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xnoobftw
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Hey guys... Im already planning to buy a freesync 1080p 144hz monitor

My question is what would you upgrade in my build? CPU/MOBO? 

The BBQ: i7-4770 / 212x / Tri-X R9 290x 1075/1400 / MSI H87-G43 GAMING / EVGA G2 850W / Corsair Spec 03 / Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD / Toshiba 2TB HDD / 8gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz

Peripherals: G710+ / G502 / Bose Companion 2 Series III / Audio Technica ATH-M40x / Sound Magic E50

Monitors: Dell U2414H 

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Nothing. Nothing at all.
 
If you were upgrading the CPU, what would you upgrade to? The X99 platform is pretty much unjustifiably expensive for a gaming-only rig (if you do a ton of serious content creation, though, the 6 and 8 core i7s are the pretty much best you can get).
If you're not going X99, the next best thing on the market would be a Haswell quadcore. You have a Haswell quadcore right now. Sure, adding a couple hundred Mhz and possibly Hyperthreading would be better, but is it worth the several hundred dollars you'd spend on it? Absolutely not, in my opinion..
 
 
I'm not sure if this is necessarily the most accurate benchmark, but it's showing pretty much no difference between the i5-4440 and an i7-4770k:

 

This may be a bit more relevant: It's Anandtech's bench results between an i5-4570S (Haswell quadcore at 2.9 Ghz. technically slower than your i5-4440), and the i7-4790K (which is over 1 Ghz faster and has hyperthreading). If you scroll down to the gaming results with dual GTX 770s, the difference is generally only a couple FPS at most.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1368?vs=1260

i7 not perfectly stable at 4.4.. #firstworldproblems

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Ah so should i wait for skylake or smth?

 

i would move to all SSDs

Too expensive xD But that is a good upgrade path! :D 

The BBQ: i7-4770 / 212x / Tri-X R9 290x 1075/1400 / MSI H87-G43 GAMING / EVGA G2 850W / Corsair Spec 03 / Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD / Toshiba 2TB HDD / 8gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz

Peripherals: G710+ / G502 / Bose Companion 2 Series III / Audio Technica ATH-M40x / Sound Magic E50

Monitors: Dell U2414H 

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What are your current specs?

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What are your current specs?

Rig in SIG

The BBQ: i7-4770 / 212x / Tri-X R9 290x 1075/1400 / MSI H87-G43 GAMING / EVGA G2 850W / Corsair Spec 03 / Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD / Toshiba 2TB HDD / 8gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz

Peripherals: G710+ / G502 / Bose Companion 2 Series III / Audio Technica ATH-M40x / Sound Magic E50

Monitors: Dell U2414H 

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Sorry, was in mobile mode, sign don't show up in mobile.

Honestly, unless something really bugs you, I wouldnt change much. The only things that are going to really make a noticeable difference in your system for gaming (assuming that is your systems main purpose based off of your choice of a 144hz monitor)are: 1- another r9 290x for crossfire, 2- another ssd for raid 0 performance, or 3- a higher clocked cpu (and it may only have negligible gains really).

IronHide v-4.0 - Current: 2700k (@5.0ghz), MSI Z77 GD65, G.Skill 16GB DDR3 2133, EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI, Asus Xonar DX 7.1, Kingston ssDNow 240GB Raid 0 SSD, WD Black 2TB Raid 0, Corsair Gold AX 1200, Corsair 800D (Customized), Custom watercooling loop.

 

SnoBot - In Progress: 4790k, EVGA Z97 Classified, Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR3 2400, Galax GTX 980 HOF SLi, Creative Sound Blaster Z (Customized), Intel 730 480GB x 4 Raid 0, WD Black 3TB, Corsair AX 1200i, Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White (Customized), Custom Intel All-in-One Liquid Cooler, 

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I wouldn't change everything, but if u want - get another ssd and go raid 0.

But it's not necessary at all.

Hmmm sounds like a good idea!

 

Sorry, was in mobile mode, sign don't show up in mobile.

