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I want to have a good gaming experience in an UW-QHD curved monitor, and I would like to know the best PC build (preferably up to $2000) for that.

 

My PC specs are:

Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor​

Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler​

Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard​

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory​

Transcend SSD370 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive​

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card​

Corsair Vengeance C70 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case​

Corsair 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply​

 

My biggest concern is about the video card. If anyone has good tips, please tell me!

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Drop,to an i7 and Z97 board and throw a 390x in there. Oh 16gbs of DDR3 also.

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CvKb99

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Everyday build:

CPU: Intel Core i7 5960x - GPU(s): 2x EVGA GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX2.0+ (SLI) - Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 - Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X99 - RAM: 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR4 4x8GB (2666MHz) - Storage: Intel 750 Series 1.2TB + 4TB WD Black - Case: Corsair 760T White - PSU: SeaSonic 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified - OS: Windows 10 Pro - Wireless Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E - Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB - Mouse(s): Corsair Gaming M65 RGB + Logitech MX Master - Headphones: Sennheiser PC363D

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WhyK99 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474247-r8-my-build/

 

Weekend build:

CPU: Intel Core i7 5930k - GPU(s): 2x EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified ACX2.0+ (SLI) - Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 - Motherboard: ASUS X99-Deluxe - RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 4x8GB (2666MHz) - Storage: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB m.2 & 2TB Samsung 850 Evo - Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv - PSU: SeaSonic SnowSilent 1050W 80+ Platinum Certified - OS: Windows 10 Home - Monitor: Dell S2716DG 144hz - Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB - Mouse: Corsair Gaming M65 RGB - Headphones: Sennheiser PC363D

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YYK93C

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I want to have a good gaming experience in an UW-QHD curved monitor, and I would like to know the best PC build (preferably up to $2000) for that.

 

My PC specs are:

Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor​

Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler​

Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard​

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory​

Transcend SSD370 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive​

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card​

Corsair Vengeance C70 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case​

Corsair 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply​

 

My biggest concern is about the video card. If anyone has good tips, please tell me!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($368.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.39 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($67.46 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($132.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1711.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-02 21:54 EDT-0400

Gaming PC: Case: NZXT Phantom 820 Black | PSU: XFX 750w PRO Black Edition 80Plus Gold (Platinum) | CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K | CPU Cooler: BE QUIET! Dark Rock Pro 2 | MB: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S | RAM: 24GB Kingston HyperX and Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz | GPU: MSI R9 280X 3G | SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 250GB | HDD: 9TB Total | Keyboard: K70 RGB Brown | Mouse: R.A.T MMO7

Laptop: HP Envy 15-j151sa | 1920x1080 60HZ LED | APU: AMD A10-5750M 2.5GHZ - 3.5GHZ | 8GB DDR3 1600mhz | GPU: AMD  HD 8650G + 8750M Dual Graphics | 1TB SSHD

 

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DarkBlade2117 I`ve heard that the 390x is the same thing as the 290x. I also don`t know what would be better, NVidia or amd. And why do u think I should drop to a 4th generation processor and ddr3 memory? I`m newbie in these questions haha

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randeon r9 295x2 actually has only 4gb of dedicated memory. wouldn`t a titan x be better as they have the same price?

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randeon r9 295x2 actually has only 4gb of dedicated memory. wouldn`t a titan x be better as they have the same price?

8GB, and in tests it mostly performs better than a single Titan X -- it is also watercooled. It is your choice, though. You could get a superclocked version of the Titan X from EVGA

EDIT: Or 980 Ti's in SLI / a single 980 Ti would be nice too :D

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Everyday build:

CPU: Intel Core i7 5960x - GPU(s): 2x EVGA GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX2.0+ (SLI) - Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 - Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X99 - RAM: 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR4 4x8GB (2666MHz) - Storage: Intel 750 Series 1.2TB + 4TB WD Black - Case: Corsair 760T White - PSU: SeaSonic 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified - OS: Windows 10 Pro - Wireless Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E - Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB - Mouse(s): Corsair Gaming M65 RGB + Logitech MX Master - Headphones: Sennheiser PC363D

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WhyK99 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474247-r8-my-build/

 

Weekend build:

CPU: Intel Core i7 5930k - GPU(s): 2x EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified ACX2.0+ (SLI) - Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 - Motherboard: ASUS X99-Deluxe - RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 4x8GB (2666MHz) - Storage: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB m.2 & 2TB Samsung 850 Evo - Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv - PSU: SeaSonic SnowSilent 1050W 80+ Platinum Certified - OS: Windows 10 Home - Monitor: Dell S2716DG 144hz - Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB - Mouse: Corsair Gaming M65 RGB - Headphones: Sennheiser PC363D

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YYK93C

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DarkBlade2117 I`ve heard that the 390x is the same thing as the 290x. I also don`t know what would be better, NVidia or amd. And why do u think I should drop to a 4th generation processor and ddr3 memory? I`m newbie in these questions haha

The X99 platform is aligned more with workstations for rendering and heavy computation whereas the Z97 platform is good for overclocking and you can throw gaming in there too. In terms of bang for your buck for just a gaming rig, there is no reason to spend the extra money on X99 - you are much better off putting the cash into a better GPU.

 

And if you are turning your nose up at an "old" generation then look at Z170/Skylake/DDR4

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CPU: i7 6800K | Mobo: MSI X99 Gaming Pro Carbon | GPU: SLI EVGA 980 Ti Hydro Copper | PSU: EVGA 1000P2 | Memory: 64 DDR4 Corsair Dominator Platinum | Storage: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 & Samsung 850 Evo 1TB| Case: Be Quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 | Display: Predator X34 & Dell U2715H | Cooling: Custom Loop

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According to a linus video, the r9 295x2 has two gpus, each of them with 4gb of memory. And no matter how many gpus you have, the ammount of memory will be the same. But if you are saying it performs better then a titan x, I'm going for it. Also I've seen you've got 2 980ti, what do you say about one? A thousand bucks is a gpu would probably be too much for me...

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Yes, the R9 295 X2 is ADVERTISED as having 8gb memory. However, remember that it is made up of two R9 290X chips, each of which have 4GB. Just remember that until DX12 comes out (and hopefully fixes this problem), running SLI/Crossfire WILL NOT MAKE THE AMOUNT OF MEMORY ADD UP BETWEEN CARDS. The total amount of memory will be the amount of ONE card

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