Hello!
I am currently in the process of acquiring parts for my first computer build.
Currently I have purchased:
An AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS)
A 650 Watt corsair PSU (Overkill I know!)
A Corsair Mid ATX Case (Carbide series 200r)
8 GB of 1600 mhz ram (team brand)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313345
link to ram if compatibility with motherboards/cpus is an issue.
I plan on using a 1TB HDD, I will possibly upgrade to an SSD-HDD setup later.
The PC will be general use with some, but not all emphasis on gaming. No video editing, mostly surfing, maybe a media PC, but no heavy duty CPU required. I would like to get the most out of my video card.
I plan on running a 64 bit windows 7 edition.
Please recommend an Intel CPU that will not bottleneck my video card, preferably on the 1150 Socket. I want to be able to drop in a broadwell or skylake in the future. I am open to AMD if you can provide evidence that it will not bottleneck my GPU (many amd cpus do this apparently, but I am far from an expert).
Also I obviously need a MOBO reccomendation.
I plan on buying the mobo, cpu, hard drive, peripherals, heatsink (maybe, I don't plan on ocing but i've heard intel haswells run hot) after christmas when I get a little boost of funds
Try to keep the MOBO and CPU under $400.
thanks.
Sorry in advance if I broke any rules about posting stupid threads like this one or broke forum etiquette. I am new obviously.
I am currently in the process of acquiring parts for my first computer build.
Currently I have purchased:
An AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS)
A 650 Watt corsair PSU (Overkill I know!)
A Corsair Mid ATX Case (Carbide series 200r)
8 GB of 1600 mhz ram (team brand)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313345
link to ram if compatibility with motherboards/cpus is an issue.
I plan on using a 1TB HDD, I will possibly upgrade to an SSD-HDD setup later.
The PC will be general use with some, but not all emphasis on gaming. No video editing, mostly surfing, maybe a media PC, but no heavy duty CPU required. I would like to get the most out of my video card.
I plan on running a 64 bit windows 7 edition.
Please recommend an Intel CPU that will not bottleneck my video card, preferably on the 1150 Socket. I want to be able to drop in a broadwell or skylake in the future. I am open to AMD if you can provide evidence that it will not bottleneck my GPU (many amd cpus do this apparently, but I am far from an expert).
Also I obviously need a MOBO reccomendation.
I plan on buying the mobo, cpu, hard drive, peripherals, heatsink (maybe, I don't plan on ocing but i've heard intel haswells run hot) after christmas when I get a little boost of funds
Try to keep the MOBO and CPU under $400.
thanks.
Sorry in advance if I broke any rules about posting stupid threads like this one or broke forum etiquette. I am new obviously.