Two R9 390X2 or one Titan X

[mikat]

I can't really fit two 980ti's in my budget without going over my budget.

if the price cut has happened, get 2 fury nanos

[SteinerW]

Not by much, not like they should.

they also use a lot less power, so you can save a ton of money on a power supply. If you water cool them, you can get about 10% more performance out of both of them. and they're cheaper than the 295x2

[RuLeZ]

Originally I was going to do this http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/cQcCmG/2000-usd-build-guide . But I wanted a better video card

The SSD is overkill, get some 850 evo instead.

[Ghostay]

*sigh* It's called Crossfire on AMD's side. Also, one graphics card*, one GPU would indicate 2 processing units inside one die.

I am very sorry I insulted your knowledge of the AMD GPU and will also add that I am very sorry for forgetting about crossfire due to it's lack of anything useful.

[Mr.Meerkat]

R9 390x2 from Powercolor. (Or Powercolor Devil 13)

 

Well looks like some people at powercooler expected for the 2 390's to be OCed the shit out of...

[SteinerW]

if the price cut has happened, get 2 fury nanos

They're R9 Nanos, not fury nanos for what ever reason....

[App4that]

they also use a lot less power, so you can save a ton of money on a power supply. If you water cool them, you can get about 10% more performance out of both of them

And with the cost of liquid cooling the Nanos you can get two 980ti's that will crush the two Nanos.

If you're in a budget get one 980ti now and start saving for a second.

[Ghostay]

Crossfiring*

Thank you very much for correcting me, but you knew what I meant and that doesn't contribute at all.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Originally I was going to do this http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/cQcCmG/2000-usd-build-guide . But I wanted a better video card

 

That's insane to spend all that money on graphics cards and a stupidly expensive ssd and then get low end ram and an i5. 

[SteinerW]

And with the cost of liquid cooling the Nanos you can get two 980ti's that will crush the two Nanos.

If you're in a budget get one 980ti now and start saving for a second.

Like I said in an earlier post, he should either 2 R9 nano's, or wait a bit, and get 2 980ti'. The nanos will be cheaper. the 980s will preform better and have more vram

[App4that]

Like I said in an earlier post, he should either 2 R9 nano's, or wait a bit, and get 2 980ti'. The nanos will be cheaper. the 980s will preform better and have more vram

Nanos are a waste though, no excuse for a 500 dollar graphics card that stutters in a game like Just Cause 3. I'd get one 390x2 over two Nanos.

[SteinerW]

Nanos are a waste though, no excuse for a 500 dollar graphics card that stutters in a game like Just Cause 3. I'd get one 390x2 over two Nanos.

Depends on what res you're playing at. At 4k, nano's are not a good choice.

[App4that]

Depends on what res you're playing at. At 4k, nano's are not a good choice.

4K is double tough.

And Steve's right. You should really be taking the money from the second graphics card and using it to get a i7 and better components.

[TheRandomness]

Depends on what res you're playing at. At 4k, nano's are not a good choice.

At 4k the Nanos tend to outperform other cards in it's class (when not thermal throttling) because A: Stupidly fast frame unload/load times and B: It's a fury, it would outperform a 390 according to logic.

[SteinerW]

At 4k the Nanos tend to outperform other cards in it's class (when not thermal throttling) because A: Stupidly fast frame unload/load times and B: It's a fury, it would outperform a 390 according to logic.

a 980ti is a better option for 4K though with 6 gigs of vram

[SteveGrabowski0]

Here is a far better system for that kind of money

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 

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

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($104.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($150.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($599.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.99 @ NCIX US) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($83.49 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1771.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 11:30 EST-0500

[TheRandomness]

a 980ti is a better option for 4K though with 6 gigs of vram

GDDR5 != HBM and yes, the 980Ti is superior.

[SteinerW]

 

Here is a far better system for that kind of money

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 

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

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($150.88 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($599.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.99 @ NCIX US) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($83.49 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1771.08

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 11:28 EST-0500

 

Not necessarily. A six core? if he only wants to game, he doesn't need a 6 core. The 4790K or 6700K are way better for just gaming, not to mention the motherboards are cheaper.

[App4that]

Not necessarily. A six core? if he only wants to game, he doesn't need a 6 core. The 4790K or 6700K are way better for just gaming, not to mention the motherboards are cheaper.

You haven't played Fallout 4 I see.

I'd build Steve's build in a heartbeat.

[SteinerW]

You haven't played Fallout 4 I see.

I'd build Steve's build in a heartbeat.

But spending an extra 150 dollars to play fallout at a slightly higher FPS doesn't really make sense... In other games, the 6 core i7 does worse than the quad core i7

[App4that]

But spending an extra 150 dollars to play fallout at a slightly higher FPS doesn't really make sense... In other games, the 6 core i7 does worse than the quad core i7

Fallout isn't alone and the problem of games being CPU demanding and wanting as many threads as possible is getting worse, not better. In a year your CPU may be more important in games that your GPU. Especially in DX12 titles.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Not necessarily. A six core? if he only wants to game, he doesn't need a 6 core. The 4790K or 6700K are way better for just gaming, not to mention the motherboards are cheaper.

 

The biggest thing that makes the 6700k an upgrade over the 4790k is DDR4 support. I'll take the two extra cores, quad channel memory support, and extra cache if I have the money for it. It's certainly a smarter investment than an overpriced PCIE SSD and Titan X or a third and fourth R9 390.

[SteveGrabowski0]

But spending an extra 150 dollars to play fallout at a slightly higher FPS doesn't really make sense... In other games, the 6 core i7 does worse than the quad core i7

 

A system in the $2000 price range is never going to make sense price to performance. You're always picking off marginal gains for extra money at this kind of price point.

[Festive]

Be smart and get 100 Titan X's it's the best investment.

[Nena Trinity]

Why not buy Ti or Fury X and add one more later?