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meritmaster
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I was upgrading my system sometime in the next month, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions.

 

System:

MSI GD-80

MSI GT 660 TI PE

Cooler Master Hyper evo 212

Cooler Master HAF 920

Vengeance 16gb DDR3 1600mhz

Intel i-5 3570

LG Flatron 1920x1080 (scratched)

Home stereo system

Sea Gate 1tb barracuda 7200 RPM

 

I was thinking about upgrading to a new monitor, and prefer a fast frequency, and less resolution; no less than 1080.

 

Perhaps a G-Sync monitor? 

 

Do alot of games play in 4K?

 

I want a system capable for 4k gaming, and ready for playing games as maxed out as possible in that resolution. 

 

I have a Nvidia Shield, so i'm stuck with Nvidia video cards.

 

I am also interested in a sound card.

 

I was also wondering if i would need to upgrade my CPU, and my motherboard.

 

Budget is around $500-1000+ 

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I want a system capable for 4k gaming, and ready for playing games as maxed out as possible in that resolution.

on a $500-$1000 budget and monitor not going to happen

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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yea, lol watching 4k.

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What @SAV1OUR said

You're going to need to spend more. Maybe even double your budget,

why not upgrade you GPU to a GTX 770/780 or something? That's a good place to start.

770:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-2774-KR

780:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-2784-KR

Monitor(s):

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824014350CVF

 

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Get a ssd.

As for 4K, good luck doing that for less than $1000. 

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a 780, a SSD and a new 1080p monitor will be all you need. 4K? silly you, put a few thousand more dollas in and you can have 4K but not maxed out

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I want a system capable for 4k gaming, and ready for playing games as maxed out as possible in that resolution.

on a $500-$1000 budget and monitor not going to happen

I already have a system, and i'm wondering what i can do to my current build with a 1000 dollars.

 

I would think there would be someway to get 4k, or 3k gaming to work on my pc?

 

I can also go over a grand.

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In times when we are on the brink of destruction, war, and loosing ourselves, let's remember a basic fundamental element of love, forgiveness, and understanding; God bless!

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a 780, a SSD and a new 1080p monitor will be all you need. 4K? silly you, put a few thousand more dollas in and you can have 4K but not maxed out

As maxed as possible; i know that would have to be a beast of a PC, but i'm more looking at a start to 4k gaming. Processor wise, ram wise, or whatever else.

 

I'm not expecting to build a 4k capable system with this 1000 dollars alone, and a 4k video card that is affordable is something i'm going to have to wait for a few years, but it would be nice to start building towards it now.

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~Abraham Lincoln

In times when we are on the brink of destruction, war, and loosing ourselves, let's remember a basic fundamental element of love, forgiveness, and understanding; God bless!

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As maxed as possible; i know that would have to be a beast of a PC, but i'm more looking at a start to 4k gaming. Processor wise, ram wise, or whatever else.

 

I'm not expecting to build a 4k capable system with this 1000 dollars alone, and a 4k video card that is affordable is something i'm going to have to wait for a few years, but it would be nice to start building towards it now.

 

you cant really prepare, all youd want isnt out yet ive you dont want to buy multiple GPUs

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