What should I know or have in mind to build a 4K Gaming PC?

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Luis Val

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Question is self described :)

Should I care only about the graphics card, mobo and ram? My goal is to play games in 4K resolution thats it.

What I have choosen so far:
Board:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VII_HERO/

Graphics Card:
Gigabyte 780 ti
http://www.legitreviews.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-ti-video-card-roundup_137646/7

Ram:
Trident X 2 x 8gb at 2400mhz or
this one:
http://www.amazon.com/G-SKILL-Ripjaws-240-Pin-Desktop-F3-2400C11D-16GXM/dp/B00GIHSUII/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1410004558&sr=8-12&keywords=ripjaws+x

processor:
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-4790K-Processor-Cache-BX80646I74790K/dp/B00KPRWAX8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410004675&sr=8-1&keywords=i7+4970k

Drives:
Because I want to install 2 operating systems (I am also software developer). I would like to go for an M2 drive for the W8.1 operating system and additional SSD Drive for Windows 2012 Server, and an additional slow drive for storage.
http://www.amazon.com/Plextor-Series-256GB-Internal-PX-G256M6e/dp/B00KIMIETO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410004803&sr=8-2&keywords=plextor+m6e

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE250BW/dp/B00E3W1726/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410004825&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+840+evo+250gb

and for storage just:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cache-Desktop-WD2003FZEX/dp/B00FJRS628/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-2&keywords=caviar+black

thx
 
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Thelps
The 780 Ti is essentially the top-of-the-range (discounting the Titan family) GPU available. As such, it makes sense for 4K considerations.

However, keep in mind 4K is a very newly-announced technology and most games/programs out there are only beginning to get to grips with it. As such, even on a powerful 780 Ti you can't really expect great framerates at 4K's astronomical resolution.

If you want a true 4K gaming rig I'd wait a year or so for the technology to catch up with 4K's gaming promise.
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The 780 Ti is essentially the top-of-the-range (discounting the Titan family) GPU available. As such, it makes sense for 4K considerations.

However, keep in mind 4K is a very newly-announced technology and most games/programs out there are only beginning to get to grips with it. As such, even on a powerful 780 Ti you can't really expect great framerates at 4K's astronomical resolution.

If you want a true 4K gaming rig I'd wait a year or so for the technology to catch up with 4K's gaming promise.
 
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You need a second GPU. if you like Nvidia, go with two top or near top of the line cards (ignoring the Titan Z) and SLI them. If you like Radeon's, go with either a 2x 290x in Crossfire or a 295x2. Even with two high end GPU's, you'll still have to disable some AA options (though you might not need them at that resolution). Flawless high settings 4k gaming is incredibly expensive.
 
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