Revised new system

[Straussy]

So ive been tweeking and trying to figure out the best computer i can get for gaming and this is what ive come up with

 

Thoughts?

[KeFy]

Ehm sli is iffy sometimes you won't get any inprovement at all and sometimes it can even worsen the performance compared to a single card so i recomend using just 1 1080ti 

[Airdragonz]

Buying a 1080ti right now is like wasting 600 bucks per card. A 1080ti has an msrp of about 700-800 bucks 

[Straussy]

Can always Just turn one off for games if it doesnt do well on and I dont really care about price

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, Straussy said:

Can always Just turn one off for games if it doesnt do well on and I dont really care about price

not entirely practical at all, down to you though.

[Ashleyyyy]

6 minutes ago, Straussy said:

Can always Just turn one off for games if it doesnt do well on and I dont really care about price

you don't care if you lose $1400? 

[Straussy]

how so?

 

[Straussy]

And no when they figure out the way to make sli good then ill have it

[r3loAded]

1 minute ago, Straussy said:

how so?

 

it's either put a gtx 1080 ti in that pcie slot or insert $1400 the fps will be the same (an exaggeration but you get the idea)

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, Straussy said:

And no when they figure out the way to make sli good then ill have it

this won't happen, sli is a gimick now, it used to be good and then over time developers realised most people only run single cards and stop optimizing for 2 cards, this will either cause: little performance gain or lower performance than one card or the game flat out wont run.

 

when SLI works, it works very well.

[Straussy]

3 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

this won't happen, sli is a gimick now, it used to be good and then over time developers realised most people only run single cards and stop optimizing for 2 cards, this will either cause: little performance gain or lower performance than one card or the game flat out wont run.

 

when SLI works, it works very well.

Thats why I want sli and GTA loves sli

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, Straussy said:

Thats why I want sli and GTA loves sli

let me ask a question or 2?

1: Sit down and look at it from this angle, you will be spending $1400 to play like 4 games at higher FPS and bear in mind most games are leaning towards cutting SLI support completely.

2: Are you actually going to build this? It happens a lot and I understand if you're not going to build this but it'd be nice to say "I'm not going to get this but was just curious on everyones opinions."

[johnukguy]

The 8700K has no upgrade path. You know that right? And two 1080's won't give you better performance in quite a few games. It's a waste of money. As is that monitor.

[Straussy]

9 minutes ago, johnukguy said:

The 8700K has no upgrade path. You know that right? And two 1080's won't give you better performance in quite a few games. It's a waste of money. As is that monitor.

what do you mean no upgrade path? Its the best for gaming asfar as I know when its overclocked and the monitor is good.

 

[Straussy]

37 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

let me ask a question or 2?

1: Sit down and look at it from this angle, you will be spending $1400 to play like 4 games at higher FPS and bear in mind most games are leaning towards cutting SLI support completely.

2: Are you actually going to build this? It happens a lot and I understand if you're not going to build this but it'd be nice to say "I'm not going to get this but was just curious on everyones opinions."

1. Bragging rights and will never have to upgrade I guess

2.I will actually be buying it

[johnukguy]

1 minute ago, Straussy said:

what do you mean no upgrade path? Its the best for gaming asfar as I know when its overclocked and the monitor is good.

 

There is zero upgrade path. You cannot upgrade that CPU, unless you move to an entirely new platform with a new motherboard and CPU in a couple of years. As to the monitor, I didn't say it wasn't any good. It's a waste of money though as it's far too expensive for what it is.

[Straussy]

1 minute ago, johnukguy said:

There is zero upgrade path. You cannot upgrade that CPU, unless you move to an entirely new platform with a new motherboard and CPU in a couple of years. As to the monitor, I didn't say it wasn't any good. It's a waste of money though as it's far too expensive for what it is.

Its a new cpu and its just been named the best gaming cpu when overclocked, which is what ill be using it for

[johnukguy]

Just now, Straussy said:

Its a new cpu and its just been named the best gaming cpu when overclocked, which is what ill be using it for

Great, then go for it. It's your money, but don't complain when it turns out that in a year or less that there are better CPUs, that are also cheaper and can be upgraded. 

[BarackOBatman]

It's about as good as you could get. Terrible value for the money though.

Also perhaps a single Titan Xp would be a better choice over SLI 1080ti.

Keep in mind, a year or two from now and the CPU will no longer be the latest and greatest, new video cards will be out, and SLI will be more or less, dead IMO.

 

Not sure where you're getting these prices either. Assuming USD, Strix 1080ti should be way cheaper, 1 TB 960 is way overpriced, RAM is way overpriced even in todays market, CPU is overpriced even considering the short supply, windows 10 PRO is way overpriced (even compared to buying directly from Microsoft!)An identical system could be built for hundreds less.

[Straussy]

14 hours ago, BarackOBatman said:

It's about as good as you could get. Terrible value for the money though.

Also perhaps a single Titan Xp would be a better choice over SLI 1080ti.

Keep in mind, a year or two from now and the CPU will no longer be the latest and greatest, new video cards will be out, and SLI will be more or less, dead IMO.

 

Not sure where you're getting these prices either. Assuming USD, Strix 1080ti should be way cheaper, 1 TB 960 is way overpriced, RAM is way overpriced even in todays market, CPU is overpriced even considering the short supply, windows 10 PRO is way overpriced (even compared to buying directly from Microsoft!)An identical system could be built for hundreds less.

Its aud as im Ausralian, and isnt a Titan Xp only slightly better but way more expensive

[Straussy]

Revised gpu, power supply, windows and ram

[BarackOBatman]

6 hours ago, Straussy said:

Revised gpu, power supply, windows and ram

My bad, didn't realize it was AUD.

 

That makes a lot more sense.

 

Also yes, Titan Xp is only slightly better. Some say 5-10% depending on the task.

 

For the money, a 1080 ti is better. But if money is no object, Titan Xp

[Straussy]

Its not on the website sadly, but id still probly stay with the ti