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Hello,
My chess teacher wants a monster Rig for chess only. little did i know how demanding chess can be, Here i put together a build for him 1500$ budget he wants to game just some. so i added in a graphics card
What i was wanting to know is if this rig will preform VERY GOOD in chess stuff/apps.
SPECS
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz (6 Cores)
16 GB DDR3 1600Mhz CorSair Vengence
AMD Radeon 7850 2GB GDDR5
Mobo supports cpu etc.
Corsair liquid cooler.
Would this preform good in chess? or would it suck... i heard chess programs are like your brain so i imagine it would need much processing power?
 
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The i7-980x is three generations old. Check some benchmarks for the chess programs you'll use (possibly located on a chess forum, not a general gaming forum); it is possible that an AMD CPU will outperform Intel in this specific application.
You will likely want either an AMD FX-8320 (or FX-8350) on a 970 board, or an i7-4770 on a H81 or B85 board (no overclocking) or an i7-4770K on a Z87 board (for overclocking). Depending on the other games he wants to play, a HD7750 or GTX750 might be all the graphics muscle he needs.
I would recommend an air cooler rather than a liquid cooler, because: 1) air coolers also cool motherboard components, like the VRMs, 2) air coolers won't take a leak in your system, possibly damaging it. This could...
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Chess programs need as many cores as possible. you may be able to run them on the gpu but i'm not sure if your teacher's program will do that.
However, that build looks good I guess. Personally i'd go with an AMD 8 core or an intel xeon 12-15 core.
Imagine the computer has to at the same time think down multiple moves and lines of inquiry. If the chess program is well written, it should be able to make use of lots of cores.
 
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The i7-980x is three generations old. Check some benchmarks for the chess programs you'll use (possibly located on a chess forum, not a general gaming forum); it is possible that an AMD CPU will outperform Intel in this specific application.
You will likely want either an AMD FX-8320 (or FX-8350) on a 970 board, or an i7-4770 on a H81 or B85 board (no overclocking) or an i7-4770K on a Z87 board (for overclocking). Depending on the other games he wants to play, a HD7750 or GTX750 might be all the graphics muscle he needs.
I would recommend an air cooler rather than a liquid cooler, because: 1) air coolers also cool motherboard components, like the VRMs, 2) air coolers won't take a leak in your system, possibly damaging it. This could be an issue especially if your teacher wants this system to be relatively portable; and 3) they are a lot less expensive. If you are not going to overclock, the stock cooler will be sufficient for either CPU. If you will overclock, for portable use I'd suggest a 92mm tower style cooler (will put less physical stress on the mobo when moved).
If the PC won't be moved around (much), a 120mm tower will likely be quieter. I recommend a model from NZXT or Enermax. Most people parrot the Hyper212 EVO, which is as good (but not better; all are within 1-2C) as the others, but generally costs more, making it a bang/buck Loser.
 
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