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My friend wants a 3k build, even if it's over kill. I recommenced this, but I'd like people with more knowledge to make edits of they see something that could be better. He has said that it must be a 2 way set up for the gpu and have 2 or 3 monitors.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Rv9sf7
 
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Zerk2012

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Complete waste of money. 3 way Xfire is a very bad idea with the scaling and the limited lanes from the processor.
Anybody that says they must spend 3K has very bad judgment. You can get to a point where you spend a extra 30% in money for a 0 to 5% increase in performance.
Overpriced motherboard, not really adequate CPU cooling to overclock, wrong memory choice for a quad channel board.
 
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nostall

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The others are right. My suggestion: go to 2way SLI using GTX980 cards. Drop the arctic silver, the compound that comes with the cooler is good stuff. With that you can get away with, easily, a 1000watt psu and still be way overpowered. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G28N1703).
That AZZA case looks very nice and has good airflow, but you might want to consider this Cooler Master:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119260
You won't need extra fans with it. (Buy where you can find the best prices and shipping, I use Newegg for illustration)
Those changes should give one heckuva performing system for about the price point he want to spend.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.76 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1526.66
 
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