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Khan Thompson
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That is the least helpful thing possible post you could have dropped here while remaining somewhat relevant.

 

This computer cannot play the games OP wants at the settings he wants. Give me a few moments.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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A PC I would actually use, not cheaping out on random crap

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($244.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($244.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Acer B286HK ymjdpprz 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($487.98 @ Directron) 
Total: $1532.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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A PC I would actually use, not cheaping out on random crap

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($244.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($244.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Acer B286HK ymjdpprz 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($487.98 @ Directron) 
Total: $1532.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This would be a far better choice. In fact, I was going to link something very similar but am now not bothering.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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A PC I would actually use, not cheaping out on random crap

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($244.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($244.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Acer B286HK ymjdpprz 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($487.98 @ Directron) 
Total: $1532.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This is a good build but there's no going with an ATX case pared with a micro ATX mobo, this case will not be good for this build anyway seeing as it has very low air flow which wouldn't really be a problem but you will have those 2 r9 290 dumping a hell of a lot of heat into your case and with all that gpu heat it will cause you cpu to run pretty hot, and the 750w psu would be pushing it with around 600w being used by your gpu's.

PCPP http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vg96f7 CPU: Intel i7 4790K MoBo: Gigabyte Z97X S.O.C Ram: G.Skill 2x 8gb GPU: 2x AMD R9 290x in CrossFire SoundCard: Creative Sound Blaster z Case: NZXT H440 RED/BLK Storage: 2x Intel 520s 120gb Raid 0 + 2tb Seagate 7200 PSU: EVGA 1000W G2 Fully Modular Display: Samsung UHD 4K 28'' KeyBoard: Corsair K65 RGB Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T 7 Sound: Logitech z506 OS: Windows 10 TP

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This is a good build but there's no going with an ATX case pared with a micro ATX mobo, this case will not be good for this build anyway seeing as it has very low air flow which wouldn't really be a problem but you will have those 2 r9 290 dumping a hell of a lot of heat into your case and with all that gpu heat it will cause you cpu to run pretty hot, and the 750w psu would be pushing it with around 600w being used by your gpu's.

Yes you could use a different motherboard (I glanced over it, thought it was ATX), case is up to preference, and the 750 watt PSU is not pushing it at all. 290 crossfire uses 603 watts in a full system under load, sources: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/radeon-r9-290-crossfire-review-benchmarks,4.html http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU14/885. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU14/885

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($304.97 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($83.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($102.49 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1494.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4P6tHx

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4P6tHx/by_merchant/

 

Edit: Why doesn't mine have links?

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($90.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($77.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: BitFenix Fury 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($97.37 @ TigerDirect) 

Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($519.00 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1805.26

 

This build is slightly more optimized and has a nice color scheme. The CPU is good and cheap supports what you want, water cooler is cheap enough to be justifiable with 2x 290's heating up your case, mobo looks nice is cheap enough and supports what you want, 8gb's of ram is all you need for gaming 1866mhz is a good speed even though i doesn't matter to much, ssd's are a must and i cant live without raid 0 speeds and hdd's don't cost much so you can add one later, r9 290's are so cheap for the performance and windforce editions will keep a lot cooler and 4gb or more is a must for 4k gaming, the fractal r5 is a good well known case that is quiet with good air flow, the psu looks amazing with fully sleeved cables and a modular design and for the whole point of this build the 4k display, i have this exact display and its great even Linus has said "its great if your a gamer go buy one". this build might cost a little bit more but looks better and will keep cooler.

PCPP http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vg96f7 CPU: Intel i7 4790K MoBo: Gigabyte Z97X S.O.C Ram: G.Skill 2x 8gb GPU: 2x AMD R9 290x in CrossFire SoundCard: Creative Sound Blaster z Case: NZXT H440 RED/BLK Storage: 2x Intel 520s 120gb Raid 0 + 2tb Seagate 7200 PSU: EVGA 1000W G2 Fully Modular Display: Samsung UHD 4K 28'' KeyBoard: Corsair K65 RGB Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T 7 Sound: Logitech z506 OS: Windows 10 TP

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I agree with the i5/xfire 290 build, however if you have an h97 board you should go for the i5-4460. You only ever buy the 4440 if you have a cheap h81 or b85 MoBo. You also dont need an aftermarket CPU cooler. Stock coolers are fine for stock clock speeds.

Not with two 290's in the case. I doubt that stock cooler would last long, but you're definitely right about the 4460, I was just trying to save every penny I could.

RIP in pepperonis m8s

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