High end gaming build

[JustNeedSomeHelp]

Hello guys. I'am gonna buy a new gaming computer, and I really don't got time for waiting. Battlefield 4 is out, and I can't wait 1 month for non reference card to R9 290X. I've seen some benchmarks that FX 8350 performs as good as i5 4670k on Battlefield 4?

Anyway, I'am on a budget and I can't go over it. I will be playing on 5760x1080p so I think that it would be a better choice to buy R9 290X instead of GTX 780. This is what I have been thinking on. Please tell me if there is something I should/need to change before I buy the build.

3x 1080p monitors - thin bezel
R9 290X Crossfire
AMD FX-8320
Hyper 212 evo
SEAGATE Barracuda® 1TB
FRACTAL DESIGN Define R4 Black Pearl
Kingston HyperX 16gb 8x2 1600mhz
Coolermaster v1000w gold
Samsung 250GB evo
Windows 8.1
ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 motherboard

So yeah. Thats the build. I will be editing, streaming, but mostly gaming OFC.

 

[toddybody]

Good build...not sure where to make recommendations, not knowing your "budget". Only point I would throw out there, is the question of Video Memory at that resolution. 3GB reference cards have enough?

 

[JustNeedSomeHelp]

Good build...not sure where to make recommendations, not knowing your "budget". Only point I would throw out there, is the question of Video Memory at that resolution. 3GB reference cards have enough?

Well, it's pretty hard to say what my budget is. I'am from Norway, and most components got a 20-30% higher price. Prices are very different. But do you think I could OC FX-8320 at 4,2 with hyper 212 evo without an issue?

 

[ubercake]

You don't need a 1000W power supply unless you're planning on 2 R9290x's in the system.

Get a Seasonic SSR-650RM 650 Watt PSU. Take the savings and get an 8350 CPU instead of the 8320. Multi-player BF4 is what puts the real load on the CPU, so you want as much CPU as you can get. Everything else looks pretty good.

Now if you plan to get 2 290xs for a crossfire setup one day, you'll need a good 850W or higher.

 

[JustNeedSomeHelp]

You don't need a 1000W power supply unless you're planning on 2 R9290x's in the system.

Get a Seasonic SSR-650RM 650 Watt PSU. Take the savings and get an 8350 CPU instead of the 8320. Multi-player BF4 is what puts the real load on the CPU, so you want as much CPU as you can get. Everything else looks pretty good.

Now if you plan to get 2 290xs for a crossfire setup one day, you'll need a good 850W or higher.

Well, I'am gonna buy R9 290X crossfire. And a FX 8350 is a overclocked FX 8320. I will get same performance if I overclock FX 8320 at 4.0ghz.

 

[JustNeedSomeHelp]

You don't need a 1000W power supply unless you're planning on 2 R9290x's in the system.

Get a Seasonic SSR-650RM 650 Watt PSU. Take the savings and get an 8350 CPU instead of the 8320. Multi-player BF4 is what puts the real load on the CPU, so you want as much CPU as you can get. Everything else looks pretty good.

Now if you plan to get 2 290xs for a crossfire setup one day, you'll need a good 850W or higher.

Well, I'am gonna buy R9 290X crossfire. And a FX 8350 is a overclocked FX 8320. I will get same performance if I overclock FX 8320 at 4.0ghz.

So there's no overclocking an 8350?

FX 8320 and FX 8350 is same CPU. Only that AMD factory clocked FX 8320 at 4.0 GHZ and called it FX 8350.

 

[ubercake]

Ah. I see it. You could go with an Seasonic M12II 850W PSU and then not have to OC and 8350. There has to be a reason they classify one a 8320 and another an 8350.

 

[JustNeedSomeHelp]

Ah. I see it. You could go with an Seasonic M12II 850W PSU and then not have to OC and 8350. There has to be a reason they classify one a 8320 and another an 8350.

Well, I could need the extra wattage in the future. And I could still OC FX 8320 at 4,5 with hyper 212 evo. Depends how lucky I'am .

 

[toddybody]

Ah. I see it. You could go with an Seasonic M12II 850W PSU and then not have to OC and 8350. There has to be a reason they classify one a 8320 and another an 8350.

Well, I could need the extra wattage in the future. And I could still OC FX 8320 at 4,5 with hyper 212 evo. Depends how lucky I'am .

Im of the *hope* that my PSU is one of the components that will follow me through several upgrades...as my new CPUs/GPUs should be more energy efficient in future iterations. IMHO, an 850w (Gold Efficiency) PSU will serve your needs easily.

 

[quilciri]

Since you are buying now, I have to recommend 780's over 290's.

Though the 290x is a considerably more powerful card than the 780, a pair of 780's will give you a much better experience on tri-monitor than the 290's.

AMD's frame pacing (an issue with multiple GPU's) on multiple monitors is nonexistent right now. AMD's drivers are getting better, but right now Nvidia is pretty far out in the lead when it comes to frame latency on triple monitor setups. AMD's recent frame-pacing drivers only support a single monitor, and only for DX11 games *and* even then, Nvidia's frame pacing is still smoother.

AMD's drivers will probably catch up in a year or so, but right now I only recommend AMD for single GPU rigs.

 

[JustNeedSomeHelp]

Since you are buying now, I have to recommend 780's over 290's.

Though the 290x is a considerably more powerful card than the 780, a pair of 780's will give you a much better experience on tri-monitor than the 290's.

AMD's frame pacing (an issue with multiple GPU's) on multiple monitors is nonexistent right now. AMD's drivers are getting better, but right now Nvidia is pretty far out in the lead when it comes to frame latency on triple monitor setups. AMD's recent frame-pacing drivers only support a single monitor, and only for DX11 games *and* even then, Nvidia's frame pacing is still smoother.

AMD's drivers will probably catch up in a year or so, but right now I only recommend AMD for single GPU rigs.

I've read the opposite. AMD R9 290X got new hardware which has fixed the frame time issues along with the frame pacing driver support. So R9 290X works better then gtx 780 on multiple monitors. Thats just what I read...

 

[quilciri]

Would you post a link to where you read that?

The only ones I could find said 4k/eyefinity frame pacing with the pci-e xfire implementation was better, not fixed, which is exactly the case I described.

Nvidia's frame pacing is visually indistinguishable from a single GPU.

 

[ubercake]

Would you post a link to where you read that?

The only ones I could find said 4k/eyefinity frame pacing with the pci-e xfire implementation was better, not fixed, which is exactly the case I described.

Nvidia's frame pacing is visually indistinguishable from a single GPU.

I agree. I've been running with SLI with 580s, 680s, and 780s. SLI is great tech and proven.

AMD would surely publish a celebratory article when they finally have the problem licked. Just as they had to deal with multple articles that revealed the issue in the first place. Eyefinity with crossfire is definitely still an issue AMD has yet to tackle and many articles describe this as not addressed.

I would definitely consider a single 290x in a system, but until AMD throws a crossfire party with the media confirming they've completely addressed the issues, I'll avoid a multi-card solution from them. Your forking out your hard-earned money. You want something that works as advertised. SLI works great with three screens, four screens or one screen.