Best gaming computer build for 2014-2015? Price range cap: $7,000

[Crueltear]

I plan on upgrading from the computer I built almost two years ago and there are a few things that I've grown to dislike about the setup I have.

I will mainly be using this for gaming, but I'll also be sifting through extremely large amounts of data and will also be video editing as well; I want each of these operations to be as quick as possible. If I had to give a perfect example of what I want to maximize my performance in, it would be a AAA game using CryENGINE to the fullest, so... Star Citizen?

Choose whatever peripherals you think are best.

Feel free to ask me anything necessary.

Thanks! 😉


Below is a list of essentials:


• 120Hz, G-sync Monitor(s) @ 1440p or above

• Full Directx advantage; so I'll need Windows 8 for Dx12

• Water cooling

• Anything from ATX to HPTX form factors are allowed [strike](LGA 1150 compatible)[/strike] LGA 2011 is what we seem to have chosen, going forward

• Case must have really great build quality and be very practical (i.e., cord anchors on the backside, enough room in the back for thick cords, etc.)

• Case must be a Tower or Super Tower

• Storage configurations can be whatever you think is the best, but the system must have a super fast Terabyte SSD

So I've finally decided on what the system will have.

I've taken everything that you all listed and did a lot of research for what was best and what wasn't worth it (i.e., 4960x) for my situation.

That said, here's the list!: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3uHZ0

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk, x2 Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: x2 EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)

Unlisted parts:
Waterblocks, radiators, pumps, compression fittings, reservoir: $400
Sleeved Cables: $79.99
Display: $799.99
Keyboard: $139.99

Total $6574.86

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it.

- Mao

 

[g-unit1111]

First off you will not come out ahead purchasing a 1TB SSD. The cost per GB is just too ridiculously high to justify the purchase. They're also no faster than an SSD that's $250. You could get a 240GB SSD and then get a 3 - 4TB HD and that would be far better.

Also could you post the specs of your existing system? That will help determine what you can keep and what you can upgrade.

 

[Crueltear]

Like I said, I have a lot of stuff I need to go through for work, so the TB SSD is necessary. I wasn't assuming that I would be better off in terms of speed, but rather in terms of storage.

I apologize for not putting up the specs, I'll do just that:

Specs:

Mobo: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU cooler: Noctua CPU Cooler NH-U12P SE2

Monitor: Asus VE248Q 24-Inch LED Monitor

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB

Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz

HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM

SSD: Intel 520 Series SSD 120GB

PSU: Corsair AX 850 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 plus Gold

 

[HiTechObsessed]

At this kind of budget, you really need the 2011 socket. The 1150 socket just doesn't have enough to CPU power/PCIe lanes for anything over 2-way SLI/Crossfire, and you wouldn't come near to the performance you can get out of hexacore i7 and 3/4-way SLI/Crossfire.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($305.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($454.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Silverstone 1350W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $4503.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 16:41 EDT-0400)

 

[Crueltear]

Yeah, I see what you mean. I guess there's really just a choice between power savings on 1150 or going for maximum effectiveness for the value of the PC. For future reference, I have no problem with LGA 2011.

Thanks for the answer.

 

[Zombie615]

Jesus a $7,000 budget good god you could buy just about anything with that amount of money. Just wish I was that lucky lol

 

[dempy19]

HiTechObsessed definitely put together the machine you are looking for. However, just thought I'd add in the peripherals since you asked.

A mouse is something you need to choose since everyone has their own style and needs. but for the keyboard i cant recommend the Razer Blackwidow Ultimate more. great mechanical keyboard, very tactile and has all the features you will need. Unless you will be typing on it a lot, because it is a loud keyboard so you might want something quieter.

As for a monitor, the best i could think of would be the Asus PB287Q 4K monitor, but its not available yet.

I can't recommend a headset because i'm not very familiar with them but i can speak for the Astro A50 which i have and have loved.

Here is the above list with modifications to the memory, power supply, added a GPU and also I would recommend a custom water cooling loop since this is a beast of a machine.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tFzH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tFzH/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tFzH/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($415.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($669.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($454.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: LEPA G Series 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($308.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($64.40 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($489.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Headphones: Astro A50 - Black 7.1 Channel Headset ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $6798.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-17 21:49 EDT-0400)

Now this will give you the speed i imagine you are looking for!

