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Don't bother with most pre-build systems, they often use cheap power supplies that are liable to die and take out several components along with them.

Now that we have your real question, to build a system for $1,700 for 1440 gaming you can get a real answer. Or is it $1,000 since you also said "Under 1k"? Need to get a good question first before you can get an answer.

For 1440 with good results you would want an Intel i5-6500 or 6600K along with a GTX 1070 card. If your budget is closer to 1,700 then 1,000 you can go with a GTX 1080 and have a setup that's good for high resolutions at high settings for several years.

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@ The Meta14 "But the motherboard on the 480 isn't crossfire compatible". What exactly do you mean by this?? Or were you joking? If you've a motherboard that can handle 2 x 360's in xfire then it can handle 2 x 480's. A bridge for xfire isn't even required to be used anymore, unlike sli. If you're under the impression the rx 480 isn't xfire compatible, that is incorrect, maybe you're confusing it with the gtx 1060 which doesn't support sli and is marketed to compete with the rx 480.

To answer your original question: Wouldn't make much sense, especially if you're creating a new build. If xfire is what you'd like, you'd be better off going with an aftermarket rx 480, and upgrading it when you have the chance by adding another in the future. 2 x R9 360 (for $200 more) wouldn't really give you an ideal return on that extra money as waiting to add another 480 would, for a bit more. Consider as well the R9's are a generation behind, the 360 using Bonaire's 28nm process, vs Polaris 10' 14nm process for the 480.

But consider as well, with the upcoming release of Vega, you might find yourself wishing you'd waited a couple or few months down the road, if you upgrade now.
 
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fromt he OP i think he means hes looking at 2 different pre builts, one with a 480 and one with 2 360's.

To OP - id go with the one with the single 480.
wait... im confused. what is an rx 360? and an rd 480? you mean r9 360 and rx 480? or rx 460 and rx 480?
 
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First, may I ask why is it so important that it be crossfire or sli? Because if xfire or sli is what you're going for, you're probably talking about going over $1,000 if you're wanting any modicum of quality, most especially if you are trying to include a new monitor and operating system as well. Do you already have a monitor, if so, what type? 1080p/60fps? 1080p/144fps, 1440p/144fps, etc? If you're going for a 1080p/60fps setup, you don't really need xfire or sli, honestly. A single 480 or 1060 is good enough in most cases. Anything above that, sure, then maybe a 2 card build would be preferable. Remember, if you can do with a single card setup, that is definitely the desirable solution most of the time, as both xfire and sli may potentially cause problems in some games, especially if its just after the game's release.

A dual RX 480 build may be possible if you waited for black friday, or waited for sales on the components needed. Two of the better aftermarket RX 480's will run you a bit over $500, there's half of the budget. You could also get a gtx 1070 for between ~ $385-$400+, depending on choice, unless you find a sale. So... add a cpu, mobo, ram, ssd and hd, psu, case, etc, and chances are you'll end up going over that $1k mark if you're buying new. If you wait on sales, or check used offerings on ebay, then you may very well be able to save a lot. A decent I-5 6600k, 480 xfire build will cost you around $1200 or more/less, depending on your choices and depending on whether you already have a monitor and os or not.

Check out pcpartpicker and familiarize yourself with it, and also, check out some of the existing builds there as well as Tom's and other sites. I started to come up with a build for u via pcpartpicker, using an I5 6500k, and dual 480's, 16Gb ram, 500Gb samsung evo ssd, etc, but it'd have been difficult to not go over a grand without compromising overall quality. Even then I'm not so sure.
 
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My budget is 1700
 
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AND I'm going 1440p

 
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Don't bother with most pre-build systems, they often use cheap power supplies that are liable to die and take out several components along with them.

Now that we have your real question, to build a system for $1,700 for 1440 gaming you can get a real answer. Or is it $1,000 since you also said "Under 1k"? Need to get a good question first before you can get an answer.

For 1440 with good results you would want an Intel i5-6500 or 6600K along with a GTX 1070 card. If your budget is closer to 1,700 then 1,000 you can go with a GTX 1080 and have a setup that's good for high resolutions at high settings for several years.

 
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