How is this 4K gaming build?

Death Prodigy

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So far, I've decided on two different builds from Origin PC and Digital Storm for a 4K gaming set-up (single monitor)
Which would be better?
Origin PC:
Orientation: Standard
Standard Color: Black
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ORIGIN High-Performance Ultra Silent Fans - Red - Extreme Cooling Setup
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition (Bluetooth/WiFi Onboard)
ORIGIN CRYOGENIC CPU Only Liquid Cooling
Green
Ice Dragon High Performance Coolant - White
Overclocked Intel Core i7 4930K Hex-Core (4.4GHz-4.8GHz)
1.5 Kilowatt Corsair AX1500i
Black Individually Sleeved Cables
Quad ORIGIN CRYOGENIC Liquid Cooled 6GB NVIDIA GTX Titan Black
ORIGIN Professional Graphics Card Overclocking
16GB Corsair Vengeance 1866Mhz (4x4GB)
Genuine MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition
RAID 0: For better speed and performance (2 Identical OS Drives Required)
500GB Samsung 840 Evo Series
500GB Samsung 840 Evo Series
2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 64MB Cache
5 Bay Hot-Swap Cage
12X Blu-ray Reader and DVD Combo
Cryogenic Cooling Support
On Board Audio
Onboard Network Port
ORIGIN Wooden Crate Armor
1 Year Part Replacement and 45 Day Free Shipping Warranty with Lifetime Labor/24-7 Support
ORIGIN Recovery USB3.0 Flash Drive
No Part Upgrade Service
ORIGIN PC G8 T-Shirt XL
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Digital Storm:
System Configuration:
Exterior Finish: Onyx Black Matte Finish with Red Stand
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 4930K 3.4GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Six-Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition X79 (Intel X79 Chipset)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1866MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro (High-Performance)
Power Supply: 1500W Corsair AX1500i (Digitally Controlled Power)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs) (Slim Slot Loading Edition)
Storage Set 1: 2x SSD (500GB Samsung 840 EVO)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (2TB Western Digital - Black Edition)
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: RAID 0: Striping: Performance, But No Data Fault Tolerance Protection (Requires 2 HDDs)
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 4x SLI Quad (NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black 6GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: HydroLux Copper: Digital Storm Copper Pipe Custom Cooling System (Video Cards + CPU + Chipset)
H20 Tube Color: Green Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Digital Storm RGB LED Lighting System (Requires Thermal Management Control Board & Software)
Airflow Control: Digital Storm Thermal Management Control Board & Software
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires High-End Motherboard Selection)
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
NVIDIA SHIELD: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 15-20 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)

Also, I will be overclocking the GPU to around 1200MHz+ core, thanks.
 
I would remove the 4X4 ram in the first one and do 2X8G. Then you can overclock more and you have future expandability for your ram if needed. I also don't think you need 4 video cards, the drop off in performance from 3 to 4 is massive and 3 should be plenty. For prebuilt systems both look ok but you probably could save tons of money and get a faster system if you built it on your own.
 
You have more money than smarts.

$2k will do your job.

1. For a single monitor, a single GTX780ti will do the job. Two at most if you will be using a 4k monitor.
2. Few games use more than 2-3 cores, no need for a hex core. Look for the upcoming i7-4790K devil's canyon cpu.
3. Raid-0 is a loser and offers no real world speed advantage. If anything, look for a Z97 based motherboard with a M.2 slot
4. Liquid cooling seems unnecessary.
on and on...
 

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Dat digital storm rig, i7 4930k???? quad sli GTX Titan Black??? Just for 4K gaming ???I'm guessing it's nearly 9 grands here. What a waaaaaaaaaaaste of money

For 4K you just need an OC i7 4770k (or 4790k if you can wait) and 2-way-SLI 780 TIs, 16 gigs of RAM, which will save A HELL LOTTA money here
 

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Well... 4K gaming benchmarks have shown that even two overclocked 780 Tis barely pull 30fps in games like Crysis 3 at maximum settings, and three of them can't break 60fps at all. Plus, the 3GB VRAM becomes a huge bottleneck and problem with the 780 Ti when gaming at 4K.
 

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Here less then $2k


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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($549.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($549.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1993.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-02 23:55 EDT-0400)
 

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Well, I'm trying to future-proof my system as much as possible, to game at 4K with 60fps at maximum settings for the next few years to come, and quad liquid-cooled Titan Blacks seem like the perfect investment for performance for that. Plus, 4K G-Sync monitors will come out soon when the technology becomes affordable, and then you'll need every bit of power you can juice from the quad Titan Blacks. Believe it or not, 4K at 120fps at maximum settings in the most demanding games is too demanding for even 4 Titan Blacks, or today's technology at all.
Liquid cooling is not unnecessary at all when you're dealing with a 10K system here. Plus, when quad Titan Blacks don't pull enough power for 4K gaming anymore, the liquid-cooling and overclocking can bring the cards back to life and boost performance by 10-20% as shown in 4K benchmarks.
On another note, should I get 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400MHz RAM? It does seem overkill. Should I stick with 16GB? I won't be doing extreme video editing or running servers, mainly just gaming or streaming, and Photoshop.
 

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Then I think crossfire 2 R9295X2s is better than 4 titan blacks