The ultimate rig!

[gamerstarwars]

Okay guys I've been planning a build for quite a time and I think I have finally planned a nearly perfect and ultimate gaming rig ( yes it will cost a lot but it should last quite some time). I won't buy everything immediately but it will be in the near future. But still a lot of planning to do. So I wanted to know from you guys your opinions. Tell me what you think, what you would also have in here, what you wouldn't etc. 

 

Here is the build link:  http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JjFMXL

 

PS: Does anyone think I should opt for a 3 way instead of a 2 way sli?

[Soplias]

Given the $8000+ Price, I dont think an extra $500 for another 980 will matter, so yeah why not

[Guest]

3-way doesn't have great scaling. Stick with 2 GPUs.

 

But, great build!

 

I nearly pissed myself when I saw the budget and all those components. I just built a new gaming rig with a Core i3, and it's a massive upgrade over what I had...

[Enderman]

x99 is not for gaming

[ELSknutson]

the 900d is not a vary good case and getting an extreme edition is kinda over priced and pointless for most people unless your privileged 

[gamerstarwars]

the 900d is not a vary good case and getting an extreme edition is kinda over priced and pointless for most people unless your privileged 

Not privileged just want something really overclockcable, extreme and future proof. And also a recommendation for a different case?

[gamerstarwars]

x99 is not for gaming

How come?

[nj4ck]

Whenever I see this type of build, I wonder if people actually build this or if this is just a "dear santa"-thing.

[Megazero]

Okay guys I've been planning a build for quite a time and I think I have finally planned a nearly perfect and ultimate gaming rig ( yes it will cost a lot but it should last quite some time). I won't buy everything immediately but it will be in the near future. But still a lot of planning to do. So I wanted to know from you guys your opinions. Tell me what you think, what you would also have in here, what you wouldn't etc. 

 

Here is the build link:  http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JjFMXL

 

PS: Does anyone think I should opt for a 3 way instead of a 2 way sli?

Nope, 3 way SLI dont scale well and is a waste of money.

You do seem to have alot of money to throw though... Either way...

You dont need such powerful CPU/Mobo/Ram if you only gaming and do normal work on this computer, unless you do like crazy heavy work like video rendering/3D modeling or other CPU intensive stuff you dont need those in anyway shape or form, it will just be a waste of money that dont benefit you, even out right cut some feature available for normal mobo since it's a work station mobo

If you decided to stick with those CPU/Mobo/Ram, meaning you really need it for your work, you may want to consider Quadro GPU as well if your work really need those. 980 is leaning more to the gaming side here

Same thing to the SSD, if you are purely gaming/normal work on this PC, this will do nothing much for you, you better go with 1 SSD and 1 HDD to store game on it. Games dont benefit much from running on a SSD compare to a HDD in the first place

Regardless of whether you decided to switch CPU/mobo/Ram or not, the PSU is way too overkill. With GTX 980's beautiful power consumption, you'd only need a 700-750W PSU to power this rig. I'd say 750 for some nice overhead for OC and stuff, but 1600W is not needed. Even 4 ways SLI of old GPU like 780 and Titan dont need that much power. Those are for system with 2 CPU + 3-4 GPU

 

[gamerstarwars]

Whenever I see this type of build, I wonder if people actually build this or if this is just a "dear santa"-thing.

I will in the near future as I said, not immediately. Dear santa builds are a bit different.

[ELSknutson]

Because the x99 board is geared to be a work horse and would work great for gaming but for the price to performance stand point a z97 board with a i7 4960k would work better 

[dizmo]

Not privileged just want something really overclockcable, extreme and future proof. And also a recommendation for a different case?

There's no such thing as future proof. Also, games are just now getting into more than 4 cores. Having 12 would be more than sufficient and half the price.

A third 980 would be much more of a benefit than the Extreme processor. It really is a waste of money.

 

You don't need a power supply that large. With three, maybe, but definitely not with two.

 

Do you really need a Bluray player?

 

a 32gb matched set is better than 2 sets. IIRC they're made to work together, batched for lack of a better word.

 

Nope, 3 way SLI dont scale well and is a waste of money.

You dont need such powerful CPU/Mobo/Ram if you only gaming and do normal work on this computer, unless you do like crazy heavy work like video rendering/3D modeling or other CPU intensive stuff you dont need those in anyway shape or form, it will just be a waste of money that dont benefit you, even out right cut some feature available for normal mobo since it's a work station mobo

If you decided to stick with those CPU/Mobo/Ram, meaning you really need it for your work, you may want to consider Quadro GPU as well if your work really need those. 980 is leaning more to the gaming side here

Same thing to the SSD, if you are purely gaming/normal work on this PC, this will do nothing much for you, you better go with 1 SSD and 1 HDD to store game on it. Games dont benefit much from running on a SSD compare to a HDD in the first place

Regardless of whether you decided to switch CPU/mobo/Ram or not, the PSU is way too overkill. With GTX 980's beautiful power consumption, you'd only need a 700-750W PSU to power this rig. I'd say 750 for some nice overhead for OC and stuff, but 1600W is not needed. Even 4 ways SLI of old GPU like 780 and Titan dont need that much power. Those are for system with 2 CPU + 3-4 GPU

 

Quadro is an extremely poor choice to suggest. He's clearly gaming, and a Quadro card can't run games for shit. If he were doing both, a Titan is the card to recommend as it's more of a blend.

