PC for future gaming (3-5 years ahead)

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Zyddie

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Hey everyone.

So to give it short, i´m upgrading my PC during the next 4 months and normally I would have no issues just buying and putting together, however with the current battle of GPU´s atm I´m a bit confused.

Current setup is -
Win7 x64 Pro.
AMD - 8120 Eight Core processors 3.10GHz.
32 GB RAM.
R9 280x XFX.
36 TB Harddisk all in raid 0.(mixed harddisks)
3 x 24" BenQ screens.
1200W PSU.

Now what i´m gonna be buying so far is
Windows 10 (want a retail version for multiple reasons)
1 x 500gb SSD disk
4 x 8 TB Sata 6.0 harddisks to start getting rid of all the smaller once i have.

Now my major problem comes with the gpu´s

My computer is mainly used for gaming or working at home and rendering youtube movies and then.

So my trouble are if i want to secure a good GPU that can run everything maxed/good for the next 3-5 years without any major issues what should I go for and why ?

Normally I would have gone for the Fury X but since I dont use 4K res and it seems to loose it´s edge at 1080p I would love some input from people smarter than me.
 
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Drop that CPU and go for the FX-8320 instead. You will notice quite the difference. You can also keep your CPU and see how it will perform under DX12 before you do any upgrading. Right now is not exactly the best time to be upgrading CPUs.
32GB is quite overkill. 16 GB should be more than enough for the next 3-5 years.
Rather than going for the R9 280x, I'd recommend the R9 390 instead, or... Well, the Fury X lol... It might lose its edge at 1080p, but that's because AMD's drivers are sensitive in DX11 and they bottleneck the graphics card. In DX12 this will no longer be the case, and that card will obliterate pretty much everything.
 
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Zyddie

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Think you did misunderstand how i did set it up a little bit, i´m not going for the R9 280x it is what i currently have in my computer aswell as the CPU, I have no plans of changing CPU yet as so far I havnt found anything that even made me use most of the current power so to say.

However I´m very curious about the Fury X thats for sure or the GTX 980 TI from EVGA but unsure what to pick to secure gaming a few years ahead.
 
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Oh my bad.

I'd still tell you to pick the Fury X for the above mentioned reasons. Aside from that, nVidia has the history of leaving cards in the dust after ~2 years of release date. If you have place for the radiator, I'd go for it, or wait for a 3rd party air cooled version.
 
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so you want a future proof gaming pc i would recommend a NVIDIA GPU and Intel CPU and because you will be rendering videos you should go with an - Intel Core i7 4790K you can overclock it later, plus it has 4GHz Clock speed which is very fast. as for the GPU as i said a NVIDIA GPU works best if you want to play games at ultra i would recommend either a GeForce TITAN X(around 1000$) or GeForce GTX 980Ti(around 699$) if you have the money i would go with the TITAN X it has 12GB GDDR5 Memory which is more than enough for playing games today at :Ultra 60FPS. but if you want a less expensive GPU you can buy a GTX 980Ti it has 6GB of GDDR5 Memory which is still very good it can play every game at 1080p Ultra 60FPS but it won't be as future proof maybe like 2-4 Years. so get a i7 4790K CPU and a NVIDIA GPU either a GeForce TITAN X (will be future proof for around 3-5 Years) or GTX 980Ti (will be future proof for 2-4 Years) everything else is fine, and we don't know if windows 10 will support every software and game and you can upgrade for free from win 7 but as you said you want a retail version for multiple reasons. other than that you should be fine
 
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Larry Litmanen

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Guy on Linus Tech Tips (YouTube go to tech guy) said not to expect 3rd party Fury X.
 
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Larry Litmanen

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What about this solution, i am using an nVidia card so i'll just use that as a reference. Why not get a GTX960 (or wait until Feb of 2016 and get a GTX 1060 or whatever) it is a mid range card that cost $200, and get a replacement for that card in say February of 2018.

So 2 midrange cards every 2-3 years instead of one huge one now.
 
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