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What res will be wanting to max these games?

Few more questions please.

You said your budget is $2200 but your build is $2800. So what is the budget then?

to build a system for 1080p and 4k are going to be different. for 1080p a 1070 gtx is more then enough but for 4k you would want a single titan or sli 1080. Now on your budget neither will work but we could go with a single 1080 now adn then if you go 4k you can add another 1080 yourself. Problem with that is that you are going with a 1080 gtx for 1080p res which is overkill. Also to go with a system that has one 1080 gtx but can handle 2 will be over your budget.

so let me know what you like to do

LOl if we want the 4k performance we have to pay for it, but we sure do talk ourselves into things don't we

Thank you for that info, let me give you some info.

1. I'm a DS customer myself and not an employee, my/our advise here on the forum is purely neutral.

2. I build systems myself just like you, most of us here on the forums do, and just like you for one reason or another we just don't have the time.

3. building and testing and etc will cost us more money obviously.

4. I didn't go with other builders due to the fact that their customer service was nothing like DS.

Ok so now I understand better, for 1080p 1060 gtx will do however if you want to go 4k later that complicates things a bit.

If you are going 4k soon I would go single 1080 gtx now, if you are not sure when you will go 4k and it maybe in 2 years then I would go single 1070. The reasoning is simple, if you gonna go 4k soon then you will use the 1080, if you are going 4k in 2 years, I suggest going 1070 now and then upgrading gpu with monitor in 2 years, however if something changes and you go 4k sooner then you can just go sli 1070.

1080 config with 1000w psu for future gpu upgrades with good headroom:

Ticket Number: 1482947

now you can drop the psu to a 850w if you like. Another thing to consider here is to see if its cheaper if you order the system without ssd and/or gpu and see if getting those yourself maybe more cost effective.

1070 build with the same specs as above again feel free to change the psu and etc:

Ticket Number: 1482950


both of the above can do sli 1080/1070, or even sli titan pascal.


tell me what you think

If you want a quiet system then you need to put the sytem under lc with low dba fans. Otherwise 90% of your noise will come from the gpus's fan, and there is no way to combat that, when the system is not underload the system will be quiet, but under load it won't be, the 400q at best gets rid of 5dba, but that is not gonna make a difference to the noise of the gpu or your system. On top of that your system will be running a bit warmer since for you to get close to that 5dba reduction you will have to keep the top closed which inturn will make the temps inside the case a bit warmer due to lack of airflow.

For 1080p a 1070 gtx is more than enough.

m.2 drives are very fast if you get a good one like samsung or intel, samsung being the first choice here. I didn't add it in the config due to price ristriction, I was trying to be close to budget since I had already been over the $2200, but ya I would go with the second config of 1070 and add the 950 pro in place of the 850.

For gaming 16GB is to cover you for the future so I doubt you will need to add more ram.

Storage you can add again I skipped it to keep price down and its an easy upgrade, I would go with the 1tb 850 evo/pro for storage, again that can be added later when prices are better.