When running 3 monitors @ 1440p, yes, three cards will definitely be a benefit. Does it scale perfectly? No. But you'll still get better results.

This is where the x99 platform comes into play. It's better for three way configs due to the 40 pcie lanes.

Personally I throw everything onto SSDs. Anything that requires loads. I only put pictures and movies on HDD storage.

[dizmo]

Because the x99 board is geared to be a work horse and would work great for gaming but for the price to performance stand point a z97 board with a i7 4960k would work better 

Except a 4960k isn't an LGA1150 chip...

[AlwaysFSX]

This build is so...no. I'm not going to.

 

3-way doesn't have great scaling. Stick with 2 GPUs.

 

But, great build!

 

I nearly pissed myself when I saw the budget and all those components. I just built a new gaming rig with a Core i3, and it's a massive upgrade over what I had...

3-way 980s do.

[Megazero]

There's no such thing as future proof. Also, games are just now getting into more than 4 cores. Having 12 would be more than sufficient and half the price.

A third 980 would be much more of a benefit than the Extreme processor. It really is a waste of money.

 

You don't need a power supply that large. With three, maybe, but definitely not with two.

 

Do you really need a Bluray player?

 

a 32gb matched set is better than 2 sets. IIRC they're made to work together, batched for lack of a better word.

 

Quadro is an extremely poor choice to suggest. He's clearly gaming, and a Quadro card can't run games for shit. If he were doing both, a Titan is the card to recommend as it's more of a blend.

When running 3 monitors @ 1440p, yes, three cards will definitely be a benefit. Does it scale perfectly? No. But you'll still get better results.

This is where the x99 platform comes into play. It's better for three way configs due to the 40 pcie lanes.

Personally I throw everything onto SSDs. Anything that requires loads. I only put pictures and movies on HDD storage.

That's precisely why I said if his work really need those power from the CPU then it mean that he isnt use this rig for gaming but more of a workstation, then go for Quardo, If not then like I said on the point before that that he shouldnt go with such CPU/Mobo/Ram.

And come on, 2 ways SLI 980 is already enough to run alots of big game at 4k ~50-60FPS LOL Agree that 3 GPU will give him more power, but it scale not well enough to justify 550$ more (But since he have too much money anyway...)

As for SSD, I do agree that in a perfect world I'd run everything on SSD. but since the pricing is still like now, things that dont benefit from running on SSD I dont put it on a SSD

[gamerstarwars]

Nope, 3 way SLI dont scale well and is a waste of money.

You do seem to have alot of money to throw though... Either way...

You dont need such powerful CPU/Mobo/Ram if you only gaming and do normal work on this computer, unless you do like crazy heavy work like video rendering/3D modeling or other CPU intensive stuff you dont need those in anyway shape or form, it will just be a waste of money that dont benefit you, even out right cut some feature available for normal mobo since it's a work station mobo

If you decided to stick with those CPU/Mobo/Ram, meaning you really need it for your work, you may want to consider Quadro GPU as well if your work really need those. 980 is leaning more to the gaming side here

Same thing to the SSD, if you are purely gaming/normal work on this PC, this will do nothing much for you, you better go with 1 SSD and 1 HDD to store game on it. Games dont benefit much from running on a SSD compare to a HDD in the first place

Regardless of whether you decided to switch CPU/mobo/Ram or not, the PSU is way too overkill. With GTX 980's beautiful power consumption, you'd only need a 700-750W PSU to power this rig. I'd say 750 for some nice overhead for OC and stuff, but 1600W is not needed. Even 4 ways SLI of old GPU like 780 and Titan dont need that much power. Those are for system with 2 CPU + 3-4 GPU

 

I don't have a lot of money to trow away, just been saving up for some time for a build like this. For now I'm going to be doing my gaming on an ROG laptop. I would be using the rig for 3 display surround gaming and I would be using it for programming and video and photo editing ( adobe cs6). So for running the latest games on ultra for years to come on 3 displays are you sure it's overkill? But about the PSU now that you mentioned it I totally agree and will change it. And you think the SSD model s a good choice? And yeah 1 sad and 1 high capacity hdd is better.

[ELSknutson]

ops sorry i mean 4790k

[Keyboard Warrior]

Except a 4960k isn't an LGA1150 chip...

