PC gaming build ($7000 budget)

[camelsmaycry]

Hi Im looking into making a crazy PC, Im a mac user all my life and I would like to make a epic gaming machine as well as something that would give me the best Music + Movie experience as I love audio and loud speakers ( I want the best and the loudest)

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week

Budget Range: 7000-9000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming-watching movies-listening to music-showing off

Are you buying a monitor: no



Parts to Upgrade: none

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: None

Location: NYC

Parts Preferences: -

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: samsung 4k

Additional Comments: I was looking at the new alienware area 51 but Im not sure if its the best

 

[-Lone-]

lol, easy, get my build My specs are at bottom right corner of my comments.

 

[-Lone-]

To the Maximum!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rBrHQ7

Add more 1TBs of 850 pro if you want even more, maybe 7TB of 850 pro and you'll never need slow HDDs, lol.

 

[-Lone-]

Beyond maximum!!!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CfmGwP

 

[camelsmaycry]

Beyond maximum!!!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CfmGwP

Thanks for the advice and I surely will look into it, do you have any recommendation for the best available sound card or amp (basically something that would give me the loudest and clearest sound) as well as a sound system

Thank you very much for your help

 

[Demosthenest]

Camel, with that budget, I would get this for the gpus!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VllbwbeGS7s
(as long as you're not going to watercool them yourself)

 

[CTurbo]

I would wait for the 8GB 980 ti to be released

 

[-Lone-]

I've been trying to look for the best sound system, no luck yet, but I'll keep looking. And why wait for GPUs when they can always be changed, it's not like they are locked in place once you put them in.

 

[Demosthenest]

because you'll be getting more performance for the same price?

 

[-Lone-]

Obviously you're not getting my point? This is not about money.

 

[Demosthenest]

Pretty stupid then.

 

[-Lone-]

Nope, it's called he can have it now while the GPUs are changeable instead of waiting for however long it is based on a rumor.

 

[Demosthenest]

...
Anyway, watercooled gtx 980s are coming out, camel, you could grab 4 of those. They would beat the r9s

 

[-Lone-]

Again, that depends on how long he wants to wait. If you wanna spend time thinking "Oh, is it out yet? Nope", "Is it out now?! Nope" for the next few weeks or maybe months, you can wait. And again, the GPUs can always be changed if you want it right now, so you can have fun right now AND in the future.

 

[CTurbo]

Well I would get 4 Sapphire Vapor-X OC R9 290x 8GB cards

 

[-Lone-]

Well I would get 4 Sapphire Vapor-X OC R9 290x 8GB cards

Actually I heard Sapphire 290x cards have issues where they are forced to under clock the card to get it to work, that's why I chose Asus over Sapphire instead for the 295x2.

 

[AlphaBeta234]

Well, I have never done a build that expensive, I can give you the CPU and GPU.

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB in Quad SLI

 

[CTurbo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202129&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[-Lone-]

Well, I have never done a build that expensive, I can give you the CPU and GPU.

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB in Quad SLI

lol, didn't help I help you make a build? or was that someone else, the name seems familiar

 

[CTurbo]

and I heard Sapphire had that issue resolved before they hit the shelves.

 

[Demosthenest]

cturbo, that would be a horrendous idea. If that card already overheats on its own, imagine 4 side by side. I vote for 4 watercooled gtx 980s. Either custom watercooling or waiting 2 weeks to a month for the pre-watercooled.

 

[CTurbo]

Sapphire probably makes the best coolers for the R9 cards. Why are we to assume they are going to overheat? I can assume one thing though, in a
$7000-9000 build, cooling will not be an issue.

Four 8GB 290x cards would outperform four 4GB 980 cards in extreme 4k gaming and would be a good bit cheaper. So much cheaper in fact that a fancy pants water cooling system could be set up for the 290xs with the extra money saved.

 

[Demosthenest]

cturbo, they would still overheat if you don't watercool them.