Good $2000 PC?

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($237.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($183.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($524.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($524.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($175.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2053.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-04 01:17 EST-0500)

I'd recommended against SLi/CF but eh, you could run many displays with this.

No OS, just a gaming PC, though it would run Windows 8 for me.

Without SLi;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($237.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($183.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card ($996.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($175.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2000.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-04 01:21 EST-0500)
 
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Something like this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.96 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Zalman LQ-320 Liquid CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($195.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($489.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($489.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2094.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-04 01:21 EST-0500)
 
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Why put a pre-built liquid cooler on a build with so much potential?

Custom loop would cost more, but, buying it down the road would be amazing for OC. Not that OC is needed, but why skimp?
 
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GTX 690s are outdated and overpriced, you can get the same performance with a GTX 780. I do like the first build though.
 
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It says "No winner declared Too close to call" They are both great cards.


690 displays better then the 780's at higher res, if I was going to buy a 2K PC, I wouldn't buy a $100-200 monitor, I'd go no holds bar on a sick top of the line dual IPS high res display.

More on the 690 here;

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1873497/gtx-690-gtx-780.html

Either way, buck stops there, we don't need to debate my build, lets help the OP build a awesome PC!
 
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Thats the point, "to close to call".
Now look at the price difference. 😛
The 690 is also not very power consumption friendly.

Just pointing out to OP that a 690 is not a good choice in my oppinion when you can get cheaper for about the same performance.

And for an GTX780 in SLI you don't need 1000w PSU. You can easily get by with a good 850w 80+ gold and still have room for a nice OC.
 
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Eh, if he wants to edit the build and add a 780/780 Ti he's more then welcome.

As for the 100W PSU, I suggest it, you can "get by" with a 850W PSU, but with quality parts like this we aren't tying to "get by" we want the top power usage to be at 50-75% of the PSU for best efficiency.
 
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