When the right time to buy a 4K rig?

[machinsk]

Hey Guys,

I made some money this summer and I want to buy an all out 4K gaming rig, but with DDR4 and a new generation of graphics cards around the corner, is now the right time to buy? Or will the wait be worth the upgrade? This is what I was looking at buying, prices were a little cheaper a week ago, I'll have to update it again. Is there anything obvious that I'm missing? I'm just looking for performance and price. I don't care too much about how it looks. http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/machinsk/saved/3pcG3C

[Askew]

Wait for the new cards.

[Firearm2112]

I admire your budget

[GeekySole9354]

Wait for the new cards.

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[Sauron]

@machinsk Buy it when you want it, maybe wait a month or so to see what the new cards bring to the table but to be honest I doubt we'll see a huge performance increase. If you're looking for bang-for-the-buck 4k the best you could possibly get at this moment in time is crossfire r9 290s. The 295x2 is too expensive for what it is. Also go for the 4790k and a z97 motherboard, it doesn't make sense to buy older hardware.

 

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[IdeaStormer]

When its included by default in all the video cards.

[TheInverseKey]

Swap the 4770k for 4790k

[Leonard]

Right now for everything except the GPUs. 

[GrmanRodriguez]

There will be the 9 series gpus from nvidia, the haswell-e Intel chips, ddr4 memory. You'll be tons better if you wait to at least see if all that is worth it

[Razzaa]

There will be the 9 series gpus from nvidia, the haswell-e Intel chips, ddr4 memory. You'll be tons better if you wait to at least see if all that is worth it

I cant find the link to nvidia giving info about the new cards being 900 series. Could you please point me in the right direction. I would love to read it. Thanks.

[brob]

I cant find the link to nvidia giving info about the new cards being 900 series. Could you please point me in the right direction. I would love to read it. Thanks.

 

It is all rumor at this point, albeit widely reported. http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/nvidia-to-skip-geforce-gtx-800-series-to-introduce-geforce-gtx-970-gtx-980-in-mid-september/, http://www.techpowerup.com/204642/nvidia-to-pole-vault-gtx-800-series-name-its-next-big-parts-gtx-970-and-gtx-980.html, http://videocardz.com/51426/nvidia-to-skip-geforce-800-series-geforce-gtx-980-and-gtx-970-mid-september

[MrTiC]

I think its gonna be good in a year or 2 (performance wise)

[Tafel_Kafel]

2 weeks after you buy it

[GrmanRodriguez]

I cant find the link to nvidia giving info about the new cards being 900 series. Could you please point me in the right direction. I would love to read it. Thanks.

I said 9 series but we're not sure if that's really gonna be the name, still, those cards will kick ass

[KemoKa]

Do it later. or get some 290Xs and CF them.

[AhmedSaeed]

In my opinion the right time to buy 4k pc and get benfit from what you pay for when these things release

Windows 9 , Boaredwell cpu or Skylake cpu , z170 motherboards , Nvidia 800 series ( 2015 Q3 at least)

If you need pc these days go with 2k pc , it's the right choice

[KPZ211997]

When 4K IPS monitor costs the same as a 1080p IPS monitor now

[Dorovar]

Probably in a few years from now when monitors go down in price, when single GPUs become powerful enough in a generation or two (or three?), and when you could get more than 30 fps playing on them.

With your (incredible) budget, price-to-performance is probably not a consideration, so you can do it now...it just won't be an optimal experience yet.