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September 17, 2014 7:21:43 AM

Essentially, I don't really know what the best hardware is at the moment. The $5000 is just for the computer, not mouse/keyboard etc...

If you guys could help out that'd be amazing.

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a b 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 7:37:04 AM

Huge waste of money, but here is about as crazy as you can get right now.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($564.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($506.61 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($382.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 ATX Full Tower Case ($172.95 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($130.73 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4637.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 10:36 EDT-0400
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a b 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 7:40:36 AM

I'd advice you to wait for the 900 series to release, then we can talk about some real power (though its unlikely a single 900 series it'll be better than single 295X2). Or else, a monster awaits you: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9qTVf7
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September 17, 2014 7:42:49 AM

Obviously with this budget you don't intend to do ordinary gaming. Are you going for 4K resolution? Triple-1440p? Is this purely for gaming, or do you have workstation-related needs as well? Do monitor(s) need to fit in the $5000 budget, or is that literally just the tower?

As an aside, I'm going to add that Nvidia has new hardware likely to be revealed in the next few weeks. With so much money in play, it would be wise to wait and see what happens with that.

Eximo said:
Huge waste of money, but here is about as crazy as you can get right now.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($564.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($506.61 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($382.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 ATX Full Tower Case ($172.95 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($130.73 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4637.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 10:36 EDT-0400


With this budget, I'd go 80 Plus Titanium.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8353/corsair-ax1500i-powe...
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a b 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 7:48:55 AM

Liam Caldwell said:
Essentially, I don't really know what the best hardware is at the moment. The $5000 is just for the computer, not mouse/keyboard etc...

If you guys could help out that'd be amazing.


Eximo said:
Huge waste of money, but here is about as crazy as you can get right now.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($564.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($506.61 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($382.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 ATX Full Tower Case ($172.95 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($130.73 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4637.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 10:36 EDT-0400


Good luck mounting 2 water cooled 295X2's in a case, even if they fit it would look ridiculous. :) 
I'd still go with 2 (or 3) 780ti's.
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September 17, 2014 8:00:37 AM

oxiide said:
Obviously with this budget you don't intend to do ordinary gaming. Are you going for 4K resolution? Triple-1440p? Is this purely for gaming, or do you have workstation-related needs as well? Do monitor(s) need to fit in the $5000 budget, or is that literally just the tower?

As an aside, I'm going to add that Nvidia has new hardware likely to be revealed in the next few weeks. With so much money in play, it would be wise to wait and see what happens with that.

Eximo said:
Huge waste of money, but here is about as crazy as you can get right now.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZhVZWZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($564.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($506.61 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($382.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 ATX Full Tower Case ($172.95 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($130.73 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4637.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 10:36 EDT-0400


With this budget, I'd go 80 Plus Titanium.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8353/corsair-ax1500i-powe...



I sometimes run a gaming server as I play (for my friends and I). I will probably run triple monitors. The budget would preferably fit in the monitors, however if not that's alright.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 8:09:34 AM
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September 17, 2014 8:17:30 AM

My biggest question is what would the best GPU be? Everyone here seems to like something different.

At the moment I'm running a 280x. I don't know how I feel about it.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 8:17:37 AM

sadams04 said:
I'll play...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($584.29 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-GAMING G1WIFI EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($344.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($133.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($133.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $5005.17



I wouldn't go above 3-way SLI. A 4th card actually decreases performance - check out this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdNX1oQ-OU
Framerates are lower in every game they tested.


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September 17, 2014 9:26:09 AM

sadams04 said:
I'll play...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($584.29 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-GAMING G1WIFI EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($344.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($133.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($133.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $5005.17


I'd go with the superior H100i over the H100. Additionally, I wouldn't recommend getting stuck with 3 GB of VRAM for the kind of gaming a $5000 PC should be capable of.
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a c 295 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 9:30:44 AM

It's a huge waste of money if you ask me. Spend $2500 on a PC and then put the rest in the bank, everything above dual SLI is a waste of money if you're not running huge monitor arrays.

Try something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($384.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($136.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($396.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($320.11 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($605.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($605.91 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $3157.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 12:30 EDT-0400

Or if you insist on going ultra high end:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($384.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($136.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($396.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($320.11 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1019.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1019.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $3986.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-17 12:36 EDT-0400
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a b 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 9:34:37 AM

oxiide said:
I'd go with the superior H100i over the H100. Additionally, I wouldn't recommend getting stuck with 3 GB of VRAM for the kind of gaming a $5000 PC should be capable of.


The H100 is a bit dated. The H110 (in the build) has a thicker radiator than the H100i and sports more cooling capacity.

Fair point on the 3GB of VRAM.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 17, 2014 9:37:36 AM

I did consider GTX780 6GB cards, but right now the R295X2 are just simpler and leaves any monitor option open.

(I'm all about ridiculous with all in one coolers) Not that difficult to mount in most decent cases.

H100i would go in the front panel, this would sacrifice push/pull but that isn't a big deal.

GPUs ; Couple of possibilities. Side panel is fairly easy. Or one rear exhaust one mounted to the top exhaust. If they can stretch far enough, both in the top exhaust.

From the looks of everything GTX980 won't beat out a Titan Black or 780Ti. Lower power requirements would be an advantage.

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September 17, 2014 11:05:50 AM

sadams04 said:
oxiide said:
I'd go with the superior H100i over the H100. Additionally, I wouldn't recommend getting stuck with 3 GB of VRAM for the kind of gaming a $5000 PC should be capable of.


The H100 is a bit dated. The H110 (in the build) has a thicker radiator than the H100i and sports more cooling capacity.

Fair point on the 3GB of VRAM.


Oh, sorry, I misread that as "H100."

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