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Post Date: 2016-01-13
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    Posted: 13 Jan 2016 at 11:46am
Hi fellas,

I purchased my computer from Digital Storm close to a couple years ago and it has been by far the best, most dependable rig I have ever had.  With it getting up in age I was thinking about upgrading it.  Looking at the build sheet are there any components that should be upgraded to bring it inline with the current 4K machines?  Thank you for your help!

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Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm VIRTUE
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Gryphon Z87 (Intel Z87 Chipset) (Features Thermal Radar) (MATX)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1866MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro (High-Performance)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: ASUS Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs) (Model: BC-12B1ST)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (1TB Western Digital - Black Edition)
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H100i 240mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (Extreme-Performance Edition)
H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: Acer 27 inch (Widescreen) (Black) (High-Performance Gaming Display)
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
NVIDIA SHIELD: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
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You could put two 980 Ti GPU's in SLI on it, but if you don't have a 4K monitor now, I'd recommend holding off until later this year when a single next generation (Nvidia Pascal and AMD Arctic Islands) GPU may suffice. Your GPU should be able to handle SLI, no problem. I would recommend looking into getting GPU's with All-in-One coolers on them, similar to your CPU. You can mount the radiators to the front of the case.
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You could put two 980 Ti GPU's in SLI on it, but if you don't have a 4K monitor now, I'd recommend holding off until later this year when a single next generation (Nvidia Pascal and AMD Arctic Islands) GPU may suffice. Your GPU should be able to handle SLI, no problem. I would recommend looking into getting GPU's with All-in-One coolers on them, similar to your CPU. You can mount the radiators to the front of the case.


Sorry to burst that bubble but it's been confirmed they will not play 4k games at higher than medium on a single csrd. It's impossible due to pcie limitatuons. Pcie 4 may fix it in 2017-2018
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Originally posted by Purpletalon55

Sorry to burst that bubble but it's been confirmed they will not play 4k games at higher than medium on a single csrd. It's impossible due to pcie limitatuons. Pcie 4 may fix it in 2017-2018


I'd like to see a source for that as a couple things make that seem bogus. One of the major improvements with DirectX 12 and Vulkan is the vastly improve draw call rate. This makes it so the interface is much more efficient and has reduced latency to relay communications across the PCI-e interface. The other thing is that it is well known and well documented that the PCI-e 3.0 is not saturated at all, currently, and running it down at x8 lanes only sacrifices 1-2% total performance when measuring the frame rate output. Even if the GPU performance were to double (I'm expecting no more than about a 50% improvement with the next gen cards), I don't know if the interface would be completely saturated.
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Thank you for your response.  So do you feel my MB and CPU will be sufficient for this upgrade and that dual 980 TIs will put me where I want to be?

Thanks again for your time.
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Your CPU, Gryphon z87 and 1050watt psu can definitely handle an sli, 980 ti upgrade. The sli 980ti is very good for 4K gaming.
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