Expect the 4960k doesn't exists and it's a typo and he meant 4690k. 

[dizmo]

That's precisely why I said if his work really need those power from the CPU then it mean that he isnt use this rig for gaming but more of a workstation, then go for Quardo, If not then like I said on the point before that that he shouldnt go with such CPU/Mobo/Ram.

And come on, 2 ways SLI 980 is already enough to run alots of big game at 4k ~50-60FPS LOL Agree that 3 GPU will give him more power, but it scale not well enough to justify 550$ more (But since he have too much money anyway...)

As for SSD, I do agree that in a perfect world I'd run everything on SSD. but since the pricing is still like now, things that dont benefit from running on SSD I dont put it on a SSD

Haha, yeah, but look at the rest of the build. If it was work he wouldn't have GSync monitors

The x99 platform with 3 cards makes sense.

1440p surround is a lot more intensive than 4k. About 50%. So yes, it really will matter. Most people aim for more than 60fps, especially since you want to boost the minimum frame rate.

You mentioned money a lot, not everyone has a tight budget. He clearly doesn't. Look at his build. Therefore, it doesn't make sense to limit the performance when it's unnecessary.

For example I run everything off of SSD. To me, it's well worth the cost.

[Rorgash]

Same thing to the SSD, if you are purely gaming/normal work on this PC, this will do nothing much for you, you better go with 1 SSD and 1 HDD to store game on it. Games dont benefit much from running on a SSD compare to a HDD in the first place

 

 

i will speak against this tho, i have most of my games on SSD´s now and it makes huge differences, and most of my guildes are now getting SSD´s to install Archeage on to cut down on the MASSIVE loading times of the MMO

[Megazero]

 

I don't have a lot of money to trow away, just been saving up for some time for a build like this. For now I'm going to be doing my gaming on an ROG laptop. I would be using the rig for 3 display surround gaming and I would be using it for programming and video and photo editing ( adobe cs6). So for running the latest games on ultra for years to come on 3 displays are you sure it's overkill? But about the PSU now that you mentioned it I totally agree and will change it. And you think the SSD model s a good choice? And yeah 1 sad and 1 high capacity hdd is better.

Judging from what you say here, this will do the work perfectly while save you tons of money~
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($136.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($172.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($429.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.97 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($575.91 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($575.91 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case  ($278.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Total: $5241.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-19 22:30 EDT-0400
 

@dizmo I know he have alot of money But I'm against spending money on stuff that dont contributed much So even if you give me like 1mil$ I'd probably stick with a ~ 3000USD PC at most

And if he dont use that CPU anymore then why keep the X99 board? And yeah, forgot that it's 1440p LOL

[Enderman]

How come?

Because it usually performs worse, is way more expensive, and is not intended for gaming. It's more for workstations/multitasking and video editing or 3d rendering.

[Megazero]

i will speak against this tho, i have most of my games on SSD´s now and it makes huge differences, and most of my guildes are now getting SSD´s to install Archeage on to cut down on the MASSIVE loading times of the MMO

MMO is the perfect example why it doesnt matter Let's say the loading time is about 1 mins on HDD and 20-30s on SSD (the only game with that much different in loading time I know about is BF4...), you load the game in 20 sec, perfect, now you have to wait 40 sec more for other people in your team/server to load as well Either way I know that in some game installing on SSD can cut some of the loading time, so I still put 1 TB SSD in the build I made up here so he can put some games that really can use it on the SSD, other games can be put on HDD with no problem

[Rorgash]

MMO is the perfect example why it doesnt matter Let's say the loading time is about 1 mins on HDD and 20-30s on SSD (the only game with that much different in loading time I know about is BF4...), you load the game in 20 sec, perfect, now you have to wait 40 sec more for other people in your team/server to load as well Either way I know that in some game installing on SSD can cut some of the loading time, so I still put 1 TB SSD in the build I made up here so he can put some games that really can use it on the SSD, other games can be put on HDD with no problem

you tried? and what you are saying makes SSDs useless for everything.. like hey my computer starts faster, so you still have to wait for the games or browser to load. and so on...

 

cutting loading times in half or usually less is an amazing upgrade for TONS of games

[gamerstarwars]

 

 

Judging from what you say here, this will do the work perfectly while save you tons of money~

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($136.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($172.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($429.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.97 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($575.91 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($575.91 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case  ($278.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Total: $5241.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-19 22:30 EDT-0400

 

@dizmo I know he have alot of money But I'm against spending money on stuff that dont contributed much So even if you give me like 1mil$ I'd probably stick with a ~ 3000USD PC at most

And if he dont use that CPU anymore then why keep the X99 board? And yeah, forgot that it's 1440p LOL

 

Thanks for the alternative build megazero, I will look in to it.