High-end gaming build

[challenger15]

I'm looking at building a $5000 gaming rig that has to be gaming on ultra settings on a 2560x1440 screen. Games like company of heroes 2 , metro 2033 and crysis 3 must be able to be played fluently at 60+ fps on ultra. That is, this rig must be seriously kicking some ass. Any suggestions as to the parts needed to make this a full-blown reality?

 

[Alpha-Black]

Do you think this is future proof system ? and also can play games no on max even call of duty ghost and BF-4 on 1440p monitor? in which world are you living ? i don't know what exactly you are think when your building rig. are you here to misguide only? and do you have any info about rigs and hardware ?

Well there's no such thing as future proof. No matter if you're spending $500 or $5000. You just can't predict what is going to be out there.

And yes I do know what I am talking about. Dual GTX 780 will handle 1440P perfectly fine:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/08/06/nvidia_geforce_gtx_780_sli_video_card_review/5#.UnPWmhBYQX4

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290x_crossfire_vs_sli_review_benchmarks,18.html

The fact is that very few people can afford a dual Titan setup, dual GTX 780 will handle pretty much anything you can throw at it.

Wow, I never knew that 2 titans are equivalent to 6 780's. But when it comes to such a high-end build, I guess the best is always the priority, and seeing as you do have a huge amount of experience in this field, I am inclined to believe that your argument does hold water. Besides, a titan would have double the vram capacity of a 780, and that would be a plus point since I do game on multi-monitor setups.

Nope. That is completely wrong. There's actually very little difference between a dual Titan setup and a dual GTX 780 setup. You'll maybe notice about a 10 FPS difference but that's not worth spending an extra $1000. And there's absolutely no motherboard on earth that would support 6 x 780, and if there was, good luck finding drivers for it.

Did i said i have something like 6x GTX780 setup ? NO.
i said i have both SLI 2 way GTX780 setup and same with Titan.
FPS diferrence what i noticed on 1080 was 74 tops how you can say 10 FPS only your totally wrong on this point.

 

[g-unit1111]

Did i said i have something like 6x GTX780 setup ? NO.
i said i have both SLI 2 way GTX780 setup and same with Titan.
FPS diferrence what i noticed on 1080 was 74 tops how you can say 10 FPS only your totally wrong on this point.

Did you not look at the links I provided? If you didn't I heavily suggest reading those articles. A dual SLI GTX 780 setup on full settings will yield about 75 - 85 FPS. A dual Titan setup will yield about 85 - 95 FPS. On 1080P that won't affect much. But on 1440P you would wield about 35 FPS on 780 SLI, and about 40 FPS on dual Titan.

 

[Alpha-Black]

Did i said i have something like 6x GTX780 setup ? NO.
i said i have both SLI 2 way GTX780 setup and same with Titan.
FPS diferrence what i noticed on 1080 was 74 tops how you can say 10 FPS only your totally wrong on this point.

Did you not look at the links I provided? If you didn't I heavily suggest reading those articles. A dual SLI GTX 780 setup on full settings will yield about 75 - 85 FPS. A dual Titan setup will yield about 85 - 95 FPS. On 1080P that won't affect much. But on 1440P you would wield about 35 FPS on 780 SLI, and about 40 FPS on dual Titan.

1440p 47 FPS 780 SLI TOPS ,TITAN 68 FPS TOPS.
but our right according to those links.i rest my case here.

 

[WyomingKnott]

Alpha-Black

You've confused me; perhaps you could summarize a bit here instead of telling me to read the links? You just wrote "1440p 47 FPS 780 SLI TOPS ,TITAN 68 FPS TOPS." But earlier you wrote that "2 titans are equal to 6x 780s in real time action ...i'm using both in my lab."

The ratio of 47 FPS for the 780s to 68 FPS for the Titans is not three to one, or anywhere near it. I can't reconcile the two statements. Please help me understand.

 

[Alpha-Black]

Alpha-Black

You've confused me; perhaps you could summarize a bit here instead of telling me to read the links? You just wrote "1440p 47 FPS 780 SLI TOPS ,TITAN 68 FPS TOPS." But earlier you wrote that "2 titans are equal to 6x 780s in real time action ...i'm using both in my lab."

The ratio of 47 FPS for the 780s to 68 FPS for the Titans is not three to one, or anywhere near it. I can't reconcile the two statements. Please help me understand.

titan = 6x780 setup is on 1080p.sorry i didn't mentioned that earlier.my bad.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Cool down everybody !

No need to get angry. Discuss , not fight.

