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What would be best possible gaming performance for $2,000. This should be just the hardware no case or peripherals. I would like to have 780 sli and 4770k or single 780 and 3930k <-----------prefer this

 

Its okay if I go $100-$200 higher but I would prefer not to

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You could always wait for adobe and sony to patch in OpenCL support for AMD cards.

 

AMD cards are destroying nvidia in terms of price to performance at the moment.

 

oh and you get free games.

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780 sli and a 4770k i do not think that will work and if it does (not likely) you will have to cheap out on everything.

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You will not be able to fit 780 SLI and a 4770k into a $2000 budget. I would say follow this guide: 

 

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You will not be able to fit 780 SLI and a 4770k into a $2000 budget.

how bout 3930k and single 780?

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What would be best possible gaming performance for $2,000. This should be just the hardware no case or peripherals. I would like to have 780 sli and 4770k or single 780 and 3930k <-----------prefer this

 

 

good post!

I got to less than $2100 with decent hardware all around (besides the SLI GPU and CPU).

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Microcenter)

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($659.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($659.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $2044.91

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You could always wait for adobe and sony to patch in OpenCL support for AMD cards.

 

AMD cards are destroying nvidia in terms of price to performance at the moment.

 

oh and you get free games.

Don't want to wait I don't have a good computer at this point

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You could always wait for adobe and sony to patch in OpenCL support for AMD cards.

 

AMD cards are destroying nvidia in terms of price to performance at the moment.

 

oh and you get free games.

You can get a 7970 for $300 now. A steal if you ask me.

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I would actually suggest waiting for Ivy Bridge E to drop. Should be fairly soon.

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I would actually suggest waiting for Ivy Bridge E to drop. Should be fairly soon.

As I said I cant wait and I don't think ivy-E will give too large an improvement

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You will not be able to fit 780 SLI and a 4770k into a $2000 budget. I would say follow this guide: 

 

Sure you can, he did say no peripherals and case are not included in the price.  All he wants is the Drives, Mobo, Proc, GPU, PSU, and Memory.  Hell, I could include the Case and Monitor and still build you a kickass design/development computer.  I put all my contractors on a 1500USD build and it's more than enough for them to do what they need. 

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is it for light editing or hardcore editing?

on a scale of 1-10 around 7

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on a scale of 1-10 around 7

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Microcenter)

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($659.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($659.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $2044.91

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Just posting it again in case you missed it.

You could fit 8GB more RAM if you were fine with $2100-$2150.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Microcenter)

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($659.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($659.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $2044.91

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Just posting it again in case you missed it.

You could fit 8GB more RAM if you were fine with $2100-$2150.

I saw it but I just have that felling that it won't work well for me I don't know why I just kinda have that feeling...

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I saw it but I just have that felling that it won't work well for me I don't know why I just kinda have that feeling...

Very well. 3930k/780 build incoming (as soon as I finish it).

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Don't want to wait I don't have a good computer at this point

 

You could always build a rig with AMD cards and then wait for adobe and sony to patch in OpenCL support.

 

Right now the 780 does not justify it's price when I can get TWO 7970's for less than the price of one 780.

 

EDIT: turns out that AMD cards are supported with vegas pro already and that adobe recently patched in OpenCL support into Adobe Premiere Pro.

 

I'll try and get a AMD GPU build going for you.

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You could always build a rig with AMD cards and then wait for adobe and sony to patch in OpenCL support.

 

Right now the 780 does not justify it's price when I can get TWO 7970's for less than the price of one 780.

It's all about quality bro. 

The "quality" of the FPS (in reference to frame latency specifically) is simply lower on AMD cards. AMD almost always wins price-performance and I can't help but believe, from what I've seen, that that is due to them compromising quality in the process.

Edit: While I admit that he will be editing a lot, gaming matters too. Best of both worlds with $2000 isn't hard.

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on a scale of 1-10 around 7

 
CPU:  Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Microcenter) 
CPU Cooler:  Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BL 68.5 CFM  CPU Cooler  ($54.82 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard:  Asus P9X79 LE ATX  LGA2011 Motherboard  ($233.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($129.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($663.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2122.23
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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also what software do you use for video editing?
premiere pro?
sony vegas?
after effects?
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@piplupgao,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($228.49 @ Newegg)

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($108.89 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Microcenter)

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($653.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Total: $1721.32

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Mvitkun's build has an unnecessary amount of RAM (since you can upgrade if you really need more), and a PSU that can't sustain SLI (which you could possibly upgrade to later, if you wanted).

Also, a cpu cooler? ... I don't think a 3930k would need one unless you overclocked it, and I wouldn't expect you to ever *need* to overclock one.

Plus the case. Meh.

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CPU:  Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Microcenter) 
CPU Cooler:  Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BL 68.5 CFM  CPU Cooler  ($54.82 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard:  Asus P9X79 LE ATX  LGA2011 Motherboard  ($233.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($129.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($663.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2122.23
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-25 16:46 EDT-0400)
 
also what software do you use for video editing?
premiere pro?
sony vegas?
after effects?

 

Sony vegas but I'll probably be changing to adobe premeire/after effects after I finish this build

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@piplupgao,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($228.49 @ Newegg)

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($108.89 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Microcenter)

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($653.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Total: $1721.32

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-25 16:48 EDT-0400)

Mvitkun's build has an unnecessary amount of RAM (since you can upgrade if you really need more), and a PSU that can't sustain SLI (which you could possibly upgrade to later, if you wanted).

Also, a cpu cooler? ... I don't think a 3930k would need one unless you overclocked it, and I wouldn't expect you to ever *need* to overclock one.

Plus the case. Meh.

 

If you think he does not need an overclocked processor, why not a 3820?

 

Plus none of the 2011 chips come with a cooler so he would need to buy or acquire one anyway.

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@piplupgao,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Microcenter)

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($228.49 @ Newegg)

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($108.89 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Microcenter)

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($653.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Microcenter)

Total: $1721.32

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-25 16:48 EDT-0400)

Mvitkun's build has an unnecessary amount of RAM (since you can upgrade if you really need more), and a PSU that can't sustain SLI (which you could possibly upgrade to later, if you wanted).

Also, a cpu cooler? ... I don't think a 3930k would need one unless you overclocked it, and I wouldn't expect you to ever *need* to overclock one.

Plus the case. Meh.

3930k dosen't come with a stock one but I'll decide on that later

 

I'll acualy use 16gbs of ram because I run a minecraft server

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