Opinion on a new system

[Reaper0402]

I'm putting together a new system, I already have the monitor and SSD.

This system will be purely for gaming and playing mostly new and upcoming games @ 1440p resolution and I would like to play at 60fps at maxxed out or close to maxxed out settings.

Any thoughts on my components would be appreciated e.g. more efficient choices. Also, reccomended additionall cooling would be super helpful. Budget is not an issue but don't want to waste $$ if not needed.


Case: Corsair Graphite Series 760T

Mobo: ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard with 3-Way SLI/CrossFireX

PSU: CORSAIR AX series AX860 860W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC

CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX

CPU cooling: CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm

HDD: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB 10000 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10R

GPU: 2 x MSI Radeon R9 290X GAMING 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX

thanks all.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Its a good build but i personally would never spend that much on a AMD build.

 

[Scremin34Egl]

If you are throwing in that much cash rather go with an i7, just my opinion, though that AMD build looks good

Dual 290X's + overclocking, I would recommend a 1000W psu

 

[Reaper0402]

If you are throwing in that much cash rather go with an i7, just my opinion, though that AMD build looks good

Dual 290X's + overclocking, I would recommend a 1000W psu

Thanks, what do you think the benefit of changing up the mobo to an Asus Maximus and chip to i7-4790 would be on gaming performance, would it likely be noticable increase in frames?

Also, i will not be overclocking the gpu's but might use the Asus CPU "level up" feature, which I believe overclocks it a bit.. would you still need a 1000W PSU? or would the 860 be good enough?

thx.

 

[Dunlop0078]

If you are throwing in that much cash rather go with an i7, just my opinion, though that AMD build looks good

Dual 290X's + overclocking, I would recommend a 1000W psu

Thanks, what do you think the benefit of changing up the mobo to an Asus Maximus and chip to i7-4790 would be on gaming performance, would it likely be noticable increase in frames?

Also, i will not be overclocking the gpu's but might use the Asus CPU "level up" feature, which I believe overclocks it a bit.. would you still need a 1000W PSU? or would the 860 be good enough?

thx.

I would get a i5 4670k or 4690k and try to get 2 gtx 780 ti's if your looking for best possible frame rate. And 780 ti's in sli should run with 860watts.

 

[Scremin34Egl]

If you are throwing in that much cash rather go with an i7, just my opinion, though that AMD build looks good

Dual 290X's + overclocking, I would recommend a 1000W psu

Thanks, what do you think the benefit of changing up the mobo to an Asus Maximus and chip to i7-4790 would be on gaming performance, would it likely be noticable increase in frames?

Also, i will not be overclocking the gpu's but might use the Asus CPU "level up" feature, which I believe overclocks it a bit.. would you still need a 1000W PSU? or would the 860 be good enough?

thx.

In most but all cases an i7 will beat an fx 8350. Some games might see a slight increase while with others it's more significant.

Theirs also not much happening at all with the AM3 socket while with Intel the new Broadwell series is expected to use the current 1150 socket.

That 860W should be fine as long as you don't go crazy with the overclocking