 

[challenger15]

My final opinion: Get a Asus Maximus VI Extreme LGA1150 and a XFX ProSeries 1250W 80 PLUS Gold Certified PSU. Go SLI Titan.
It will be a fantastic build and highly upgradable: 3-Way SLI, memory and next-gen CPUs.

That is precisely what I plan on doing. Thanks for the suggestion. And as for the raging battle going on about the performance of the 780 and the Titan, I would rather stay out of that for now since most of those involved seem to be contradicting each other hard and fast.

 

[expeacer]

To the OP, the best build, screw the naysayers, they are wrong, is this:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Extreme ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($373.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($429.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($266.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1074.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1074.98 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.41 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Pro Platinum 1000W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($224.36 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD/CD Writer ($20.64 @ Outlet PC)
Other: INWIN DFRAME RED ($429.99)
Total: $4696.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-24 17:31 EDT-0400)

 

[challenger15]

To the OP, the best build, screw the naysayers, they are wrong, is this:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Extreme ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($373.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($429.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($266.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1074.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1074.98 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.41 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Pro Platinum 1000W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($224.36 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD/CD Writer ($20.64 @ Outlet PC)
Other: INWIN DFRAME RED ($429.99)
Total: $4696.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-24 17:31 EDT-0400)

Good build, but I would change a couple of things in there.
The SSD is big and slow. Corsair Force Series GS 180 Gb is way better and faster.

The WD Black is slow and overpriced, also loud, Seagate Barracuda 2TB or 4TB is a much better choice. Much cheaper too.
But thanks anyway your time. I will be incorporating your parts into my final build.

 

[gamingworld]

If I was spending that much on Mobo, CPU, Ram, SSD, and GPU, I would most definitely get a better psu such as the Corsair Ax760i http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760... (can't link on mobile) or the slightly cheeper Corsair Ac760 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760. Both of those are really just a rebranded SeaSonic SS-760XP2 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss76... but the Corsair version looks better, which will matter with your chassis.

Believe me, I lost a pretty nice motherboard, Core2Quad, ram, and Dual-sli GeForce8800gt's and basicly fried my hdd with a cheap PSU(darn you thermal take).
All the components you have chosen are phenomenal, yet the psu you have choosen is good, not quite phenomenal.

One last thing: Just a side thing but you might want to pick up some matt black spray paint to cover the awful looking sides of the BD drive since (I think) it will be fully visible.

Hope this helps and best of luck with the build!

 

[challenger15]

If I was spending that much on Mobo, CPU, Ram, SSD, and GPU, I would most definitely get a better psu such as the Corsair Ax760i http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760... (can't link on mobile) or the slightly cheeper Corsair Ac760 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760. Both of those are really just a rebranded SeaSonic SS-760XP2 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss76... but the Corsair version looks better, which will matter with your chassis.

Believe me, I lost a pretty nice motherboard, Core2Quad, ram, and Dual-sli GeForce8800gt's and basicly fried my hdd with a cheap PSU(darn you thermal take).
All the components you have chosen are phenomenal, yet the psu you have choosen is good, not quite phenomenal.

One last thing: Just a side thing but you might want to pick up some matt black spray paint to cover the awful looking sides of the BD drive since (I think) it will be fully visible.

Hope this helps and best of luck with the build!

Im kind of an EVGA fanboy, so is the PSU really that cheap? And yes, I will be doing some custom glasswork and painting to fix up the side panels on this chasis (as well as the ugly Optical). Thanks for your suggestion.

 

[Alpha-Black]

If I was spending that much on Mobo, CPU, Ram, SSD, and GPU, I would most definitely get a better psu such as the Corsair Ax760i http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760... (can't link on mobile) or the slightly cheeper Corsair Ac760 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760. Both of those are really just a rebranded SeaSonic SS-760XP2 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss76... but the Corsair version looks better, which will matter with your chassis.

Believe me, I lost a pretty nice motherboard, Core2Quad, ram, and Dual-sli GeForce8800gt's and basicly fried my hdd with a cheap PSU(darn you thermal take).
All the components you have chosen are phenomenal, yet the psu you have choosen is good, not quite phenomenal.

One last thing: Just a side thing but you might want to pick up some matt black spray paint to cover the awful looking sides of the BD drive since (I think) it will be fully visible.

Hope this helps and best of luck with the build!

Im kind of an EVGA fanboy, so is the PSU really that cheap? And yes, I will be doing some custom glasswork and painting to fix up the side panels on this chasis (as well as the ugly Optical). Thanks for your suggestion.

EVGA GPUs are ok but in the line of PSUs EVGA is not that reliable how much Corsair ,seasonic, and XFX are .