What would YOU do differently in this build?

[Corruption]

I like it very much and will add another Asus 980 later on, but I want to know what you would do differently. Under $2k USD for the PC build please.

[CoolaxGaming]

Hmm $2000 for upgrades or total build cost? If you are tlaking bout the build on your profile

[thekeemo]

for 2k?

 

1x 5820 @ 250

1x beQuiet dark pro 3 @ 80

1x Gigabyte GA-X99-GAMING 5  @ 200

1x 32GB ddr4 ram (4x8)  @ 350

4x 290x @ 160 each

1x Evga 1600w G2 @ 140

1x 3tb HDD @ 90

1x h440 @ 90

 

totalling at 1840

 

I have a tendency for buying used stuff if you cant tell..

[Corruption]

for 2k?

Hmm $2000 for upgrades or total build cost? If you are tlaking bout the build on your profile

Excluding monitors or other peripherals list what you would change and have the final result be under $2000 USD

[Lotus]

Even with a very large budget, I wouldn't go all out. I would much prefer something powerful yet small. With the NCase M1, that means you can do something extremely awesome, like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($318.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($103.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($95.99 @ Directron)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 970 4GB XLR8 Video Card  ($324.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GS40N DVD/CD Writer  ($34.30 @ Mwave)
Other: NCase M1 V3 ($185.00)
Total: $1358.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 17:04 EST-0500

[TheKDub]

Even with a very large budget, I wouldn't go all out. I would much prefer something powerful yet small. With the NCase M1, that means you can do something extremely awesome, like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($318.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($103.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($95.99 @ Directron)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 970 4GB XLR8 Video Card  ($324.99 @ Directron)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Optical Drive: LG GS40N DVD/CD Writer  ($34.30 @ Mwave)

Other: NCase M1 V3 ($185.00)

Total: $1358.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 17:04 EST-0500

 

You could swap that 970 out for a 980 for that little bit more performance, and .5 extra of faster vram.

[Str_Mape]

If you're set on an Asus 980 now and another later on I'd go with this, if you don't need the OS you can drop it and upgrade to a 1TB SSD.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($318.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($105.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($544.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($105.98 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.75 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1838.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 17:07 EST-0500

[Lotus]

You could swap that 970 out for a 980 for that little bit more performance, and .5 extra of faster vram.

 

Yeah, but I wouldn't bother. The performance increase isn't worth the extra money and the usable VRAM increase doesn't matter with the monitor I use. I have a 1080p 144hz panel.

 

What may actually be better is a single 120mm AIO CPU cooler and  a R9 295x2 with a much beefier PSU, but I don't think that'd fit well in the NCase M1 due to the PSU. I'd probably have to swap to something like an air cooled GeminII and an Elite 130 case and an ATX PSU.