Build for 4K, need help!

[ErnieLowprofile]

Hi all!

 

I am helping a friend planning and eventually building his first PC. He wants to go big from the start and plans on buying a 4K TV in the near future.

 

It would be mainly for gaming on games such as World of Tanks, Company of Heroes, BF4, Planetside 2, Battlefront, ect...

 

I have done a preliminary build plan but I only did the research for a more standard ultra graphics 1080p air cooled when I built my own PC a year ago so I would like to hear your suggestions and improvements in ensuring this build would handle 4K and being relatively future proof. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Qm93kL

[Stardar1]

a couple things:

1. PlanetSide 2 is very CPU intensive, so i recommend the 4790k Devils Canyon

2. Radeon is better at higher resolutions, so 2 R9 295X2s will do better at higher resolutions

[Dimi3os]

You could get a Titan X for the money. It'll definetly do better into tasks/games that need the VRAM

[Dimi3os]

a couple things:

1. PlanetSide 2 is very CPU intensive, so i recommend the 4790k Devils Canyon

2. Radeon is better at higher resolutions, so 2 R9 295X2s will do better at higher resolutions

In theory 2 R9 295X2s would do better but they have a lot of problems since you're running 4 GPUs in crossfire

[ADZ_123_!"£]

a couple things:

1. PlanetSide 2 is very CPU intensive, so i recommend the 4790k Devils Canyon

2. Radeon is better at higher resolutions, so 2 R9 295X2s will do better at higher resolutions

Don't get two R9 295X2's as 4 way scaling would be like hell.

[outofmyheadyo]

295x2 is an option and I would go for 4790k aswell.

[WolfysTech]

Linus did a 4K Build log, Using Two R9 290'S, Yet R9 290X's would be a bit more performance added.

[beach_boy98]

I wouldn't go with 295x2 due to crossfire scaling issues and would probably go with a Titan x or 2 way 980s however the 980s may have issues with the amount of vram.

[WoodenMarker]

I presume he's using a 4K TV instead of something along the lines of an IPS monitor. In that case, why's that?

Also, no motherboard?

[brob]

Hi all!

 

I am helping a friend planning and eventually building his first PC. He wants to go big from the start and plans on buying a 4K TV in the near future.

 

It would be mainly for gaming on games such as World of Tanks, Company of Heroes, BF4, Planetside 2, Battlefront, ect...

 

I have done a preliminary build plan but I only did the research for a more standard ultra graphics 1080p air cooled when I built my own PC a year ago so I would like to hear your suggestions and improvements in ensuring this build would handle 4K and being relatively future proof. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Qm93kL

 

The latest generation cpu comparable to the i7-3770K is the i7-4790K.

 

When buying two memory sticks it is better to buy a dual channel kit as that guarantees dual channel memory operation. When buying unmatched memory modules there is a small chance that they will not operate in dual channel mode.

 

The latest generation of Samsung ssd is 850. The performance difference between Pro and Evo models would not be noticeable in a gaming system.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($539.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($539.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $2066.25

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-30 03:40 EDT-0400

[ErnieLowprofile]

Thank you all for you good advices, yes it will be to be used along a 4K TV. He is a gamer, but more of lounge gamer with a controller. I know, even in my eyes this is sacrilegious but that is what he wants to go for and eventually I will probably manage to convert him to use more a keyboard and mouse once he's tried my set up.

 

The latest generation cpu comparable to the i7-3770K is the i7-4790K.

 

When buying two memory sticks it is better to buy a dual channel kit as that guarantees dual channel memory operation. When buying unmatched memory modules there is a small chance that they will not operate in dual channel mode.

 

The latest generation of Samsung ssd is 850. The performance difference between Pro and Evo models would not be noticeable in a gaming system.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($539.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($539.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2066.25
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-30 03:40 EDT-0400

 

Thanks a lot for that build, looks super neat! I will show him that and will ask here if we got more doubts.

[WoodenMarker]

Thank you all for you good advices, yes it will be to be used along a 4K TV. He is a gamer, but more of lounge gamer with a controller. I know, even in my eyes this is sacrilegious but that is what he wants to go for and eventually I will probably manage to convert him to use more a keyboard and mouse once he's tried my set up.

In that case, the system seems like much overkill. Does he just have money to blow or something?