I originally built my computer for gaming, don't play games anymore (I totally sucked at it.) but to Softsynth's point, it does kind of border on overkill.
That being said though, you should definitely go with something that uses add on cards for graphics and audio instead of using the motherboard based devices. Embedded graphics and audio place extra overhead on the CPU whereas add on cards have their own microprocessors to handle that load. I've even got add on cards for my nic and firewire. (old Presonus interface is firewire)
You don't need to buy high end cards for graphics and audio either, just something mid range that will take those loads off the CPU.
Spend your money on a good interface, CPU, RAM, and at least 2 SSD drives, one for OS and programs, the other for data.
Also, a clean OS install to remove all the bloat manufacturers tend to include on their systems is a big plus when it comes to performance.
Also, keep in mind how you use Reaper. If your projects are somewhat small, you won't need as much horsepower as you would for much larger projects.
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