 

[Its_Byte_00]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tIeY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tIeY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tIeY/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme11 EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($599.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($144.99 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Mushkin Chronos 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($244.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Mushkin Chronos 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($244.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($1099.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($1099.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($1099.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1600W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($301.20 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: XSPC Water cooling Rad, Fans, Pumps and some tubing and a full copper cpu block ($449.99)
Other: GPU Block Connector ($18.95)
Other: GPU Waterblock x3 ($375.00)
Other: GPU Backplate x3 ($90.00)
Other: Blue UV Tubing. ($77.45)
Total: $6987.42
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-17 23:12 EDT-0400)


Dont bother with this if you nervus about water cooling. this pcpp list has everything you need for full water cooling, GPU's and CPU no need for ram/mofset/VRM blocks.

 

[Crueltear]

Goodness, this is great. Thank you everyone, I appreciate the help! For the past day I was considering Intel's i7 4960x, but I'm not sure... It's an extra $500, but I haven't really found anything that establishes why it costs that much more. I've looked at benchmarks and the only upside seems to be an added benefit of a few extra frames or a few seconds quicker in opening a program.

Who is the 4960x meant for?

Also, I've never really considered liquid cooling the GPUs, would I have to go with that option if ambient temps are too high around here? And how difficult is it to manage?

EDIT: I was also interested in why the 780 Ti is brought up a lot. is it worth it to have that over any other card? And if I want to have multiple monitors will the 3GB of VRAM be enough? What if it's a 1440p 3-monitor setup?

Thanks for the responses!

 

[Crueltear]

Jesus a $7,000 budget good god you could buy just about anything with that amount of money. Just wish I was that lucky lol

I assumed that for what I wanted that I might need that much, to be honest I only have around a $5,000 budget. The apartments I've been looking to move into each cost around $900-$1,200 a month, so I need save what I can!

There's an extra $2,000 in the budget because of what I had seen from CES, and... some of those monitors (1440p-4k) are like $800. So I'm a bit excited to see some of them in my home eventually.

 

[Its_Byte_00]

Jesus a $7,000 budget good god you could buy just about anything with that amount of money. Just wish I was that lucky lol

I assumed that for what I wanted that I might need that much, to be honest I only have around a $5,000 budget. The apartments I've been looking to move into each cost around $900-$1,200 a month, so I need save what I can!

There's an extra $2,000 in the budget because of what I had seen from CES, and... some of those monitors (1440p-4k) are like $800. So I'm a bit excited to see some of them in my home eventually.

in all reality, you wont see a major differnce with gsync or freesync. easy find a 300-420$ Korean 1440p monitor from 96hz to 120/144. liquid cooled GPU's are to enable high overclocks in such a confined space. between each other. the 4960x is truly meant for game devs, i accident click that instead of 4930k. my bad.

 

[Its_Byte_00]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3u8Cd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3u8Cd/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3u8Cd/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus X79 Deluxe ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($324.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($144.99 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Mushkin Chronos 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($244.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($693.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($693.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($693.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1600W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($312.14 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: XSPC Water cooling Rad, Fans, Pumps and some tubing and a full copper cpu block ($449.99)
Other: GPU Block Connector ($18.95)
Other: GPU Waterblock x3 ($375.00)
Other: GPU Backplate x3 ($90.00)
Other: Blue UV Tubing. ($77.45)
Total: $5190.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 18:06 EDT-0400)

 

[dempy19]

here is the comparison of the titan black vs the gtx 780ti. and this is in single, 2-way, 3-way, and 4-way SLI for both cards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxw3TWSx80M

So technically the Titan does slightly outperform the 780 ti but 4 titans would be over 4000$ and 4 780ti's would be 2800$ (before taxes). So is having the titans really worth all that extra money, up to you.

good setup there by Its_Byte_00 but you said you wanted a lot of speed so 16GB of memory wont do you justice, youll need at least 32 if not 64 in my opinion. That will come in handy when rendering videos and whatever other tasks you may be doing.

This build here includes the custom water cooling loop but i upped the HDD to the fastest ones WD offers and put back in the 1 TB SSD you wanted originally. As you will see in the video i provided you will see that the 3 GB of VRAM the 780ti offers will definitely suffice.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3uccP

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($415.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($454.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($196.85 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($196.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($693.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($693.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($693.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1600W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($312.14 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($64.40 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($489.99 @ Mac Mall)
Other: XSPC Water cooling Rad, Fans, Pumps and some tubing and a full copper cpu block ($449.99)
Other: GPU Block Connector ($18.95)
Other: GPU Waterblock x3 ($375.00)
Other: GPU Backplate x3 ($90.00)
Other: Blue UV Tubing. ($77.45)
Total: $6494.49

hope this helps, sorry for the long post!

 

[Zombie615]

Jesus a $7,000 budget good god you could buy just about anything with that amount of money. Just wish I was that lucky lol

I assumed that for what I wanted that I might need that much, to be honest I only have around a $5,000 budget. The apartments I've been looking to move into each cost around $900-$1,200 a month, so I need save what I can!

