My 2K Gaming Rig Questions

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Dylan Patel

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First, what do you think any changes or suggestions?

What can a mid-tower case fit? Can I fit all the stuff I have and fit two or three more 780s?

Also I have wireless internet, will I need a wi-fi card to connect to the internet? If so, what card do you recommend?

I have a lot of photos and to add them to my hdd, will I need a ethernet card? If so, what card do you recommend?

Finally, Can I buy a 27 inch, 24 inch , and 24 inch and be able to play all three monitors at once or does it have to be the same size ( all are 1080p 27 inch might be higher)

Sorry for all the questions but I really want to be able to make this build EPIC!

One more thing, does anyone know of a good, up-to-date, detailed pc building guide on youtube? (prefer 2013 please)

Thanks
 
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I would strongly suggest waiting for Haswell. You'd only need to wait about a week, and you could gain upwards of 10% more processing power for it.

I would suggest dropping down to 8GB of RAM. It's all you need for gaming, which appears to be your application. Alternatively, if you'll be doing video editing, get an i7-4770k. I would also suggest the Noctua DH14 in place of the cooler you presently have in there, though I am uncertain as to whether it will be compatible with socket 1150 CPUs (though it should be).

A mid tower will almost certainly not fit four GPUs, but you shouldn't get four GPUs, so it's not an issue. Past two GPUs, SLI/CrossFire gets quite buggy, up to and including performance loss relative to fewer-card setups.

Your motherboard of choice does not have built-in wifi, so you will need a separate wireless card. I would advise against gaming on wireless, however. Wired connections are unilaterally better.

I believe that you can do a three-monitor setup with differently-sized monitors (though I am not positive), but it would no doubt be somewhat disorienting to have the middle of your screen be larger than the sides.
 
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LGA 1150 uses the same mount points as 1155 and 1156, so you're fine with any recent cooler.

If your computer is near your router, use ethernet. No need for an add-on NIC - onboard is just as good. Don't see what photos has to do with that.

Nothing has changed in the past few years except for CPUs losing a pin or 6, and onboard USB3.0 turning up. Neither invalidate previous guides.
 
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I would use the Vapor-X if you want the games, or the Gigabyte or ASUS 770s if not. Minor though the advantages may be, the 770 is a better GPU when that bundle isn't factored.
 
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