New build guide.

[doctorraichu]

it needs to be able to run parallels, animate, 5 steam games, mine craft, another mine craft, Skype, 24 safari tabs, email, and battle.net all at once. Hopefully $2000 or under.

[frippe44]

you should go 4 way sli gt 640 with the intel 4004

[Aytex]

i7/i5+ 980 ti? or that ^

[dalomo]

it needs to be able to run parallels, animate, 5 steam games, mine craft, another mine craft, Skype, 24 safari tabs, email, and battle.net all at once. Hopefully $2000 or under.

Not really on topic per say, but why?? 5 steam games? 2 instances of minecraft? 24 tabs? (that one I can understand) all at the same time?

 

Not sure if troll or not.

[doctorraichu]

Not really on topic per say, but why?? 5 steam games? 2 instances of minecraft? 24 tabs? (that one I can understand) all at the same time?

I'm trying to convince my friend that he should build a pc. I'm using his exact words to describe what he wants.

[shypin]

he said safari and parallel

im assuming he wants a hackintosh

[OAcesync]

I'm trying to convince my friend that he should build a pc. I'm using his exact words to describe what he wants.

He's gonna need a bit more money

[ManOfGold93]

dual xeon with 980 ti

[dalomo]

I'm trying to convince my friend that he should build a pc. I'm using his exact words to describe what he wants.

He should realize that you never really have more than one game open at a time. Who plays more than one game at the same time? Maybe if you're bored and playing two RTS games or something.

 

No one on their Xbone says "man, I wish I could play halo 4 and Advanced Warfare at the same time", it's nor practical.

[shypin]

He should realize that you never really have more than one game open at a time. Who plays more than one game at the same time? Maybe if you're bored and playing two RTS games or something.

i play minesweeper and solitare at the same time

[doublehelix]

If he's going hackantosh you cant Sli. So I would go with an i7 and a 980ti + look for hackantosh compatible mobo's

[doctorraichu]

He should realize that you never really have more than one game open at a time. Who plays more than one game at the same time? Maybe if you're bored and playing two RTS games or something.

 

No one on their Xbone says "man, I wish I could play halo 4 and Advanced Warfare at the same time", it's nor practical.

He just thinks that a custom built PC could never do that

I hue at him.

[BigDay]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($108.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($688.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Arc XL ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1796.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 13:23 EDT-0400

[BigDay]

or

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 CPU Cooler  ($72.35 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($182.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($115.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($688.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Arc XL ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($121.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1897.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 13:12 EDT-0400

[BigDay]

with dual 980's in sli > single 980 ti

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($108.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($519.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($519.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Arc XL ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2022.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 13:26 EDT-0400