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ksham

ksham

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Neither. Far too expensive on too many components. You can justify spending three grand on a computer? I assume you plan to water cool them? That's another few hundred. But if I had to choose, I'd pick the second one. Anything above two cards in CrossFireX or SLI configuration is terrible.
 
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Jared Wood

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Is there any thing that you would suggest that i change on them to make the price go down but be able to run most if not all games on max resolutions on a triple monitor setup.
 
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Jared Wood

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I was planning on asking later but just wanted to start refining my search and price. I know that prices fluctuate quite a lot, but just wanted to get a head start and know a general price range and hope it goes down dramatically.
 
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realchaos

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Still, if you want a head start then do your own research. In one year, anything we recommend now will be inferior. Learn about all of the hardware (it takes about 2-3months) and then keep up with all of the latest tech. Then in a year, you can design your own system without asking for help.
 
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photonboy

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A year is such a long time that it's pointless to get other people involved with this.

Also, when you do ask later be very specific about your PURPOSE in using the PC. The reason I say that is:
a) Your CPU is overkill for gaming (unless you do video editing)
b) Your 3x graphics cards suggest you are gaming.

Also, be aware that THREE graphics cards have far more issues than two cards and currently SLI is superior to Crossfire. I can't recommend three for any scenario.

So if you had just over $1000 to spend on graphics for gaming I'd currently be recommending either:
a) 2x (GTX770 4GB), or
b) 2x (GTX780 3GB)

Your SECOND BUILD has 770's so that's better.

Spend some time reading about CPU's and Graphics Cards. The CPU is easy, unless you do video editing buy at the price of rapidly diminishing returns for gaming (such as an i5-4670K).

Graphics cards are a little tricky and there are Pros and Cons between NVidia and AMD. Another year will be very useful to see if AMD cards get a boost due to the new consoles using AMD chips.
 
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