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I'm trying to build a good pc to do some moderate to heavy gaming on and also some video editing on with up to 4 monitors. I've been looking around and so far looks like I can get the most for my money going with AMD but I'm open to any suggestions total price on the current components are around $1800 I'm trying to stay under the $2000. This is my first build so any comments suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.  

 

CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard   

Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory   

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive   

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case   

Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply   

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

 

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You can get a better build for the same price with Intel. Any particular reason you're going for AMD?

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AMD is still a valid chip, but not nearly as valid as they were a  year ago.

 

Go intel

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I'm trying to build a good pc to do some moderate to heavy gaming on and also some video editing on with up to 4 monitors. I've been looking around and so far looks like I can get the most for my money going with AMD but I'm open to any suggestions total price on the current components are around $1800 I'm trying to stay under the $2000. This is my first build so any comments suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.  
 
CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard   
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory   
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive   
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case   
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply   
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

 

Sorry but with that budget its more effiecent to go with intel not AMD....that CPU will bottleneck those two GPU's.

 

Imagine AMD as a bike that needs eight pedals to achieve 8 cycles per second...and Imagine Intel as a bike with two petals and can achieve 8 cycles per second. So intel is more powerful compared to AMD.

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no reason for AMD to be honest I just wanted the most for my money as you can tell I'm new to the building game. Do you guys have any suggestions on intel cpu's and motherboards or an intel build that you guys like for around $1800 if its a red/black theme that would be a bonus?

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Ok how about this look any better? Also would i need both graphics card or would it be better to go with a single card?

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard   

Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory   

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive   

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case   

Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply   

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

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Ok how about this look any better? Also would i need both graphics card or would it be better to go with a single card?
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard   
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory   
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive   
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case   
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply   
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

 

Well if you are just gaming at 1080p across a few monitors, you could save a few bucks and go with a single 980. Or even a single 970 can do the trick.

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Ok how about this look any better? Also would i need both graphics card or would it be better to go with a single card?
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard   
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory   
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive   
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)   
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case   
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply   
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

 

Change the PSU to a 650w 80+ Gold. Also, you most likely have no use for 16gbs of RAM. Those won't really hurt / boost performance, but they can help you save some money.

 

 

Oh, and change the CPU cooler to the Raijintek Triton. It's stronger and just as cheap as the 105, while being MUCH more beautiful and offering room for a custom loop upgrade (if you ever desire to do so...).

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.49 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Micro Center) 



Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($96.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($329.99 @ Newegg) 



Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($14.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1525.38

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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This is as good as you can get for as little as possible. The way to get the most out of this spec is probably to get yourself a very nice high resolution G-Sync monitor and game on that. A pair of 970's is a bit too much for 1080, so you should look at 1440p monitors. The most desirable 1440p G-Sync monitor is the Acer Predator XB270HU, it's 144hz and IPS. The Asus ROG Swift is a close second, though compared to the Acer it does look a little bit kitsch.

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I love my FX-6300, but please. please don't SLI 2 970s with an AMD CPU. That's not what the AMD processors are for at this point. If it's at all possible get an i5. An i5 and one GTX 970 would still be much better than the list you showed. Which will be more for the money. I only reccommend AMD CPUs for budgets under $1000. Since the word bottlenecking is thrown around so much let me rephrase it, You will not use the horsepower of one entire graphics card because it will have to wait for the CPU to finish doing it's game processing first. So an i5 and 970 would be much much better. This will be more for the money, better, and cheaper.

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