I'll be getting an Intel Core i7-4930K on hand that I'm going to be building a system around. budget for the rest of the system is around $1500
I've currently got a system that I'm going to be scraping the essentials from (case, 750w PSU, HDD, etc), but am looking to add a second monitor to my setup too. Here's what I've got so far:
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory X 2
Storage: Intel 530 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) X 2
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor
Total list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/25Txp
I'm not set on anything really besides the Intel SDD (and even then, I'm just looking at 240GB as the best value, not 100% set at 240GB). From what I've seen and been told at the $600 price point I'm better off with Xfire/SLI and that AMD is currently looking better in that respect at this level. I'm by no means set on either vendor or dual GPUs though.
This is not my first build, thought it has been about 3-4 years since I've taken a good look at hardware (mostly helped family/friends put together their systems recently) so looking for advice on what's the best for me at the moment.
I've currently got a system that I'm going to be scraping the essentials from (case, 750w PSU, HDD, etc), but am looking to add a second monitor to my setup too. Here's what I've got so far:
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory X 2
Storage: Intel 530 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) X 2
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor
Total list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/25Txp
I'm not set on anything really besides the Intel SDD (and even then, I'm just looking at 240GB as the best value, not 100% set at 240GB). From what I've seen and been told at the $600 price point I'm better off with Xfire/SLI and that AMD is currently looking better in that respect at this level. I'm by no means set on either vendor or dual GPUs though.
This is not my first build, thought it has been about 3-4 years since I've taken a good look at hardware (mostly helped family/friends put together their systems recently) so looking for advice on what's the best for me at the moment.