Help me upgrade!

[Destraega]

LINUS, You helped me build this with your step by step build videos one year ago. Can't thank you enough!

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/f9yJt6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/f9yJt6/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard 

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card 

Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($120.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($225.98 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($20.98 @ Newegg) 

Windows 10

 

This was my first build! Basically exactly a year old and still purrs like a kitten =) Now I have a budget of 700ish dollars for this years upgrade.

 

So where should I go from here? I'm literally torn. Here are some of my thoughts / Options. If you can think of other suggestions please let me know

 

1. I have never owned a 144hz monitor (Although I do own an IPS overlord monitor 1440p) And have been looking at benq monitors and have been somewhat leaning towards the new gsync monitor by them http://www.amazon.com/BenQ-G-SYNC-24-Inch-Monitor-XL242... but have also heard that if I get my framerates high enough gsync won't really be that big of a deal

 

2. Which brings me to... Shoving another 780 ti for SLI and going with a cheaper module of that benQ without gsync http://www.amazon.com/BenQ-Series-XL2411Z-24-Inch-Monit... or http://www.amazon.com/BenQ-XL2420Z-24-Inch-LED-Lit-Prof... respectively and sticking within my 700$ range (not sure the diff in the two monitors though...)

 

3. Which then brings me to.. just getting a 980 Ti, the giant elephant in the room. However I would not be able to afford the monitor then. If you couldn't tell by now I'm not much of an AMD person as I have had bad experiences with them in the past so that's neither here nor there.

 

4. Which brings me to... PASCAL! Ok ok I'm done, but yall got my point =) 

 

My goal in all this is to make my comp future proof for around another year and run 90% of games at 80-144fps on max or close to max settings. Any thoughts?

[TheRandomness]

You could throw a custom loop at it because there isn't much to do hardware wise other than 780Ti SLI.

[Guest]

Buy yourself a nice monitor and wait for Pascal? Your 780 Ti is still fine and if you're interested in future proofing you're going to want to get something with High Density Memory to meet the demand of future vram requirements.

[Destraega]

Buy yourself a nice monitor and wait for Pascal? Your 780 Ti is still fine and if you're interested in future proofing you're going to want to get something with High Density Memory to meet the demand of future vram requirements.

 

High Density Memory? Are you talking about getting a new motherboard for with NVlink or whatever it is when pascal comes out? Also.. WILL I have to buy a new mb when pascal comes out? Actually lets just sum up that question into one..

 

What the hell am I gonna have to upgrade when Pascal comes out, or do we even know?? Lol

 

You could throw a custom loop at it because there isn't much to do hardware wise other than 780Ti SLI.

 

I have not thought of this! The case I bought DOES have room and I really did enjoy building it.. Will a custom water loop bring down my temps by a lot? How much does it usually run? Is it easy to do? SO MANY QUESTIONS!! 

[TheRandomness]

High Density Memory? Are you talking about getting a new motherboard for with NVlink or whatever it is when pascal comes out? Also.. WILL I have to buy a new mb when pascal comes out? Actually lets just sum up that question into one..

 

What the hell am I gonna have to upgrade when Pascal comes out, or do we even know?? Lol

 

 

I have not thought of this! The case I bought DOES have room and I really did enjoy building it.. Will a custom water loop bring down my temps by a lot? How much does it usually run? Is it easy to do? SO MANY QUESTIONS!! 

Easy? No. (Well, it doesn't look easy) Bring your temps down? I've heard stories of 50 deg load temps. Cost? A lot.

[Destraega]

Easy? No. (Well, it doesn't look easy) Bring your temps down? I've heard stories of 50 deg load temps. Cost? A lot.

 

Haha, well it was a nice suggestion I think I'll pass for some more direct upgrades. Plus I'm totally afraid of completely screwing my system up as I am not that experienced only having built one comp this being it.

[TheRandomness]

Haha, well it was a nice suggestion I think I'll pass for some more direct upgrades. Plus I'm totally afraid of completely screwing my system up as I am not that experienced only having built one comp this being it.

I'd just throw another 780Ti at it then

[Guest]

High Density Memory? Are you talking about getting a new motherboard for with NVlink or whatever it is when pascal comes out? Also.. WILL I have to buy a new mb when pascal comes out? Actually lets just sum up that question into one..

 

What the hell am I gonna have to upgrade when Pascal comes out, or do we even know?? Lol

Well, I don't work at Nvidia so I don't know for sure about all that. High Density Memory (perhaps I used the wrong term here) is just the new technology for GPU's. Basically what it's going to mean is we're going to get a massively larger amounts of high speed VRAM on future GPU's that is going to be more important as our PC's are going to need to handle increasingly larger textures at higher resolutions.

 

There is no reason to believe we will need new motherboards to support Pascal GPU's