Would appreciate your thoughts!

[Adfain]

It has been far too long since I built a new PC and finally have decided after a significant amount of research to take the plunge.  Primarily a 4k gaming build, but I also do a bit of photo and video editing.  I've pulled together the important bits below:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($355.50 @ Directron) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($367.55 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($394.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($229.98 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($229.98 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($345.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($345.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($287.98 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $3787.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-04 18:45 EST-0500

 

A few notes and questions!

 

1 - I plan on custom watercooling -- Likely go with 1 240 and 1 360 rads.  Will cool both the CPU and both GPUs

2 - Based on the cooling and the significant amount of hardware, do you think the 750D is a large enough case?  

3 - Planning on 2x 4k monitors with two 290x in Crossfire  -- I've recently decided to go with 2x 290x rather than 2x 970's -- right decision?

4 - Is the powersupply powerful enough?  Especially considering I plan on overclocking the CPU and GPUs?

5 - I've read a lot about the 290x cards. Seems everyone is in love with the MSI Lightning.  I've always been an Asus person... Why is the Lightning considered superior?

6 - Plan on running the SSDs in RAID 0.

7 - Anything I'm not thinking of here?  Is the Motherboard good enough for this type of build?  Will I be wishing i had an EATX board during the build?

 

Would like to keep the price close to what is is now + or - a few hundred.

 

Anything thoughts/suggestions/advice welcomed!

 

 

[zappian]

I have nothing to say.

Maybe the PSu is a bit overkill tbh but otherwise excellent.

[dadasmithywinkle]

-snip-

 

It may be more worth it to go with 8GB 290X cards, since you'll be going 4K. Otherwise, it's gonna be a BEAST. And welcome to the forums!

[PetiteBob]

Why cant i have this

[Adfain]

Interesting point on the 8gb per card.  Will 4K games use above 4gb on two cards each?  I was assuming crossfire would make it perform as if it had 8gb?  How does this work?

[ben 9902]

Interesting point on the 8gb per card. Will 4K games use above 4gb on two cards each? I was assuming crossfire would make it perform as if it had 8gb? How does this work?

No the VRAM doesn't stack between cards so you'll only have 4gb of it

[zappian]

No the VRAM doesn't stack between cards so you'll only have 4gb of it

 

For now.

[Adfain]

Looks like I managed to order the AX860i power supply instead of the AX1200i.  With the above setup, and with the intention to OC both the processor and GPUs, would 860 be too little?

[Starelementpoke]

Try checking on pcpartpicker