gaming cpu/vga choose!

[leon0207]

i7 5960x - no overclock
e5 2690v3 dual cpu
i7 6700k no overclock

graphic card
gtx 980 ti 4 way sli
vs
gtx 1080 2 way sli

 

[synphul]

I think more research needs to be done on what games you plan to play and across how many monitors and what resolution. This looks like a situation of throwing as many parts at it as possible and hope that it works and would be a major waste of money in my opinion.

The 5690x and 2690v3 are ridiculous overkill and won't offer any gaming performance bump so save around $700 on the cpu alone and go with a 6700k. Gpu's will depend on the other aspects and you won't be doing 4way sli on an 1151 board unless one escapes me with additional plx or something. Not to mention sli/crossfire don't scale for squat and have quickly diminishing returns with vram that doesn't stack. Not all games use sli, those that do some use it well while others don't. Even attempting 3way sli is likely to cause serious complications and more headache than it's worth.