Is all of this good for gaming? look at link
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okcnaline
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Man, you went ham on everything!!!!! This is simply the most OP gaming build I've seen at a lower price range, but up to level, you'll want X99. And also, do you need all this power for other things? If not, $1000 is enough for a few years on max and ultra.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($384.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($208.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($116.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card ($555.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case ($154.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($269.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1953.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-08 00:13 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($384.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($208.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($116.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card ($555.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case ($154.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($269.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1953.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-08 00:13 EDT-0400
techgeek
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If that's strictly a gaming build, you may want to go with the i5 4690K rather than the i7. Hyperthreading doesn't really help gaming.
Unless your plan is to go SLI down the road, you could probably save some money on the power supply. A decent 750W supply would be more than sufficient for that system. However if your plan is SLI you've picked a good supply.
You might also be able to save some money on the motherboard. Have you had a look at the Maximus Hero VII? It'll come in a little cheaper and be every bit as good.
Other than those things you have a winner. Actually it's a winner either way, just making some suggestions to save you some money.
Unless your plan is to go SLI down the road, you could probably save some money on the power supply. A decent 750W supply would be more than sufficient for that system. However if your plan is SLI you've picked a good supply.
You might also be able to save some money on the motherboard. Have you had a look at the Maximus Hero VII? It'll come in a little cheaper and be every bit as good.
Other than those things you have a winner. Actually it's a winner either way, just making some suggestions to save you some money.
okcnaline
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Technically, my hexa-core Intel build is simply way overkill. But my goal was to utilize $2K as fully as possible. And since X99 fits on there, why not!
But yes, techgeek is right. You don't need that. So my question, still, is do you need to edit videos?
But yes, techgeek is right. You don't need that. So my question, still, is do you need to edit videos?
GmanBOSS
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" Hyper-threading doesn't really help gaming. " BS, the newest console systems out use an 8 core processor. You are building a pc that is to stand for years to come and I promise you the next few years of games going cross-platform will use multi-threading to it's fullest. Soon the the price of the FX8k series will rise as more and more games develop using 8 core teck.
techgeek
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They have been saying this since the FX series and AMD won the design for the PS 4 and XOne. It hasn't happened yet. Even games like StarCraft and BF4 multiplayer which are heavily CPU dependent don't benefit from more than 3 - 4 cores, they respond better to higher IPC and clockspeed.
We've had multicore since the the original Athlon X2 / FX / Pentium D. The pace for the take-up of multithreading games has been abysmally slow. Games just tend to more sequential in nature and thus benefit more from high IPC and clockspeed.
These debates about multithreading is going to appear overnight because of the new consoles are getting really old. Maybe when these platforms are nearly EOL, but that's not going to be for awhile. Developers uptake of new technology both in software and hardware are slow. Especially considering the long production cycles.
At present I haven't seen one game which has shown a benefit from Hyperthreading. If was all about thread count, AMD's FX 6000 / 8000 / 9000 series would be kicking Intels a$$, but that's not the case. Intel wins in nearly every game because they have a much higher IPC. It's not that I believe that Hyperthreading doesn't have value, I have a i7 4770K. It's just if your only justification for getting a CPU with Hyperthreading is gaming, then you're just mistaken.
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