#1278
1. It probably won't be 25% on the 6700K since it's already at 4.0/4.2 GHz and >5.0/5.25GHz don't seem likely. 4.8GHz should be doable though.

2. You can always use lower res upscaled on a high res monitor if you're not getting enough fps. The question is do you even want 1440p or higher? 1080p is usually good enough and cheaper.
Since you want consistent fps ABOVE your refresh rate G-Sync/FreeSync won't do a thing. There is in theory the BenQ XL2730Z (27", 1440p) which could do both G-Sync and Lightboost, but it's 750$. It doesn't seem worth it to sacrifice Lightboost for G-Sync if you're not going to use it either.
I could ask now if you even want Lightboost, but the cheapest 144Hz monitor is a FreeSync monitor (utterly useless with a 1080, thanks nVidia) and the next cheapest for 25$ more is the XL2411Z, my default Lightboost recommendation.
The only way it would make sense to get a different monitor would be if you are absolutely sure you don't want Lightboost and are willing to drop 80$ on G-Sync for the odd 1% where you'd need it.

3. Ok, I just put in one SSD and no HDDs.

No ODD and only a 256GB SSD (a damn fast one though), otherwise it's pretty much maxed out.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($483.00 @ Centre Com)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($115.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($170.98 @ Mwave Australia)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($85.80 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($235.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($1199.00 @ IJK)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($439.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $2836.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 18:40 AEST+1000

Glorious "Straya tax" on the 1080.

#1276
I'm assuming overclocking as well?
G-Sync? 1080p or more?
How much storage capacity? Pretty much anything should be within budget.

#13
In that case it's probably your CPU. You could just check GPU load though to be sure.

Overheating got nothing to do with fps. It's about the load and cooling. If you turn of the fans it's definitely going to overheat. More load = more power = more heat. Whether you reach 100% at 200fps or 5fps doesn't matter.

#1274
nVidia wants them to wait until June 10th to sell more reference cards, the AIBs want to start sooner.

#11
You still haven't told me which settings you're getting 25fps on.

Also 115fps on 144Hz feels like having your eyes removing with a cheese grater, why would you buy a 144Hz monitor instead of a new CPU + mobo that would've got you 300fps?

Playing on low fps can't fuck up your GPU.

#1/#5/#7

http://i.imgur.com/WAmwbsj.jpg

In all seriousness though it could be either or could be both. I'd need to know your settings and resolution.
No, I can't guess your resolution, because as it turns out Asus builds more than one monitor:
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/monitor/#m=8&H=144,240

Also why the fuck do you even own a 144Hz monitor?
I'm betting you can't get 144fps in any game. Do you even get 60fps?

Yes, you can try overclocking. Assuming you want to go from drops to 5fps to minimum 25fps you'd have to overclock to at least 5 times the original clockrate though. I don't see 15GHz happening. The best you could reasonably expect is to improve your minimum from 5 to 8fps and while that is an improvement I guess it's not good enough.

#1272
BenQ XL2411Z it is then.

I can't find sideshow x stark murder by uberchain and pt 1 b4nny x sideshow but I've got the rest, so in addition to sondi x sideshow special I've got:
-pt 1 b4nny x sideshow
-sil kos special
-kaidus x sideshow

Just in case anyone needs those.

#1269
1. Wait 2 weeks.
2. What country? Nice fake flag.

#1267
4x Titan.

If you want actual advice you should probably tell us what your budget or performance target is.

#1263
How is your current pc dying? Some parts might be salvagable, or it might even be fixable. You can still get a new one anyway, but if it's a cheap fix you should do it so you can sell it.

When are you going to buy the parts? New GPUs will be released in the next two weeks.
What's your budget?

Other than that some adjustments:
Swapped the CPU for the highest clocked version just because it's within budget.
You don't need an aftermarket cooler (see #1264).
Cheaper mobo.
8GB RAM should be enough. Should the need arise you can just add more. If you want to go with 16GB from the start there's cheaper than what you picked (e.g. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2a2400c16 atm).
Faster SSD, again because it's within budget.
GPU is mostly a placeholder since you should wait for the new ones which should be even cheaper. However if you're not waiting the Fury is faster and cheaper than the 980.
I'm not exactly sure what wanted for the case (window? sound dampening?). Aesthetics are always difficult so I'll deal with that later or you just pick a case on your own.
Swapped the PSU for a fully modular one. Both are built by Seasonic on a similar platform and the same price, so that's pretty much the only difference.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($215.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.25 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.09 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Video Card ($439.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1055.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 05:22 EDT-0400

#1265
Yeah you should definitely test it.

Some explanations though: G-Sync and FreeSync do the same. FreeSync is in theory free, Intel will support it in the future but for now it's just AMD. G-Sync costs you about 100$ more which is the reasons why nVidia does not support it in the public drivers (although the could and did in some notebook drivers), since they're still making money with that.
->FreeSync only works with AMD cards atm

But what do G-Sync and FreeSync do? Well usually when your fps drop below your refresh rate you'd either get horrible stuttering or VSync would hack your framerate in half to keep the fps in sync with the refreshes. -Sync just adjust the refresh rate downwards. Only getting 143fps? 143Hz it is. Nasty drop to 97fps? No problem, let's just use 97Hz while it lasts.
So it's really nice when you can't get as many or more fps than your refresh rate, but does absolutely nothing if you do.

