Goal is gaming, most assuredly. Now, will that mean the most robust, intense games? Probably not.

So, spec down to an i7-6700k and Mobo to match, then 16GB of RAM, but upgrade to a 1080.

Anyone seen much benefit from SLI these days? Never got into it initially, but I remember reading that the benefits (for gaming at least) were nowhere near being cost effective.

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Posted by jcole4lsu

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Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:51 pm to skrayper

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Goal is gaming, most assuredly. Now, will that mean the most robust, intense games? Probably not.

If you are just going for normal AAA titles at 1080p, you could step all the way down to an i5 and RX 480. Always get the 8GB version though - 4GB isnt enough for many games at high settings.

SLI is mostly title dependent, some work well with it while others dont work at all. In either case, its always best practice to buy the best single card solution in your budget and consider adding a second card as an upgrade later down the road.

eta: There are 2 ways of going about building a gaming pc.
1) build the best machine to fit a specific budget
2) build to spec of a specific res and rate
pick which of those you want to do, and we can get you hooked up.

This post was edited on 9/23/16 at 2:57 pm

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Posted by bluebarracuda

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Posted on 9/24/16 at 10:56 am to skrayper

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Anyone seen much benefit from SLI these days? Never got into it initially, but I remember reading that the benefits (for gaming at least) were nowhere near being cost effective.

I do with my 970s for my 1440p monitor (paired with a 2500k). It'll certainly help even more once I get my 4k TV in my room

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