Honestly, unless something really bugs you, I wouldnt change much. The only things that are going to really make a noticeable difference in your system for gaming (assuming that is your systems main purpose based off of your choice of a 144hz monitor)are: 1- another r9 290x for crossfire, 2- another ssd for raid 0 performance, or 3- a higher clocked cpu (and it may only have negligible gains really).

No problem! :D 

Hmmm but wont my motherboard botteneck a 2nd r9 290x? (With the xfire bridge removed on a pci 2.0 slot) 

The BBQ: i7-4770 / 212x / Tri-X R9 290x 1075/1400 / MSI H87-G43 GAMING / EVGA G2 850W / Corsair Spec 03 / Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD / Toshiba 2TB HDD / 8gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz

Peripherals: G710+ / G502 / Bose Companion 2 Series III / Audio Technica ATH-M40x / Sound Magic E50

Monitors: Dell U2414H 

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Hmmm sounds like a good idea!

 

About ssd's in raid 0: I personally use Acronis utility to make a backup of my system, based on ssds, it will help to restore it on new drive without reinstalling. Still, ssd can easily work ~15 years, if there's no RMA situation, so backup is not necessary.

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Hmmm sounds like a good idea!

 

No problem! :D 

Hmmm but wont my motherboard botteneck a 2nd r9 290x? (With the xfire bridge removed on a pci 2.0 slot)

There will be a bottleneck, but it should be less than 10 fps approximately.

IronHide v-4.0 - Current: 2700k (@5.0ghz), MSI Z77 GD65, G.Skill 16GB DDR3 2133, EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI, Asus Xonar DX 7.1, Kingston ssDNow 240GB Raid 0 SSD, WD Black 2TB Raid 0, Corsair Gold AX 1200, Corsair 800D (Customized), Custom watercooling loop.

 

SnoBot - In Progress: 4790k, EVGA Z97 Classified, Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR3 2400, Galax GTX 980 HOF SLi, Creative Sound Blaster Z (Customized), Intel 730 480GB x 4 Raid 0, WD Black 3TB, Corsair AX 1200i, Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White (Customized), Custom Intel All-in-One Liquid Cooler, 

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There will be a bottleneck, but it should be less than 10 fps approximately.

10fps as compared to like a 200% scaling right? 

EG. 1 r9 290x = 50 frames

2 r9 290x = 100frames

My case : 90 frames with 2 r9 290x

The BBQ: i7-4770 / 212x / Tri-X R9 290x 1075/1400 / MSI H87-G43 GAMING / EVGA G2 850W / Corsair Spec 03 / Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD / Toshiba 2TB HDD / 8gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz

Peripherals: G710+ / G502 / Bose Companion 2 Series III / Audio Technica ATH-M40x / Sound Magic E50

Monitors: Dell U2414H 

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Yep, that is correct.

IronHide v-4.0 - Current: 2700k (@5.0ghz), MSI Z77 GD65, G.Skill 16GB DDR3 2133, EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI, Asus Xonar DX 7.1, Kingston ssDNow 240GB Raid 0 SSD, WD Black 2TB Raid 0, Corsair Gold AX 1200, Corsair 800D (Customized), Custom watercooling loop.

 

SnoBot - In Progress: 4790k, EVGA Z97 Classified, Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR3 2400, Galax GTX 980 HOF SLi, Creative Sound Blaster Z (Customized), Intel 730 480GB x 4 Raid 0, WD Black 3TB, Corsair AX 1200i, Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White (Customized), Custom Intel All-in-One Liquid Cooler, 

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Yep, that is correct.

Hmmm is it worth it then? :x

And im worried about throttling too....

My card pretty much hits 84C on a really hot afternoon while playing crysis 3 

(I have a custom fan curve because the default one is too noisy xD) 

The BBQ: i7-4770 / 212x / Tri-X R9 290x 1075/1400 / MSI H87-G43 GAMING / EVGA G2 850W / Corsair Spec 03 / Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD / Toshiba 2TB HDD / 8gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz

Peripherals: G710+ / G502 / Bose Companion 2 Series III / Audio Technica ATH-M40x / Sound Magic E50

Monitors: Dell U2414H 

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