Looking for some critique on my future build

Chris714

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Hi I'm looking to purchase a brand new build soon and was wondering if any of you guys can crituqe it for me. I'm not sure if I'm spending too much money on something or if there are certain parts that just don't belong. (I'm getting the motherboard because of the built in wifi and crossfire. I don't mind the extra price)
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8KTrPs
 


Looks pretty good to me. Maybe look into getting a Crucial MX300 525GB m.2 ssd instead, fewer wires and it's amazing tech, about the size of a stick of gum.
 
Since this is a critique, any particular reason you are opting for crossfire? I realize that without going for a Fury X or an R9 390(X), you can't get higher end GPUs from AMD at this time, but it always strikes me when someone goes for Crossfire / SLI before getting their PC in to be sure they indeed do need or want the extra performance.

A far more important question, what resolution will you be playing at? If it is UHD, or even QHD, then the crossfire setup makes sense.

Note: Doing with a larger SSD, as JWCrellin recommended, is something I back 100%. I love my Samsung 850 Evo, it is easily the best component in my PC (Way better than my CPU or GPU in terms of my levels of frustration when using my desktop). I'd look into if you prefer SATA or PCIe (I assuming that someone going crossfire is a power user, and might care about the differences). The Crucial MX300 is a SATA drive, as if the Samsung 850 Evo. There are options like the Samsung 960 Evo which are PCIe, and a price premium, but definitely outclass those two SSDs for power users.

Let me know what you think.
 
Theoretically, the 960 is multiples of times faster and it's some great science but I don't think it shows up in perceived responsiveness. So for that reason and its price i'm not too hot on Samsung atm.

Crossfire 480's will show up to compete in 4k if you want to run a wall mounted 4k tv.
 


There are going to be a handful of games I'd like to play in 4k which is why I'd like to have the crossfire. It would be cheaper than getting a 1080 and if I'm not mistaken it's better than getting a single 1070.
 


Yes that's correct. If you're going to be overclocking cpu and both gpu's maybe get a 850G2 or P2.
 


Is the extra power needed? I'm trying to to spend too much extra but if the 750 isn't enough I suppose i have to.
 
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/07/11/amd_radeon_rx_480_8gb_crossfire_review/12

This review shows dual RX 480s vs single GTX 1070/80 in power draw. The system caps out at 461W, so you'd have a little under 300W of headroom for overclocking. I think that is more than enough. Keep in mind that peak efficiency of a PSU is around 50% usage mark, but that does not mean I recommend going to a higher PSU wattage. 750W is plenty.