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So me and my roommate are planning for a great new 4K gaming rig and this is what we have come up with.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bJ286h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bJ286h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE/U3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($388.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2990.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I don't think we missed anything here, but we don't want to waste money. Also, we will upgrade to Polaris when it drops. We are going with AMD cards because

they scale better and perform better at 4K....we think...

 

Thanks Isaiah and Kai

Specs - I7 4790K and two GTX 770s. Soon to be upgrading!

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I know you may want a large case, but I think you'll regret it a little bit. Try a Cooler Master 5, or Corsair 750D, etc. They're more portable and will easily hold all your components and cool them with no issues. 

 

Other than that, build looks good. 

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Build looks good but that motherboard seems pretty expensive, you could probably get the same performance and good looks from a much cheaper board. Same with the case, thats a really expensive case and you'd probably be happier with a $100-$150 case with no drops in performance/cooling and it would be far more portable. You could then save $100-300 and then get a nice dual rad AIO liquid cooler for your CPU.

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Change out the CPU to a 5820K, since there's virtually no reason to go for the 5930K instead.

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Change out the CPU to a 5820K, since there's virtually no reason to go for the 5930K instead.

Unless OP needs all the PCI-E Lanes, then he should watch Linus' Video

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Better PSU, cheaper case.etc

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($192.35 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($617.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($617.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 760T White V2 ATX Full Tower Case  ($169.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $2617.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Better PSU, cheaper case.etc

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE/U3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($388.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($617.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($617.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 760T White V2 ATX Full Tower Case  ($169.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $2813.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-11 21:18 EST-0500

 

I love the way that case looks. I'll have to show it to Kai. The GTX 980ti's do not scale as well so I don't think those are a good option. Do you know if there are any benchamrks out there for SLI 980ti vs Fury X's?

Specs - I7 4790K and two GTX 770s. Soon to be upgrading!

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Don't you want more VRAM with the 980Ti? Especially with 4k.

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Build looks good but that motherboard seems pretty expensive, you could probably get the same performance and good looks from a much cheaper board. Same with the case, thats a really expensive case and you'd probably be happier with a $100-$150 case with no drops in performance/cooling and it would be far more portable. You could then save $100-300 and then get a nice dual rad AIO liquid cooler for your CPU.

Yeah, I think were going to do that. We were thinking about the EKWB Predator, love the modern design and that it is a AIO non AIO haha.

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I love the way that case looks. I'll have to show it to Kai. The GTX 980ti's do not scale as well so I don't think those are a good option. Do you know if there are any benchamrks out there for SLI 980ti vs Fury X's?

Change it out for Fury Xs if you want to, their the same price. I also updated my build with a cheaper motherboard, but its still a good motherboard.

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Don't you want more VRAM with the 980Ti? Especially with 4k.

HBM my friend, it is killer. GTA V with HBM at 4K maxed uses around 3.5gb of VRAM.

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Change it out for Fury Xs if you want to, their the same price. I also updated my build with a cheaper motherboard, but its still a good motherboard.

How about this now?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($104.20 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($168.79 @ Newegg)

Total: $2763.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Specs - I7 4790K and two GTX 770s. Soon to be upgrading!

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Yeah, I think were going to do that. We were thinking about the EKWB Predator, love the modern design and that it is a AIO non AIO haha.

Just make sure you overclock when its built and tell me how it goes ;)

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Build looks good but that motherboard seems pretty expensive, you could probably get the same performance and good looks from a much cheaper board. Same with the case, thats a really expensive case and you'd probably be happier with a $100-$150 case with no drops in performance/cooling and it would be far more portable. You could then save $100-300 and then get a nice dual rad AIO liquid cooler for your CPU.

How about this now?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($104.20 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($168.79 @ Newegg)

Total: $2763.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-11 21:27 EST-0500

Specs - I7 4790K and two GTX 770s. Soon to be upgrading!

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Just make sure you overclock when its built and tell me how it goes ;)

OF course, we are buying it in a week or so.

Specs - I7 4790K and two GTX 770s. Soon to be upgrading!

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How about this now?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($104.20 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($168.79 @ Newegg)

Total: $2763.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-11 21:27 EST-0500

that looks good. Also, any particular reason you choose the 5930k? Do you plan on using three of four GPUs in the future? If not, I'd look into going down to a 5820k, which is near identical in performance but just has less PCI lanes (still plenty for 2-3 GPUs) and you would save a lot of money in the process.

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And the monitors themselves?

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that looks good. Also, any particular reason you choose the 5930k? Do you plan on using three of four GPUs in the future? If not, I'd look into going down to a 5820k, which is near identical in performance but just has less PCI lanes (still enough for 2-3 GPUs) and you would save a lot of money in the process.

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Yeah, I feel as if we need headroom in case of DX12 implementing VRAM stacking. Thus we would most likely have three GPUs installed. Polaris is going to be crazy.

Specs - I7 4790K and two GTX 770s. Soon to be upgrading!

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And the monitors themselves?

We have the Acer Predator X34. Personally, I don't like UltraWides but the colors on it are amazing.

Specs - I7 4790K and two GTX 770s. Soon to be upgrading!

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How about this now?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X8wgkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($104.20 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($608.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($168.79 @ Newegg)

Total: $2763.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-11 21:27 EST-0500

Looks good to me

Hello there, fellow dark theme users

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