So basically the question is either a workstation mother board vs consumer/gamer board?.
I was about to buy all my parts for my workstation build then 2 new mobos came out. (I like new things). Then i questioned "is a workstation motherboard even really necessary"? The reason i ask is i won't be using ECC memory as i will be sporting the 4930k which doesnt even support ECC and i will only have 1 gpu which leaves all the other lanes open. Sli and or crossfire is useless to me. I've read and seen so many videos about needing a workstation motherboard for high end workloads for 3d animation, video editing and so on and so forth. So how would a workstation motherboard benefit me? Thanks in advance.
Oh and here are my components:
Cpu: intel 4930k (will be overclocking to a stable speed)
Cpu cooler: Corsair H100i (stock fans replaced with noctua nf f12 fans)
Case: nzxt or cooler master cosmos II (i only considered cmcII because that thing looks bauss)
Case fans: replacing all stock fans with noctua nf f12 fans.
Mobo: the 2 new releases that i saw were the new asus x79-e-ws and the egva x79 dark (evga dark had great reviews)
Memory: corsair vengeance LP 32GB or G.skill ripjaw x or z series 64GB @1866Ghz
Gpu: K4000 (little to no rendering as i will be using a render farm.
Psu: corsair ax860i platinum
Storage set up as follows:
Storage 1: 1x samsung 256gb ssd for os plus other apps
Storage 2: 1x samsung 256gb ssd scratch disk/cache
Storage 3: 4x seagate barracuda 2TB HDD in raid 0
Storage 4: 2x seagate barracuda 2TB HDD JBOD
Storage 5: 2x external HDD's for backup
So this is my build minus the motherboard. So thoughts comments on my mobo question be great. Thanks in advance guys.
I was about to buy all my parts for my workstation build then 2 new mobos came out. (I like new things). Then i questioned "is a workstation motherboard even really necessary"? The reason i ask is i won't be using ECC memory as i will be sporting the 4930k which doesnt even support ECC and i will only have 1 gpu which leaves all the other lanes open. Sli and or crossfire is useless to me. I've read and seen so many videos about needing a workstation motherboard for high end workloads for 3d animation, video editing and so on and so forth. So how would a workstation motherboard benefit me? Thanks in advance.
Oh and here are my components:
Cpu: intel 4930k (will be overclocking to a stable speed)
Cpu cooler: Corsair H100i (stock fans replaced with noctua nf f12 fans)
Case: nzxt or cooler master cosmos II (i only considered cmcII because that thing looks bauss)
Case fans: replacing all stock fans with noctua nf f12 fans.
Mobo: the 2 new releases that i saw were the new asus x79-e-ws and the egva x79 dark (evga dark had great reviews)
Memory: corsair vengeance LP 32GB or G.skill ripjaw x or z series 64GB @1866Ghz
Gpu: K4000 (little to no rendering as i will be using a render farm.
Psu: corsair ax860i platinum
Storage set up as follows:
Storage 1: 1x samsung 256gb ssd for os plus other apps
Storage 2: 1x samsung 256gb ssd scratch disk/cache
Storage 3: 4x seagate barracuda 2TB HDD in raid 0
Storage 4: 2x seagate barracuda 2TB HDD JBOD
Storage 5: 2x external HDD's for backup
So this is my build minus the motherboard. So thoughts comments on my mobo question be great. Thanks in advance guys.
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