Help with new build

[gregzoe]

I have a friendwho is building my son a gaming PC for Christmas and needed some advice.

I am purchasing a 40" 4K display also and wanted to know what a recommended GPU would be for the best performance. Am I better off going with a GTX 980 either in SLI or 3-Way SLI, or shoud I go with a single care like a GTX Titan? My friend said that both would be great options.

I just want the best performance for my son so he doesn't have to upgrade for a while.

 

[Cityfans135]

Do You have a budget? If around 1000 bucks for graphics cards is you budget, you could probably get 3 GTX 970's for a little more than that. Only problem with that is the 3.5 GB of VRAM if your running 4K. I would recommend a single GTX 980 Ti for around 650 bucks, then add another 980 Ti a little later. Or you could also get dual GTX 980's. They would all work well. Good luck!

A Titan X costs around 1,000 bucks, so that's why I assumed that is the price you are willing to spend on a Graphics Card. Also, do you have the other parts picked out? If so, could you tell me? If not I can create a Part list.

 

[sizzling]

Agree a 980Ti or 2x 980Ti is the way to go. What's the rest of the build

 

[gregzoe]

Thanks for the fast response, my budget for the PC is $4000.00. So far I have the i7-5960X, 500GB SSD, 2TB 7200RPM.

 

[Cityfans135]

Yeah, that will be beast! Dual 980Ti's would be perfect. I put this little thing together for fun. Those are the Gpus that I would recommend. Of course you could pick out whatever case you wanted etc.

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

Also that build ends up around 3500 bucks, and contains the same or equivalent parts that you have already chosen. Good luck on the build!