1500$ for a single GPU is out of my price range (500 alone is the most I've ever spent on one in this build), and I question whether an R9 is going to have that much of a GPU advantage over the 780 in Dolphin (as it was said that the 780, ti, and Titan have integer calculation on par with AMD, and recent driver updates have produced some notable speedups in even my old rig). I'm also confident that the ACX cooler will help compared to other versions of this card.
But good to see my build is on par for what this program demands. I'm curious what programs will still 'not' run full speed... and I'm hoping they are few and far between for once. From the few comments I've seen, even TP at least gets 'close' when the 4770k is overclocked. I also hope I don't regret not waiting on the 4970k, but reviews so far seem good.
And considering I would've otherwise gotten stock, I hope Artcic Silver 5 is at least still a decent Haswell cooler... The addition was only 8$, and it's being professionally applied at the local MicroCenter. I trust the techs there pretty thoroughly as they've not served us wrong in the 15 years we've shopped there.
Either way, the build should be ready by midweek, and that free watch dogs copy helped save me a bit too.
But good to see my build is on par for what this program demands. I'm curious what programs will still 'not' run full speed... and I'm hoping they are few and far between for once. From the few comments I've seen, even TP at least gets 'close' when the 4770k is overclocked. I also hope I don't regret not waiting on the 4970k, but reviews so far seem good.
And considering I would've otherwise gotten stock, I hope Artcic Silver 5 is at least still a decent Haswell cooler... The addition was only 8$, and it's being professionally applied at the local MicroCenter. I trust the techs there pretty thoroughly as they've not served us wrong in the 15 years we've shopped there.
Either way, the build should be ready by midweek, and that free watch dogs copy helped save me a bit too.