i7 5960x PC Build

[StaticDrift]

Hello everyone! I have been wanting a new PC for a while now, im buying one for christmas. Keep in mind i will be gaming at 1080p maxed out. Here's the specs:
Intel Core i7 5960X
GTX 780 TI Twin Frozr/Radeon r9 295x2
2 TB hard drive
16 GB 2800 MHZ ram
800 watt PSU
Ok so I have some questions
1. Will the 3.00 GHZ on the 5960x make a big performance difference from the 4790k?
2. Should I get the r9 295x2 instead of the 780 ti? Will I get more performance?
3. Will this system run Crysis 3, BF4, and ArmA 2 DayZ at above 80 fps with 4X AA? Thanks to all whom help!

 

[logainofhades]

A 4790k with Crossfire R9 290.

 

[StaticDrift]

4790k will just be fine, no bottleneck and will handle any game, and no, 780ti is betetr value, just sli it, don't need a titan anyway for 1080p

Ok sorry to keep bothering you, but I'm curently adding the parts I want on CyberPower's website, I know you dont want me to but i do. Anyways will the ASUS republic of gamers motherboard give me a huge performance boost over say, a gigabyte one. Also is a 5820k a good choice instead of the 4790k ?

 

[legend001523]

no, a more expensive board will not increase fps, a asus rog vii hero will be good, very good board, stable and reliable and not really, 4790k will do just as well in games

 

[kira70591]

Static, if you go with x99 at least get the 5930k so that you can take full advantage of the 40 lanes of pci that the 5960x also takes advantage of. With the 5820k you will only get 28 lanes of pci. The extra lanes will greatly benefit you in a multi gpu setup. The 4790k may be a bit stronger in single thread performance but for games you may only see a couple fps drop if that. The extra pci lanes for multiple gpus more than makes up for that. If all you are going to be doing is playing games on it, I would suggest saving yourself a massive amount of money and going with a Z97 build with a 4790k as that would still allow you to render quite well if that is what you want to do as well.

I would wait until the 19th when they release the 900 series of GPUs and see what kind of benchmarks people will get. The 780ti will not be much behind the 900 series if hardly at all.

 

[StaticDrift]

no, a more expensive board will not increase fps, a asus rog vii hero will be good, very good board, stable and reliable and not really, 4790k will do just as well in games

Hey dude! Here's what i've gotten so far, any changes or recommendations would be appreciated! http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1GC4U6 its not a virus btw its cyberpower

 

[legend001523]

Not bad but as I said, just get a i7 4790k

 

[kira70591]

It looks like a great build. I would throw in a 256gb SSD for a boot / main application drive and use the HDD as a secondary / storage drive.

 

[StaticDrift]

Not bad but as I said, just get a i7 4790k

Im just really scared to get one. I really like having the most updated hardware dude. I really want the x99 platform. Its brand new, and before I even get this PC Nvidia will have the 800 series, and windows 9 will be out. remember this is just kind of a test thing to see how well these components will do. I will probably put a 890 in this thing.

 

[kira70591]

The 4790k is the most up to date hardware. 1150 / Z97 and 2011 v3 / x99 are two completely different systems but each is up to date. They serve two different purposes. Are you going to be making a living with this computer and doing hardcore rendering? If so, go with x99; however, you will not really see a great performance increase by going with x99 unless you plan on having two or more GPUs.

 

[legend001523]

firstly, having the newest isn't better, it won't help, if you want to waste money on something you're never going to see the full effect of then get the 5930k and secondly, it's the 900 series now and thirdly, some rumours say that th 780ti is still the better gpu compared with the 980

 

[StaticDrift]

The 4790k is the most up to date hardware. 1150 / Z97 and 2011 v3 / x99 are two completely different systems but each is up to date. They serve two different purposes. Are you going to be making a living with this computer and doing hardcore rendering? If so, go with x99; however, you will not really see a great performance increase by going with x99 unless you plan on having two or more GPUs.

But it will still be a performance increase with x99 won't it? And thanks for telling me lol. I thought that theres was gonna be a 5790k and 5770k and stuff. I didnt know they were two complelty different things

 

[kira70591]

Would you pay literally 2 to 3 times more for a car with SLIGHTLY better performance. At most we are talking a couple FPS difference when it comes to CPU power. At times the 4790k could even have better performance in single threaded applications. Yes, 4790k runs on LGA1150 socket and the new three run on the LGA2011 v3 socket. In the end it is your money if you want to spend it and all I can say is to go with the 5930k and the build that you showed us as that should serve you well for quite a long time. But again, if you are going with anything less than a 3-way SLI build, I would just stick with a 1150 / Z97 build.

If you want absolutely the BEST and are going to be doing hardcore rendering / multi GPU setup then definitely go with x99.

 

[StaticDrift]

firstly, having the newest isn't better, it won't help, if you want to waste money on something you're never going to see the full effect of then get the 5930k and secondly, it's the 900 series now and thirdly, some rumours say that th 780ti is still the better gpu compared with the 980

ok Im going to get a 990 if there is one tho, and i would rather have the extra power i dont need than to have not enough power in the future. For some reason I think jealousy is making you tell me to get a worse processor. But thanks anyways.

 

[legend001523]

^ I'm plannoing to get a i7 4790k and a 780ti, so no jealousy, if I saw a real benfit with the work you were doing, i would say, yeah go get the x99 boards, but i don't really, you only want to game and render and the i7 will handle both fine, and the 990will be released next year IF there will be a 990

 

[DubbleClick]

firstly, having the newest isn't better, it won't help, if you want to waste money on something you're never going to see the full effect of then get the 5930k and secondly, it's the 900 series now and thirdly, some rumours say that th 780ti is still the better gpu compared with the 980

ok Im going to get a 990 if there is one tho, and i would rather have the extra power i dont need than to have not enough power in the future. For some reason I think jealousy is making you tell me to get a worse processor. But thanks anyways.

He's simply right. The i7 4790k on stock is better for games than the i7 5930k. Overclocked, aswell. You can typically get the i7 4790k to 4.8ghz, the i7 5930k to 4.5ghz. No game currently out seems to use more than 4 cores. They share the same architecture. So afterall, the i7 4790k is stronger due to it's higher clock speed.

But even if it wasn't, probably IF games start utilizing more cores (and new cpu's will be out by then, as well as new gpu's) they would be better, But by what. The same amount as an i7 is currently better than an i5. None of those limits a dual 780 ti setup and I doubt you'll be getting anything stronger than that anyway. No sane person goes for dual titan z/295x setup for 1080p.