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I have a ok PC right now can play games at 1080p 60fps fine but. I want to make a New Gaming PC but as you know 4K is not really their yet on running on 1 GPU and I will not go SLI to manny downsides in my opinion. I am looking at building a 1440p 144hz Build but 4K is close to being run on 1 GPU and I don't want to drop $3000 on 1440p and then upgrade to 4K in a few months. Also have been looking at new 4k 144hz HDR displays and yes I know it will cost a shit load but I am willing to pay more for 4k because if will last longer than 1440p. But that being said as of right now no one GPU can run 4K max setting 60+FPS on all games. And even if 4K GPUs come out its not going to be able to push more than say 60-75FPS. If you were in my boat what would you do wait for 4k or just build 1440p 144hz? Thanks for help people. 

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4 minutes ago, StarStreamFPS said:

I have a ok PC right now can play games at 1080p 60fps fine but. I want to make a New Gaming PC but as you know 4K is not really their yet on running on 1 GPU and I will not go SLI to manny downsides in my opinion. I am looking at building a 1440p 144hz Build but 4K is close to being run on 1 GPU and I don't want to drop $3000 on 1440p and then upgrade to 4K in a few months. Also have been looking at new 4k 144hz HDR displays and yes I know it will cost a shit load but I am willing to pay more for 4k because if will last longer than 1440p. But that being said as of right now no one GPU can run 4K max setting 60+FPS on all games. And even if 4K GPUs come out its not going to be able to push more than say 60-75FPS. If you were in my boat what would you do wait for 4k or just build 1440p 144hz? Thanks for help people. 

I would build an all out 4K build and not upgrade for a long time.  I would get two 1080 Tis and a high end processor(R7 1700, I run two with a 6850K just fine at 4K). I know you said no SLI but there are really not many issues at all; there used to be TONS of issues a long long time ago. For you, the best 4K build right now IMO would be to mimic my system(in signature) but choose the case of your choice.

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3 minutes ago, lilbman said:

I would build an all out 4K build and not upgrade for a long time.  I would get two 1080 Tis and a high end processor(R7 1700, I run two with a 6850K just fine at 4K). I know you said no SLI but there are really not many issues at all; there used to be TONS of issues a long long time ago. For you, the best 4K build right now IMO would be to mimic my system(in signature) but choose the case of your choice.

What kind of games do you play?

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wait for 4k. 

 

v e g a and volta are right around the corner.

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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4 minutes ago, lilbman said:

Civ 5, Rocket League, Battlefield 1, GTA V, CS:GO, Project Reality.  Those are my main games.

You should be able to run some of those at 1440p or even 4k @60fps with the system you currently have. 

 

Also, moved to new builds & planning section.

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17 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

You should be able to run some of those at 1440p or even 4k @60fps with the system you currently have. 

 

Also, moved to new builds & planning section.

I run them all @ 4K 60 FPS with some settings turned down on BF1 and GTA V, but nothing major.

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9 hours ago, lilbman said:

I run them all @ 4K 60 FPS with some settings turned down on BF1 and GTA V, but nothing major.

Sorry, I got confused. I thought you were the OP. Disregard. :P 

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

Spoiler

Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

Spoiler

FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

Spoiler

SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

Spoiler

MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

Spoiler

Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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