1440P gaming PC (BF4 and future titles)

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Hello all.

I have been umm-ing and ah-ing for some time about building a gaming PC, with 1440P gaming monitor's now being affordable, I've opted to go for this route, at this stage my budget is around $4000 AUD (including shipping and exchange rate if parts are bought overseas, say around $3'000 USD, PC build only, not including monitor).

This will be my first build, and i have come to the realization that i have no idea how to choose which part's to put into my PC, I've attempted researching, and although I have a basic understanding of the major component's, i cannot for the life of me be sure that what I am looking at will suite my needs, be over/underkill or if they will be compatible with eachother, my biggest problem here is selecting a motherboard that is suitable to my needs, i dont need all the bell's and wistles, i just need it to be good for gaming for now, and for at least the next 5 years on a 1440p display.

Although this will be primaraly a Gaming PC, I will also use it for web browsing, printing some documents (resume, recipies ect, nothing work related), also after upgrading from window's 7 to 10 on my current PC and being very happy with it, I plan on running Windows 10 on this PC as well.

What I would like/need for this PC

-at least 4 (preferable 6) 3.0 USB port's as i will need to be able to use a printer, phone charger ect while being able to plug in my speakers, mouse and keyboard

-ability to run Battlefield 4 on a 1440p display at or over 100 FPS on Ultra settings, more would be better, as i would like this PC to be as future proof as possible, that or be easily up-gradable at a later date as better GPU's ect become available.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Regards.

 
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Remember, all of these selections are for future proofing. It is up to you, but you might want a 2TB drive in a few years.

For 1440p at 100 fps or higher, definitely the GTX 980 Ti. Because performance on 2-Way graphics cards these days are very inconsistent so even if in one game a GTX 970 SLI performs greatly, there is a good chance it won't on the other. The build is SLI compatible ofcourse so I would suggest a second GTX 980 Ti when the time is right.

I can see that a lot of tests have been done at low DDR4 RAM speeds. The difference becomes bigger if you select DDR4 RAM with high clock speed (2800 in this case is pretty high). The difference becomes bigger but It's not only the RAM speed but you also make sure you have a future...
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Very high-end components selected. Some do not have links so I've set a custom price for them. This should meet your expectations at 1440p. The power supply is very future proof at 1000w, that will let you upgrade pretty much freely in many ways.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($525.00 @ CPL Online)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($180.00)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($369.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($202.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($146.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($169.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Extreme Video Card ($1100.00)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case ($255.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($295.00 @ Umart)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($55.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $3296.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 01:22 AEST+1000
 
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Thank you for your reply RCFord

I do have a few questions.

Firstly in regards to the GPU, I know that the GTX 980 Ti is a very good graphics card, however, would i be able to get similar or better performance by running two GTX970's? as two 970's are still cheaper then a single 980 Ti, and if this is the case, would the case and motherboard support duel GPU's, OR would i be better off going with a 980 Ti allowing me to SLI another 980Ti later on, possibly opening me up to 4K gaming once those monitor's are available?

Second, from what i've found, the Intel I7-6700k doesn't seem to be a massive step up from the i7 4790k, not a huge price or performance differance between the two, but for what seams to be an average 4% performance increase (from the benchmark testing i've found online) will the extra cost be worth it in your opinion?

And lastly, I don't believe i will ever need 2TB of storage, (I've never gotten close to needing the 1TB i have in my current PC as i store most of my movies and songs on cheap external hard drives to make watching them on my TV more convenient) is there any decent saving to be made by going with a quality 1TB unit instead?
 
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Remember, all of these selections are for future proofing. It is up to you, but you might want a 2TB drive in a few years.

For 1440p at 100 fps or higher, definitely the GTX 980 Ti. Because performance on 2-Way graphics cards these days are very inconsistent so even if in one game a GTX 970 SLI performs greatly, there is a good chance it won't on the other. The build is SLI compatible ofcourse so I would suggest a second GTX 980 Ti when the time is right.

I can see that a lot of tests have been done at low DDR4 RAM speeds. The difference becomes bigger if you select DDR4 RAM with high clock speed (2800 in this case is pretty high). The difference becomes bigger but It's not only the RAM speed but you also make sure you have a future proof motherboard. Next generation Intel processors are likely to support this chipset, and since this one is new your system will have a long time ahead of It's own.

 
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When you go to 1440p, you are increasing the workload on the GPU by a ton.

The Math:
1920 x 1080 x 60 = 123,416,000 pixels per second @1080p
2560 x 1440 x 60 = 221,184,000 pixels per second @1440p
3840 x 2160 x 60 = 497,664,000 pixels per second @2160p (4K)

So as you can see, you are almost at 50% of the pixels needed to do 4K when you go to 1440p. And almost double what is needed at 1080p.

So you are going to need a strong GPU. What you want to play is what determines what you need to buy. If you want to do Witcher 3, GTA V and other similarly demanding games, a GTX 980Ti is probably your best choice. If you are going to play CS:GO, Minecraft and the like, you could get a GTX 750 or GTX 950.

 
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