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Im gonna bye a new pc now becuse the one i am sitting on right now is around 5 years old and wasent anything special when i bought it. 

My budget is roughly 1300€, ~2000$. Dont know the what the pounds at this moment. :)

Right now i am thinking of buying this one \/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard 
Memory: Corsair 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply 

Should i change the 980 to a SLI 970?
Should i buy a 4k monitior instead of the triple Asus 24"?

Change anything else? 

FAQ
1. Overclock?
YES!
2. Resolution?
Right now im on a single 1920x1080 but am gonna buy 3 Asus 24" LED VN247H wich is 1920x1080 once i got my new setup ready.
3. Games? 
Well right now im playing alot of Dayz standalone but sometimes i go back to Skyrim and Mincraft with friends. Am kind of restraind right now with my setup and thats why i cant play the latest games.

Thank full for all the answers, Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeers :)

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OK, the 980 is HEAVILY overpriced. I would say a 295x2 would be better for your money, but dont qoute me on that, SLI 970 wont be good on triple 1080p screen. As some games already exceed its 3.5 gig "speed" at 1080p

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OK, the 980 is HEAVILY overpriced. I would say a 295x2 would be better for your money, but dont qoute me on that, SLI 970 wont be good on triple 1080p screen. As some games already exceed its 3.5 gig "speed" at 1080p

-Says 980 is overpriced, recommends more expensive graphics card that is only slightly better-, I have nothing against the 295x2, but I feel like its not very price efficient.

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-Says 980 is overpriced, recommends more expensive graphics card that is only slightly better-, I have nothing against the 295x2, but I feel like its not very price efficient.

It's not slightly better. Is far far better. Like 35-40% faster

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OK, the 980 is HEAVILY overpriced. I would say a 295x2 would be better for your money, but dont qoute me on that, SLI 970 wont be good on triple 1080p screen. As some games already exceed its 3.5 gig "speed" at 1080p

Hi, Thanks for the fast answer! U got a benchmark test on it? 

One of my buds told me to wait until the Titans comes out but i feel like they will be priced at least 900$ wich is a hole lot more!

What VRAM does the 295 have, At work and dont really got the time to check it up!

 

Thanks!

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1. The monitors depend. You have to make the choice if you want a single high res screen, or triple normal res screens.

2. The R95x2 has 8GB.

 

I'm not going to recommend a specific card. Take a look at the benchmarks.

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That's all you need to know. It's a beast.

 

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1. The monitors depend. You have to make the choice if you want a single high res screen, or triple normal res screens.

2. The R95x2 has 8GB.

 

I'm not going to recommend a specific card. Take a look at the benchmarks.

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Hi, Thanks alot for the Bench! How about 980 SLI versus a 290 Crossfire? 

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Hi, Thanks alot for the Bench! How about 980 SLI versus a 290 Crossfire? 

 

You can estimate it from the numbers from 970 to 970 SLI ( Which is about 18% ) so 980 SLI will be at 118% and 290 Crossfire will be 104 %

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If your budget allows it, I like the single 980 over the 970s or the 295x2.  Sure you pay a little more regarding price/performance but a 750W PSU will run two of them and it has 4 GB of usable RAM.  The 295x2 has two sets of 4GB of VRAM, they are not shared.

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If your budget allows it, I like the single 980 over the 970s or the 295x2.  Sure you pay a little more regarding price/performance but a 750W PSU will run two of them and it has 4 GB of usable RAM.  The 295x2 has two sets of 4GB of VRAM, they are not shared.

I know! The only thing is that i cant really max out games with it in the future. Dual 980 any one got a bench mark of that? That should me enough for it

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£260.34 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X31 69.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£56.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.99 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£108.53 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£151.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£449.99 @ Amazon UK)  <<<take one out
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£449.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£90.11 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.43 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: NZXT FN-140RB 62.5 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£6.14 @ Aria PC)  <<<Top Exhaust
Total: £1796.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£260.34 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X31 69.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£56.39 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.99 @ Dabs)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£108.53 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£151.98 @ Ebuyer)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£449.99 @ Amazon UK)  <<<take one out

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£449.99 @ Amazon UK)

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£90.11 @ Amazon UK)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.43 @ Amazon UK)

Case Fan: NZXT FN-140RB 62.5 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£6.14 @ Aria PC)  <<<Top Exhaust

Total: £1796.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Thanks. So if i take the Windows 8.1 out i got 300 dollars to upgrade with...What u think i should do? 

Led lights? Storage? Can i have 2 980 and 1 970?

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SLI like cards only 3x980's or 3x970's if you wanted to go with 3 gpus cannot mix and match

So it would just be useless? Not possible to use the 970 for standars stuff like web and stuff and then the 980s for the game?

cant i use it to stream with? 

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So it would just be useless? Not possible to use the 970 for standars stuff like web and stuff and then the 980s for the game?

cant i use it to stream with? 

 

Hardware is always catching up to software, so even if you grab 5 GTX 980s and overclock a 5960X to 6 GHz., you will still come across some game that wants more.

 

Don't game with a 50" screen at 3840x2160 (60Hz), game with a 30" screen at 2560x1440 with a 144Hz refresh rate.  New panels are coming out soon:  IPS, 1440p, 144Hz.

 

If you really want to spend more, jumpt to the X99 platform to make use of the dual GPU setup better (more PCI-E lanes)...  5930K ($550).

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