Upgrading And Need A 2nd Opinion

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Hello everyone

Just a little stick here and I need your guys help. I am wanting my computer to play the new The Witcher 3 that is coming out in Feb 2015 and games like battlefield 4 at the highest settings. Also down the road maybe get a 4k monitor. Here is my PC and here is two budget I have right now to spend.

My Computer:

CPU: AMD FX6200

MB: Asus Sabertooth FX990 1st Gen

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600 Total 8GB

Network Card "The Killer Card" 2100

GPU: "WAS" the XFX 7970 Black Edition But Is dead. (Which GPU should I get)

PSU: Corsair HX850

Case: Antec Eleven Hundred

Heat Sink: ZALMAN CNPS10X Extreme 120mm CPU Cooler

So my GPU is dead and not covered and which is a long story. So I was thinking on spend $1200. So which GPU should I get? and yes I want have two GPU bit later on like 6-8 months later and I heard Cross Fire sucks and SLI is better, PLUS I heard Nvidia uses lower power? My 2nd options, was going to balls deep it and do $2500 and get two EVGA 780i's. Some people are saying get a new system and sell it or get one 780i with a i7 and new MB. BUT I was thinking just getting a GPU and then want for The Witcher 3and then get the 2nd GPU PLUS maybe DDR 4 be out? I just don't know what to do, lots of options. I like to play everything at the highest settings and I hope next year maybe two I will do 4K.

P.S is it worthing going to windows 8.1 and worth getting the EVGA 780i with DirectX 12?
 
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$2500? Let's make an overkilling rig!! XD!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card ($1499.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($449.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $2479.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
I would change to Intel, since FX-6xxx gets beaten out by Intel Core i3-4360.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($228.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($125.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($469.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($469.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1294.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
Well, if the OP does what you said, then it's wasted. OP basically wants absolute highest settings, and I'm making sure that gets as close as is. I actually would encourage EVGA Nvidia Titan Black!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($469.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($469.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1214.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

jordyszita

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So what about the directX12? and should I move to 7 to 8.1? and other quick question for you guys, if I did went with Intel, should I go for i7 4930K 6 core? or i7 4790K haswell 4 core? and wouldn't Haswell be better than ivy bridge? sorry I am not good with computers, so bare with me. Not Asus MB? like the Sabertooth z97?
 

jordyszita

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Well at first $1250 and then when it hit Feb 2015 I heard DDR 4 might be out and get the MB and Intel then? But I don't mid going all out and doing $2500

Oh. P.S I like in Canda B.C and our Taxs is %12
 
$2500? Let's make an overkilling rig!! XD!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card ($1499.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($449.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $2479.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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jordyszita

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if you don't mind me asking, not why R9 290X?