Mid-High End Gaming Build

[thegwd]

Been a while since I built a PC, went Laptop and liked the mobility, but the power is nothing compared to a well build machine. Plus I'm pretty sure my laptop's gpu will give out at any moment. I am currently using an Asus G73SW-A1.

So here is the current Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/26Ikg

Things to consider:
I have plenty of HDD's the SSD is just for OS and basic storage.
Future plans include more RAM (total 32gb) and an extra GPU to SLI
If you can find a motherboard with awesome built in Wifi that would be great.

Opinions, criticisms, anything that would help me find a balance to this build would be great. I want to avoid building anything with a major choke point in the hardware.

Budget is $2000 USD

 

[AMD Radeon]

i cant recommend getting 2011 platform for gaming build

the best choice is i5 4670K and a good z87 mobo

btw ivy bridge version of i7 2011 is called 4930K? dont you want to get it instead?

 

[thegwd]

i cant recommend getting 2011 platform for gaming build

the best choice is i5 4670K and a good z87 mobo

btw ivy bridge version of i7 2011 is called 4930K? dont you want to get it instead?

Can you elaborate on why you don't recommend a 2011 platform for a gaming build?

 

[AMD Radeon]

#1 obsolete architecture
#2 gaming has no advantage over six cores cpu nor the HT technology
#3 4 channel ram force you to put at least 16GB, which is a waste of ram for gaming

 

[thegwd]

#1 obsolete architecture
#2 gaming has no advantage over six cores cpu nor the HT technology
#3 4 channel ram force you to put at least 16GB, which is a waste of ram for gaming

So I am guessing since games still don't take full use of the cpu's and ram, I will most likely only be getting insane fps with a second gpu?

 

[Tradesman1]

While not a lot to gain right at the moment - as more and more games become more memory centric and follow in using multiple cores it can prove for a good build - It's far from obsolete, the newest CPUs on the market run on the platform, and if you want to run multiple GPUs, it's the best platform available, if going X79 would suggest the DRAM in a four stick config to take advantage of Quad channel

 

[thegwd]

While not a lot to gain right at the moment - as more and more games become more memory centric and follow in using multiple cores it can prove for a good build - It's far from obsolete, the newest CPUs on the market run on the platform, and if you want to run multiple GPUs, it's the best platform available, if going X79 would suggest the DRAM in a four stick config to take advantage of Quad channel

Thanks, I was also reading that the memory is choked by the cpu, and reading that 1600 is the proper speed if im not overclocking. Would you agree?

 

[Tradesman1]

With a 3930K and not OCing, either 1600/8 or 9 or 1866/8 or 9 should suffice, if planning any OC at all would look to 1866 or 2133