig that can handle DAZ 3d and eventually Blender/Maya for 3d modeling. And Gaming. Benchmark wise i'm looking at Skyrim on Ultra with mods for 4k textures so i know i'll need a strong video card.

Special Needs:
Considering that my current rig is a Lonovo g510 laptop even the lowest $699 option would open up worlds but and i would go with that but i wont settle for anything less then a Quad core and those are all duel core. I already have a Logitec G19 keyboard, Corsair Gaming Mouse, and 2 HD/HDMI enabled LCD TVs i'm using as monitors so it's really just the box I'm in need off.
From what i do now i know i need at minimum 8 GB of RAM
And since i plane to stream/capture game footage using a second box and a AVerMedia Game Recorder -C985 Live Gamer HD. Game Capture/ Live Stream HD 1080p I'm not too concerned recording lag as that will all be off box and the box itself can focus on gaming/testing/rendering without a hit to it's own performance.
And of course i need a SSD OS drive and a proper storage drive so that's a issue
I'd also ideally prefer a Bluray optical not a DVD
Lastly is upgradability, I've built pcs for years, i know what i'm doing and can swap parts, replace the CPU, do just about everything so a good low or even Mid Range box is fine since i can upgrade it later.
Honestly I'd be quite happy with the Vanquish II since my like work horse was a Dell XPS 15 and matching the performance of that is easy after this much time.
Since i have rock bottom expectations as it is but the lack of Quad core and lack of 2 HDDs are a sticking point and just not sure where to go from here.

On a side note I'd also like to build my capture box through Digital Storm but since most of the work is from the capture card would the non costomizeable Vanquish II be a viable platform?

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The Vanquish uses the Corsair 230T case, it is a standard ATX case. It supports has 3x 5.25" drive bays, 4 3.5" drive bays and 4 2.5" drive bays. It has the standard 7 expansion slots. It comes with 2x 120mm fans in front and a 120mm rear fan. It can also take 1-2 120mm or 140mm fans on top and a bottom 120mm or 140mm.

The Vanquish system is the best price for performance you can get from DS. They are pre-built and cannot be reconfigured. Once you get it, you can make any changes you like.

The problems you would have with upgrades goes with the other components. The motherboard is a MicroATX motherboard that only has 2-DIMM slots, and 1 PCIe x16 slot. So, the only way to go to a multi-GPU build is to use a mulit-GPU graphics card. The power supply is 600W so driving a current generation multi-GPU card could be a problem for it. The CPU isn't unlocked, which severely limits its overclocking ability. Please don't take this a criticism of the components, they are all high quality, just that they are on the lower end of the range.

That said Broadwell, the next generation of Intel processors are expected near the end of this year or early next year. I am not sure if the motherboard will support the Broadwell processors, but its BIOS was updated to support the Pentium Anniversary Edition Processors, but it may. Intel has stated that the Z97 and H97 will support the Broadwell processors.

Nvidia is expected to release a new generation of GPUs, based on their Maxwell cores, in early October from the latest rumor. This is expected to be the highend GTX 880 part. We may know more about this next week at the end of Gamecon on the 17th. Here is the source: http://www.lazygamer.net/general-news/gigabytes-gtx-880-g1-releasing-early-october/.

There is a lot of question about time frames for product releases because both Intel and TSMC have been have trouble with their die shrinks. The Nvidia parts said to be on the same, 28nm process(?), as the current generation of GPUs.

I hope I didn't confuse things more for you. But, since you are concerned about the upgradability of the system, I thought I should lay this all out there.

Corsair does sell a version of the Virtue (Corsair 350D) without a window. DS would probably add a special order fee. Windows don't work well with quite and then Stage 2 noise reduction would make more sense (or adding noise absorbing foam yourself). Though with no window, you don't you can't get a laser mark. A little more expensive, but the Slade (Corsair 550D) comes with noise reducing material in the side panels.

Links to reviews of both those cases:
Corsair 350D
Corsair 550D

Edited by danjw1 - 08 Aug 2014 at 11:26am

i thought so too Eggy at least that what the options seem to imply, and really id rather avoid windows myself