The only problem with your plans, Brian Rule, is that the suggested CPU, the i7-3930k, is not good in that mobo.... the motherboard can house LGA1155 CPUs, while the i7-3930k is LGA2011...
If I would be you, I would step up with the mobo and go with the Maximus V series... the MVG is perfect if you don't want a lot of PCIe slots (more than 2 way SLI/Crossfire), MVF for gaming and MVE for OC'ing... - all of these mobos goes very well with the i7-3770K... (or you can even go lower on the CPU....)
And yes, if you want to enjoy your life, stay away from Alienware...
If I would be you, I would step up with the mobo and go with the Maximus V series... the MVG is perfect if you don't want a lot of PCIe slots (more than 2 way SLI/Crossfire), MVF for gaming and MVE for OC'ing... - all of these mobos goes very well with the i7-3770K... (or you can even go lower on the CPU....)
And yes, if you want to enjoy your life, stay away from Alienware...
Zka17 wrote:
The only problem with your plans, Brian Rule, is that the suggested CPU, the i7-3930k, is not good in that mobo.... the motherboard can house LGA1155 CPUs, while the i7-3930k is LGA2011...
If I would be you, I would step up with the mobo and go with the Maximus V series... the MVG is perfect if you don't want a lot of PCIe slots (more than 2 way SLI/Crossfire), MVF for gaming and MVE for OC'ing... - all of these mobos goes very well with the i7-3770K... (or you can even go lower on the CPU....)
And yes, if you want to enjoy your life, stay away from Alienware...
Exactly.
Then there is that 'walk on the wild side', AMD.
CrossHair V Formula-Z / 7970/7990? / DominatorGT 2133 -- 1100T if you can find one. (my2c)
AlienWare .... hahhahahhahaha .c.
Brian Rule wrote:
Zka17, how about this build? is my power supply to much or i should just go with the 850watts? oh and what do you mean by SLI?
Processors: Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5G) 8mb 22nm
Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme Z
HDD: 160gb Intel Sata3 SSD
RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 8gb 1600 (12800CL9D) 2x4
VGA: Asus GTX680 DCII Top 2gb ddr5 256bit
PSU: Aerocool Strike-X 80PLUS Gold 1100watts
Optical Drive: Asus 24x 24B3ST
Cooling: CoolerMaster V8
Case: AeroCool StrikeX GT
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium OEM
Well, the SLI was explained - thanks kkn! 🙂
A good, higher rated (gold or platinum) PSU will be enough at 850W... if you want to use multiple graphic cards, then you may need a bigger one... - but right now, you're fine
Although the 3770k with the Maximus IV combo may fly... I still would upgrade the mobo to the Maximus V series with the Ivy Bridge CPU... if you stick to the Maximus IV, I would rather go with the Sandy Bridge CPUs... - the i5-2500k is the best price/function choice, but you may go higher to 2600k, even 2700k...
