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So I'm just wondering whether this will work.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tQhxdC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tQhxdC/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1567.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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No, it won't.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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No it won't bottlenecking

Current Build + Setup

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | GIGABYTE B550 Aorus Pro v2 | CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16gb 3600Mhz | GIGABYTE RTX 3070 AORUS MASTER OC 8 GB | NZXT H510 Elite | 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7 512GB M.2-2280 NVME | Corsair RM850 80+ Gold Modular PSU | NZXT Kraken X63 | Harman Kardon Soundstick 4 | Koorui 27E1Q

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So I'm just wondering whether this will work.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tQhxdC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tQhxdC/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1567.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 00:18 EDT-0400

 

Neither will bottleneck either, no.

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come on man. i think you know better.

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So I'm just wondering whether this will work.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tQhxdC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tQhxdC/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1567.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 00:18 EDT-0400

 

 

No, it will not bottleneck.

 

the i7 4790K will not bottleneck any gpu out there at this point in time, and I'd guess it will stay that way for at least 2 years.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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come on man. i think you know better.

 

 

no

 

 

Neither will bottleneck either, no.

 

 

No it won't bottlenecking

 

 

No, it won't.

I was a bit afraid since everyone including Linus seemed to be using a X99 based build. No one seemed to be going Z97. Anyways thank you!!! :)

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I was a bit afraid since everyone including Linus seemed to be using a X99 based build. No one seemed to be going Z97. Anyways thank you!!! :)

Linus just does this for all setups to alleviate possible bottlenecks with multiple card setups (like quad GTX TITAN Xs or something of the sort.)

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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I was a bit afraid since everyone including Linus seemed to be using a X99 based build. No one seemed to be going Z97. Anyways thank you!!! :)

No problem! You'll have a 1440p setup for sure.

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What resolution? Your 4790k may bottleneck it at 1080p.

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What resolution? Your 4790k may bottleneck it at 1080p.

4790k wouldnt bottleneck a quad 980 configuration

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4790k wouldnt bottleneck a quad 980 configuration

4-way SLI WILL bottleneck a 4790k lol.. Look at JayzTwoCents recent skunkworks video. The 5960k is bottleneck his 3-way SLI Titan Xs and was talking about how his 980 setup was almost bottlenecking it.

 

 

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4790k wouldnt bottleneck a quad 980 configuration

Conveniently avoiding the resolution?

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4-way SLI WILL bottleneck a 4790k lol.. Look at JayzTwoCents recent skunkworks video. The 5960k is bottleneck his 3-way SLI Titan Xs and was talking about how his 980 setup was almost bottlenecking it.

Skunkworks is the definition of overkill, since JayZ plays at 1440p.

 

No problem! You'll have a 1440p setup for sure.

 

Wohooo!

Linus just does this for all setups to alleviate possible bottlenecks with multiple card setups (like quad GTX TITAN Xs or something of the sort.)

Well Linus is quite well known for going overkill. So I suppose it makes sense.

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What resolution? Your 4790k may bottleneck it at 1080p.

Will it really? 

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I was a bit afraid since everyone including Linus seemed to be using a X99 based build. No one seemed to be going Z97. Anyways thank you!!! :)

 

To be honest Haswell performs better by a very small margin since it has higher clock speeds than Haswell - E. 

 

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