5-Monitor Gaming & Stock Trading Build

[Cobra Khan]

Have decided to build a 5-screen work/gaming station. I will be running five 24" Dell UltraSharp U2412M monitors. Don't want to spend more than $2.5k on the computer (monitors, mouse, keyboard, speakers not included).

Here is what I have so far: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RjPhmG

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($217.36 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($346.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($346.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($152.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On IHBS112-04 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($79.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2104.22

Can anyone improve this system while staying under $2.5k?

 

[Karsten75]

Get a better cooler and higher speed RAM if you ae looking for places to spend your extra $400.

Also from everything I've hear the AMD cards in Crossfire doesn't perform as well as Nvidia cards in SLI. There are a lot of issues with missed frames and stuff.

 

[numanator]

Any specific reason for the 7870's? the R9 280x gets much more performance for a lower cost now so you should go for those instead or 2 r9 290s

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($217.36 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($152.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On IHBS112-04 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Total: $2150.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-18 14:17 EDT-0400

 

[Cobra Khan]

What do you guys think about buying a slightly used (3 months) system?

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/sys/4517052326.html

If he has all his purchase receipts (verify parts, age, price paid) I might be willing to offer him 50% of what he paid.

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked
ASUS Maximus V EXTREME LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
256gb SAMSUNG 840 Pro SSD
512gb SAMSUNG 840 Pro SSD
Creative Sound Blaster Z Series ZXR
Corsair AX1200iNZXT
Phantom 820 Series CA-PH820-G1 Gunmetal Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
NZXT Kraken X60 RL-KRX60-01 Ultra Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler 280MM
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX
ASUS 24X DVD Burner

 

[sadams04]

What do you guys think about buying a slightly used (3 months) system?
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/sys/4517052326.html
If he has all his purchase receipts (verify parts, age, price paid) I might be willing to offer him 50% of what he paid.

That is a solid system with good quality parts all around. If you could pull that for a good price ($1600-$1800ish??), then the only thing you have to worry about is warranty lengths on used parts.

 

[sadams04]

Another option... LGA2011 with a 6 core CPU. 3-way crossfire or run them independently. Gaming on a 1080 monitors is not much of a load for a GTX 770.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($578.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight II SD1283 89.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($158.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2423.88

 

[Cobra Khan]

Thanks for your input sadams04!