Is it possible to create a gaming/dev/photo-editing PC with the following requirements for less than £3,500? For reference, I'm not a competitive gamer playing the very latest FPS's, but I do enjoy games like Assassin's Creed, WoW, Witcher 3 which can be fairly demanding. Online games are not very compatible with small children, so competitive online gaming is certainly not a requirement.
- CPU that will still be a moderately competent one in 3-5 years (I was thinking i7 7700??)
- At least 16GB of fast RAM, ideally 32GB (for running Lightroom/InDesign/Photoshop/Premiere well)
- 802.11ac Wifi (maybe onboard the mobo, but doesn't really matter)
- A four-bay NAS with initially 2x3TB RAID 1, with a view to later adding another 2x3TB, to store mostly photos, but also longer-term to digitise a DVD/small Blu-Ray collection
- Triple 2560x1440 monitors (mostly because of dev/photo-editing but also gaming)
- GPU that can run the monitors, while playing recent games at near-top quality, at frame rates that do not drop below 60fps
- Keyboard and mouse that will be good for gaming, but definitely don't need to be top-end. Mechanical keyboard might be nice, but definitely not mandatory.
- Sound card that can output digital audio (co-ax or optical) to a home-cinema amp, as my computer speakers are several-hundred pound floorstanders, so why not get the best sound into them
- While not needing a silent-running PC, as quiet as possible would be good
- Optical drives not needed, as I'll use ones from an old PC
- (Optionally, and probably not within budget, a cheap but competent colour laser printer)
If your answer is no, would waiting six months change it to a yes?


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Reading around it looks like that might be the 75Hz version (the difference? The 144Hz version is the XG270HU, the 75Hz version is the XG270HUA). Dell make good monitors, but settling for a 60Hz non-adaptive-sync monitor will impact your gaming experience. However, if you're considering the Dells, there are other options that would lengthen the budget slightly, e.g. 