Lightboost is the opposite. It's basically strobing, you can read up on how it works, but that's not important. What it does is it prevents you from seeing the frame change. Monitors spend quite a bit of time changing from one frame to the next, so most of the time there's actually two partial frames on the monitor. They blend into each other, which we percieve as motion blur. Lightboost blocks that out so you only see one frame at a time -> basically no motion blur (think CRT). Now that's great for fast paced games (fps etc.) but it obviously won't really help in RTS or Minesweeper. There's also one downside: If you can't get stable fps at a multiple of your refresh rate (1 is fine, but basically you want to cap at the highest you can keep stable, that's usually either 144 or 288fps, assuming 144Hz) you'll see all the nastiness that the blur would usually mask a bit. You get to experience how truly awful screen tearing and stuttering really are. It wil make your eyes bleed.

tl;dr
FreeSync:
-only works with AMD cards, later Intel (G-Sync for nVidia, but more expensive)
-helps if your fps drop below your refresh rate

Lightboost:
-helps in fast paced games (less motion blur)
-truly awful if your fps drop below your refresh rate.

#1261
I don't think you'll need 16GB RAM, but it's well within budget so why not. 500GB SSD is an obvious upgrade, so if you think you'll need more than 250GB for OS + programs definitely go for it.

The BenQ XL2411Z is definitely good, it's got the BenQ Motion Blur Reduction Utility (basically lightboost with a bit more options) but it doesn't support FreeSync.
The AOC G2460PF and Nixeus NX-VUE24A (the NX is a bit better) do support FreeSync, but don't support Lightboost.

Unless you're going to buy two monitors you have to choose.
Well there is one option, the BenQ XL2730Z does support both, though not at the same time, but it's far more expensive and it's a 27" 1440p monitor, whereas you were looking for a 24" 1080p monitor.

First of all golden cap with no timelimit like it is now is retarded. I mean the teams are supposed to be evenly matched and now they're going to play extra careful. There's no way an "overtime"/tiebraker that takes longer than the the rest of the match makes sense. Also anything without a timelimit does not make sense at all, why would you make infinite match length an option?

If you want to avoid having one mid loss decide the game just use timelimit 10 and windifference 2.
If you get wiped twice you really can't argue that you deserved to win.

#1258
To be honest I have no idea about CPU scaling in CS:GO at the moment.
For TF2 an i3 with integrated graphics would be enough.
Just to be safe in the CPU department I picked an i5.
Same for the GPU, you might need it depending on the settings in CS:GO, so better safe than sorry.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($215.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card ($117.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $603.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-24 18:12 EDT-0400

#1259
Ok, there's a number of reasons.
It's literally an overclocked FX-8350 which means:
1. Power consumption is insane.
2. It's a 4 years old CPU. You wouldn't buy an i7-3770K nowadays, would you? (Hint: they aren't even sold anymore)
3. The architecture doesn't really use cores, instead it uses modules which can run 2 threads. Similar to how each core on an i7 (or i3) can run to threads, but not quite the same.
4. The architecture got a lot of problems. None of them are crippling on their own, but combined the whole thing is just a giant trainwreck.
Most importantly single threaded performance on these AMD CPUs is pretty bad. Games (especially TF2) pretty much only care about single threaded performance. Sure you get some benefit from adding more cores (up until 3 for TF2, 95% of all games top out at less than 4 cores), but beyond 4 there's nothing left to gain. So what you'd get for 200$ is 8 "cores" (see 3.) which are annoyingly slow and 4 of which won't do anything. You can see why an i5 with just 4 cores that will all be used and are significantly faster is a better deal at 200$.

Intel sells 6-core CPUs for 400$ (logical step up from the 4 core i7s at ~300$), the 8-cores being 1000$ is just the usual "it's the fastest so we're letting you pay through your nose". See nVidia's Titans.

Not sure why you mentioned GPUs. Neither the 5960X nor the 9590 possess an iGPU. In general Intel's iGPUs are ok, since they are essentially free, but won't hold a candle to a decent dedicated GPU (decent starts somewhere between 50 and 100$) (both AMD and nVidia).

So yes, the Intel CPUs right now are simply better and those 200$ "8-cores" (which aren't real 8-cores) actually compete with Intel's i5 4-cores that are similarly priced. AMD Zen might change that, but we won't see those CPUs until later this year.

Like I said, forget about the AMD one. You don't need an i7 either for games. Nor do you need a -K version if you're not going to overclock.

You'll still have to decide on the matter of FreeSync and Lightboost.
Here's what I'd do plus some options for monitors, depending on what you decide you want.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($215.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.79 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card ($293.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($269.00 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Nixeus NX-VUE24A 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1584.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-24 18:37 EDT-0400

I request that these brits change their names.
Having a discussion between T0m, Tom and Tomu is unnecessarily confusing.