Time For an Upgrade

[straight_stewie]

In 2013 I built a rig with a 4770k and two GTX 760's. It's been struggling to keep up with modern games for some time now, and I'm looking to build another 5+ year machine.

I would like some feedback on my choices, to make sure that there aren't any bottlenecks, or any serious overkills for a 5+ year machine.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$359.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$164.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$182.69 @ OutletPC
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$184.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$139.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$139.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$169.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB AORUS Video Card (2-Way SLI)	$1199.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB AORUS Video Card (2-Way SLI)	$1199.99 @ Newegg
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase MC500M ATX Mid Tower Case	$165.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$119.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$4047.60
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$4027.60
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-10 08:52 EDT-0400

 

[pizapower]

SLI is pretty much dead.

[alatron978]

Get a single 2080ti and upgrade cpu to 9900k or 3900x.

[.Apex.]

19 minutes ago, straight_stewie said:

I would like some feedback on my choices, to make sure that there aren't any bottlenecks, or any serious overkills for a 5+ year machine.

Are you playing at 4K 144hz? it's very hard to justify SLI 2080 Ti's, it is overkill

[straight_stewie]

16 minutes ago, pizapower said:

SLI is pretty much dead.

The problems with Dx12 do put a damper on multi GPU setups don't they?
 

1 minute ago, _Syn_ said:

Are you playing at 4K 144hz? it's very hard to justify SLI 2080 Ti's, it is overkill

I was intending to try to hit 4K at playable framerates. I haven't thought much past that.

I think it's important to keep in perspective that this build will likely not be updated, nor will I upgrade to a new rig for roughly 5 years, give or take. Does SLI make more sense from that point of view, or is it still more cost effective to upgrade to a nicer processor and drop the second card?

[.Apex.]

21 hours ago, straight_stewie said:

I was intending to try to hit 4K at playable framerates. I haven't thought much past that.

It's easy to hit playable framerates at 4K with one RTX 2080 Ti

21 hours ago, straight_stewie said:

I think it's important to keep in perspective that this build will likely not be updated, nor will I upgrade to a new rig for roughly 5 years, give or take. Does SLI make more sense from that point of view, or is it still more cost effective to upgrade to a nicer processor and drop the second card?

I understand you, but the RTX 2080 Ti will likely be replaced by a much faster GPU 1-2 years down the line as 7nm is coming soon, so from an overall cost and performance perspective it's better to get one RTX 2080 Ti and then upgrade again in 2 years as SLI is not getting any support these days and you'll likely have tons of issues, though this only applies because you're overpaying, when people plan for a "future proof" build they have cost/performance in mind, and this build has horrible cost/performance