upgrading pc recomendations

[Questaroma]

Hello all. I have some money, give or take about $1,400, I need to get a new cpu (i7 of course), a new power supply (650w+), a new motherboard (as I have an asus m5a99fx PRO r2.0 which is obviously only for AMD), and a new graphics card (I'm already leaning towards a gtx 980ti due to the fact that I have three 1440p monitors). And with direct X12, I also want to use my r9 380 together with the 980ti to get 12gb of vram. So I, of course, need a motherboard with 2 pci express ports. It also needs to be DDR3 because I have 8gb ddr3, im not editing or rendering anything, so I feel no need to upgrade to 16+ gigs.Please be as descriptive as you possibly can, I'm willing to read a multi-page essay if you guys throw me one. Thank You!

 

[Hyboria]

Might be a silly question, but do you realise that you can't SLI the r9 380 and the 980 Ti?

 

[Questaroma]

Might be a silly question, but do you realise that you can't SLI the r9 380 and the 980 Ti?

In Directx 12 you can sli any graphics card together, look it up.
http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2015/05/28050433850l.jpg
and it can be with AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards at the same time
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9740/MixedGPU2.jpg

 

[RockyPlays]

If you aren't going to be editing or rendering, the i7 is useless. i5 will perform basically the same in game. Ditch the DDR3 and grab the new skylake platform with faster ram, and overclockable i5 6600k. Stuck a liquid cooler in their even though I prefer to recommend air coolers, like the Cryorig R1. A nice EVGA graphics card and Platinum 650W with 10 year warranty and some extra cash.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($95.10 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($57.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($619.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1246.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 01:18 EDT-0400

 

[djreedj]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.87 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($619.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1194.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 01:24 EDT-0400

 

[Questaroma]

If you aren't going to be editing or rendering, the i7 is useless. i5 will perform basically the same in game. Ditch the DDR3 and grab the new skylake platform with faster ram, and overclockable i5 6600k. Stuck a liquid cooler in their even though I prefer to recommend air coolers, like the Cryorig R1. A nice EVGA graphics card and Platinum 650W with 10 year warranty and some extra cash.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($95.10 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($57.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($619.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1246.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 01:18 EDT-0400

That's great, but I have no interest in water cooling and I would prefer to get an i7 even if it is "useless". And why would I need ddr4, comparing ddr3 to ddr4 is like comparing apples to apples, and 8gb of ram will perform the exact same as 16gb in games, which is what I'll be doing primarily.

 

[djreedj]

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Questaroma]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.87 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($619.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1194.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 01:24 EDT-0400

This is exactly what I was looking for, Thank You!

 

[djreedj]

My pleasure enjoy!