- Aug 23, 2009
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Hey Toms! I just got a job for the summer and wanna replace my 5 yo system with atop of the line new one 
. So I want to make sure i make an investment with this one, and want my parts to stay current for a few years. Im going to do a closed loop cooler because it looks awesome, either the Corsair 350D or 400D, Nvidia card because I have only used AMD and wanna try a new GPU
My main concern is the motherboard. To my understanding, the new z97 has been introduced and also have heard about using SSDs in the PCI slots for the best speed and performance (and i LOVE SSDs lol). If using PCIE slots for SSDs is the best performance gain, should i then go ATX instead of m-ATX so i could add more SSDs? I know i want to get either an i5 or an i7, don't know much more than that.
I only want to have to replace my GPU in a few years, I dont want my MOBO becoming obsolete right when i buy it :/. Should i wait on the mobo and cpu?
GPU: GEFORCE 760 or 770 (I wanna try Nvidia, have only used AMD radeon 4850/ sapphire 6850 toxic)
CPU: i5 or i7
CPU cooler: Corsair h100i with NF-F12's (wanna try a closed loop cooler, i know the NH-D15 is the ultimates cooling, will do that next build)
MOBO: either ASUS or an ASrock
Fans: Noctuas everywhere down the road
Hard drives: currently have Intel 120gb, going to add a Samsung Evo
Case: Corsair 350D/ 400D
PSU: A semi modular, gold certified 650w, probably from Corsair
RAM: 8 gb DDR3
. So I want to make sure i make an investment with this one, and want my parts to stay current for a few years. Im going to do a closed loop cooler because it looks awesome, either the Corsair 350D or 400D, Nvidia card because I have only used AMD and wanna try a new GPU My main concern is the motherboard. To my understanding, the new z97 has been introduced and also have heard about using SSDs in the PCI slots for the best speed and performance (and i LOVE SSDs lol). If using PCIE slots for SSDs is the best performance gain, should i then go ATX instead of m-ATX so i could add more SSDs? I know i want to get either an i5 or an i7, don't know much more than that.
I only want to have to replace my GPU in a few years, I dont want my MOBO becoming obsolete right when i buy it :/. Should i wait on the mobo and cpu?
GPU: GEFORCE 760 or 770 (I wanna try Nvidia, have only used AMD radeon 4850/ sapphire 6850 toxic)
CPU: i5 or i7
CPU cooler: Corsair h100i with NF-F12's (wanna try a closed loop cooler, i know the NH-D15 is the ultimates cooling, will do that next build)
MOBO: either ASUS or an ASrock
Fans: Noctuas everywhere down the road
Hard drives: currently have Intel 120gb, going to add a Samsung Evo
Case: Corsair 350D/ 400D
PSU: A semi modular, gold certified 650w, probably from Corsair
RAM: 8 gb DDR3
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