There's an extra $2,000 in the budget because of what I had seen from CES, and... some of those monitors (1440p-4k) are like $800. So I'm a bit excited to see some of them in my home eventually.

My house only costs about $1000 a month for the mortgage. I still can't afford to spend that much on a gaming computer. Heck spending $160 on a GPU was hurting me. Of course I did just have a daughter so not really a lot of anything in the budget for me. I'm currently saving up what I can for a part here an there to build a computer.

 

[ICantPickParts]

*Did this just for fun, This isn't meant to be taken serious*


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Glacer 240L 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.03 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($493.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($627.44 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($454.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($454.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.67 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($739.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($739.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($739.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($319.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: LEPA G Series 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($298.00 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($489.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $6990.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-19 00:23 EDT-0400)

 

[Zombie615]

Surprised you didn't make the OS Windows 8.1 Pro lmao

 

[ICantPickParts]

Surprised you didn't make the OS Windows 8.1 Pro lmao

When i used 8.1 i ran into many problems, so i just like to use 8, or 7.

 

[Zombie615]

Surprised you didn't make the OS Windows 8.1 Pro lmao

When i used 8.1 i ran into many problems, so i just like to use 8, or 7.

Well according to this you don't have to a choice on upgrading to windows 8.1

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-updare-mandatory-microsoft-server,26569.html

Unless I read that wrong and its only if you have 8.1 installed already. I don't know...

 

[Crueltear]

*Did this just for fun, This isn't meant to be taken serious*

haahaha

I had been thinking about everyone's builds all day and was just heading to sleep when I saw your post.

Goodness, a little overkill on the storage? Holy shit.

I wonder how many people actually have 22TBs of storage space......

 

[Zombie615]

Game Developers probably have more than 22TBs lol but I mean really I could store my whole life story with pictures for everday of my life an music to go with it an still not come close to 1/8th that amount.

 

[Crueltear]

I figured I'd have a setup of three monitors for workspace. If I ever wanted to run all of them at once, then I don't think it would be practical to go above 1440p for each monitor... unless it didn't involve anything too stressful for the system, like, Max settings in any game. So, probably a situation where you have three 1600p monitors for regular, non-gaming work... and then running them all at once in a game at a max of 1440p on ultra settings with 2-3 Titan Blacks.

I've seen some benchmarks that tell me this is a viable option with proper cooling.

 

[Its_Byte_00]

I figured I'd have a setup of three monitors for workspace. If I ever wanted to run all of them at once, then I don't think it would be practical to go above 1440p for each monitor... unless it didn't involve anything too stressful for the system, like, Max settings in any game. So, probably a situation where you have three 1600p monitors for regular, non-gaming work... and then running them all at once in a game at a max of 1440p on ultra settings with 2-3 Titan Blacks.

I've seen some benchmarks that tell me this is a viable option with proper cooling.

Maybe, But 3x 780 Ti is going to be a shitload cheaper. Not like you would be able to see them all unless you ran them in prot insted of lan.... But yeah, titans do have a spot in gaming. Just not a big one.

 

[Crueltear]

I figured I'd have a setup of three monitors for workspace. If I ever wanted to run all of them at once, then I don't think it would be practical to go above 1440p for each monitor... unless it didn't involve anything too stressful for the system, like, Max settings in any game. So, probably a situation where you have three 1600p monitors for regular, non-gaming work... and then running them all at once in a game at a max of 1440p on ultra settings with 2-3 Titan Blacks.

I've seen some benchmarks that tell me this is a viable option with proper cooling.

Maybe, But 3x 780 Ti is going to be a shitload cheaper. Not like you would be able to see them all unless you ran them in prot insted of lan.... But yeah, titans do have a spot in gaming. Just not a big one.

There's nothing stopping me from getting three 780 Ti's, I just wasn't sure that the 3GB VRAM would be a great option for a setup like this.

 

[Zombie615]

Honestly there are so many things I could fix on my house that if I had $5000 to spare I couldn't use it for a computer if I wanted too. Been wanting to extend my back deck for quite awhile an build a sun room for my wife.

On another note I saw someone on YouTube with a 3-Monitor setup and each monitor was 46" an he was playing Diablo 3 LMAO!!!! Why would you need 3 huge monitors for a game like that. I could only wish to have a 3-Monitor setup. Hell the desk I'm using is barely big enough for my 27" monitor lol

Though I do have a spare room in my house so if I ever hit the lottery or get hit by a truck (probably get hit by a truck first lmao) I'll fix me up a nice man cave with all the fancy stuff 😛

 

[Crueltear]

I guess the minimum amount of VRAM needed would be 4GB?