4k Gaming Rig Help

[CaptainNoobulous]

Hey guys, so I want a gaming PC that will be able to play games at 4k. My Budget is about 2000 US Dollars. I plan to get the r9 390x when it is released at the end of next month. I am asking for help now because I want the PC finished by then and with the little time I have at the moment I would like to have it all set sooner than later. Please leave some build suggestions below as it would really help me out thanks.

 

[ImDaBaron]

I'd wait until AMD's cards come out first, I know you want the computer now, but gaming at 4k is a tall order, a single Titan X at $1000 can't average above 40 fps in Battlefield 4 on ultra settings:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-gm200-maxwell,4091-3.html

Or you could go with a 1440p setup which is less taxing and still looks amazing.

Slight tweaking on the Titan and you can easily get over in multiplayer. It's not exactly a graphics intensive game. It's more CPU intensive on multiplayer. I was just doing 55 FPS about 2 minutes ago. Only problem with the AMD cards is they are going to be limited in VRAM. I just went over 4 in this last game I played.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

What are you guys thoughts on this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8Q3R99

All right, so is the R9-270X only temporary? How about this: use this build and grab a GTX 980 Ti later on while using the included GPU as a PhysX card. With that PSU, you can easily run two GTX 980 Tis in SLI plus the GTX 960 for PhysX.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($362.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($106.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($167.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.67 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($199.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1600W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($324.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1871.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-26 20:01 EDT-0400

I think that's what I may do. Can you do a Physx card with AMD. (sorry to sound like a noob).

You cannot use a PhysX card with an AMD card.

 

[CaptainNoobulous]

What are you guys thoughts on this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8Q3R99

All right, so is the R9-270X only temporary? How about this: use this build and grab a GTX 980 Ti later on while using the included GPU as a PhysX card. With that PSU, you can easily run two GTX 980 Tis in SLI plus the GTX 960 for PhysX.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($362.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($106.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($167.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.67 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($199.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1600W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($324.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1871.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-26 20:01 EDT-0400

I think that's what I may do. Can you do a Physx card with AMD. (sorry to sound like a noob).

You cannot use a PhysX card with an AMD card.

So it is probably best to just get the build that you recommenced and wait for the r9 390x. Or would the gtx 980ti be a better option?

 

[ImDaBaron]

980ti,390x 8GB or the Titan X seem to be your best bets.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

You can get a cheap GPU as a temporary card until the R9-390X is released. When DirectX 12 is released, you can use the temporary card alongside the R9-390X for a small performance boost. Or just run Intel HD 4600 in the meantime, which is sluggish for games, but will save you a hundred bucks now. Or go with the GTX 980 Ti / GTX 960 solution I posted earlier.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($231.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($129.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($206.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black/Green) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($135.49 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1448.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-26 20:16 EDT-0400

 

[CaptainNoobulous]

Do you think that this is my best bet and check Ebay for a used graphics card or borrow one in the mean time from a friend. I added the r7 260x for the ~$100 I have in the mean time.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GqkwJx

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Do you think that this is my best bet and check Ebay for a used graphics card or borrow one in the mean time from a friend. I added the r7 260x for the ~$100 I have in the mean time.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GqkwJx

You could do that, but keep in mind that the PSU is overkill for even two R9-390Xs in crossfire and you only need the 4790k CPU for two GPUs.

 

[CaptainNoobulous]

I would like to in the future get more than two so that I can have my future computer for a while

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

For triple GPUs, 3-way crossfire scales poorly with high latency compared to 3-way SLI. As I said earlier, you can get two GTX 980 Tis in 2-way SLI and a GTX 960 for PhysX. When DirectX 12 games are released, you can combine all three GPUs in a shared pool for maximum performance across those games. Windows 10 is required.

 

[CaptainNoobulous]

ok then I think ill go ahead with the gtx 960 build. Should I get the 5820k or the 4790k?

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Get the 5820k build since you will need at least 24 PCI-E lanes for three GPUs.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($362.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($106.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($167.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.67 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($199.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1600W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($324.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1871.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-26 20:48 EDT-0400