1440p work/gaming build

noahdutch · May 25, 2014

Hi, I'm building my second PC for work and gaming, I'm trying to keep the budget under $3800.

How does it look?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.94 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($80.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($80.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($172.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($478.99 @ Amazon)
Sound Card: Creative Labs 70SB157000000 Sound Card ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Other: EVGA Pro SLI Bridge 2-Way Graphics Cards ($30.00)
Other: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Back Plate ($20.00)
Other: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Back Plate ($20.00)
Other: Oculus VR ($350.00)
Total: $3784.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-25 12:47 EDT-0400)

sourodip · May 25, 2014

oh hoh..that's huge! A single monitor..that's an overkill. A single 780Ti would be more than enough.
I think you should use this PSU:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-platinum1000

noahdutch · May 25, 2014

Thanks, I've switched it out.

Joseph DeGarmo · May 25, 2014

For a single monitor, you could just use a single GTX 780 Ti and upgrade to a 4930k / X79 board since you will also use this build for work.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($569.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.94 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($303.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($300.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($714.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Antec 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($212.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($67.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($469.99 @ NCIX US)
Sound Card: Creative Labs 70SB157000000 Sound Card ($27.99 @ Best Buy)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Back Plate ($20.00)
Other: Oculus VR ($350.00)
Total: $3591.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-25 13:04 EDT-0400)

noahdutch · May 25, 2014

Thanks, I switched out the motherboards and the CPU to your recommendations.

How does the 4930k overclock compared to the 4770k?

Joseph DeGarmo · May 25, 2014

The 4930k overclocks considerably better.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4930K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4770K

noahdutch · May 25, 2014

Will I have any problems with heat or anything? This question applies to both one 780 ti plus the 4930k and two 780 tis.

Joseph DeGarmo · May 25, 2014

With a liquid cooler, you should be good.

noahdutch · May 25, 2014

Will the GPUs get overheated?

Joseph DeGarmo · May 25, 2014

They should not overheat, especially with the ACX coolers.

noahdutch · May 25, 2014

OK, thank you.

This is what I have right now -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($578.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.94 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($303.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($80.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($80.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($172.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($478.99 @ Amazon)
Sound Card: Creative Labs 70SB157000000 Sound Card ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Other: EVGA Pro SLI Bridge 2-Way Graphics Cards ($30.00)
Other: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Back Plate ($20.00)
Other: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Back Plate ($20.00)
Other: Oculus VR ($350.00)
Total: $3847.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-25 14:26 EDT-0400)

I know you said one 780 ti would be fine, but I'm most likely going to get 1 or 2 more 1440p monitors later on.

Any more recommendations?

Thanks.

Joseph DeGarmo · May 25, 2014

Looks pretty good to me. Can't think of anything else.

andrei65 · May 25, 2014

I'd get one ssd instead of two and make another partition of 120GB on it and save a couple of dollars otherwise everything looks good

noahdutch · May 25, 2014

So do you guys think it will max out every game out right now at 1440p?

andrei65 · May 25, 2014

It will but not at 60+ FPS , no video card can play any game at 1440p @ 60+FPS
But in most games you'll get at least 30+ FPS maxed out

Joseph DeGarmo · May 25, 2014

Two 780 Tis will probably max every game at 60 fps in 1440p. Three 780 Tis in 3-way SLI should most likely max all games at 60 fps in 1440p and the motherboard is 3-way SLI-compatible. I'm not sure if you ever thought about getting 3-way SLI, though.

andrei65 · May 26, 2014

Some games are even worse with 3 way sli though

sourodip · May 26, 2014

noahdutch :

OK, thank you.

This is what I have right now -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($578.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.94 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($303.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($80.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($80.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($729.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($172.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($478.99 @ Amazon)
Sound Card: Creative Labs 70SB157000000 Sound Card ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.65 @ Amazon)
Other: EVGA Pro SLI Bridge 2-Way Graphics Cards ($30.00)
Other: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Back Plate ($20.00)
Other: EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Back Plate ($20.00)
Other: Oculus VR ($350.00)
Total: $3847.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-25 14:26 EDT-0400)

I know you said one 780 ti would be fine, but I'm most likely going to get 1 or 2 more 1440p monitors later on.

Any more recommendations?

Thanks.

That's perfect!
As i said before a single 780Ti would max out very game which have good optimization and too even at 1440p and beyond. But you said that you would add another monitor later, if it is so then two 780Ti's would be perfect.

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