Howdy. I am looking to buy a new PC and sell my current one to a buddy of mine so we can both get upgrades. I have built many PCs in the past, but I've not messed around with SLI or liquid-cooling. My goal here is to be able to play graphically intensive games like Ghost Recon: Wildlands at or above 60fps. I will settle for 60fps, but I am reaching more towards the monitor's refresh rate if possible (144hz+) at the highest graphics settings. I am seeking wisdom, advice, and if possible, a build I can start setting up on PCPartPicker. My budget is around $3000.00 USD; but before I go off spending that cash, I have a few questions.
1. Should I wait for the Ryzen chips to come out and settle in price or should I go ahead and get my hands on an i7 4930k or something else?
2. Should I go for the 1080Ti or is there something else coming out soon that is better?
3. I have never done the SLI thing with GPUs because I've been told it isn't worth it in the past (5 years ago). I've read it is not a 100% gain, but more like a 25-50% gain at best in performance. Does this still hold true?
4. I am finally thinking about doing a liquid cooled PC but I've never done one before. I do have a few guides I can follow that I've saved in my favorites on how to set one up, but my question is, is this something of a jewel I've been missing out on over the years or should I bother? I hardly overclock but my room gets pretty toasty as is.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and offer your two cents; I appreciate the help fellas/ladies.