I need your guidance! On Building a PC :)

Jay2Play

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I am currently building a new PC Socket 2011 and wanted to know a decent motherboard to go with my i7 processor. I bought an Intel Core i7 4960X processor and want to find a good motherboard to go with it. I've been looking at a few but can't decide on what to get.

I will be putting new cards in it every month i.e I want to be putting 3 cards in 3way SLi but once a month. So I will want a board that supports that and a card that supports that as well which was the 2nd question I wanted to ask was what decent graphics card should I get as well.

I am streaming and gaming. So I will need a card that will have enough bandwidth like a 6GB card but want advice from the PRO's ^^

Current Build at the moment.

Purchased list
Intel Core i7 4960X - Purchased
AX1200i Corsair PSU - Purchased
Thermaltake Level 10 Snow Edition - Purchased
Corsair H100i CPU Liquid Cooler - Purchased
Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM 32 GB 4x8GB DDR3 1866Mhz PC3-15000 - CL9 - 1.5 V - unbuffered - non-ECC - Purchased



Not Yet Purchased the Motherboard and Graphics Card! Currently Looking at to purchase ASAP for a 3way SLi nad I've heard about Phsyx? Can I add this on 4th slot maybe. Advice please ^^.
Motherboard EVGA 150-SE-E789-KR Intel X79 Socket LGA 2011 8x DDR3 Slots - Looking at -
MSI GeForce GTX 780 6GB TWIN FROZR Video Card - Looking at -

Any advice would be good as really need this up and running ASAP ^^.
 
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DRAM should be fine, QVLs are really pretty worthless, all they really do is take whatever sticks they have available and see if the rig starts with them...what would be better is if they provided a list of sticks that didn't work with the mobo ;) But they won't, that would be easy and this way they (mobo manufacturers, most anyway) have an out to blow you off from giving support if your DRAM isn't on their list - this problem is getting much better the last few years as more folks have challenged the mobo makers on support issues

Tradesman1

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I'd go with the Asus Z97-WS, one of the few Z97s that allow for dual x16, or x16, x8, x8...GPUs will highly depend on budget, for a build like this would go 770 or 780s anyway, the Asus CU models run good and cool and still OC well in SLI, have a pair of 780s on my Hero (in sig)
 

Tradesman1

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My bad, misread it, the Asus X79 Deluxe is one of the newest 2011 mobos and offers better support for the IB-E CPUs, another of the newest ones (higher priced) and among the more popular is the Asus X79 Black, both are great moos and would fit your needs
 

Jay2Play

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Would I run into any issues with the current RAM as I believe It's only Dual Channel and should I get Quad Channel to benefit from it as the ASUS ROG Black Edition board doesn't show 1866MHz in the compatible list.
 

Tradesman1

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DRAM should be fine, QVLs are really pretty worthless, all they really do is take whatever sticks they have available and see if the rig starts with them...what would be better is if they provided a list of sticks that didn't work with the mobo ;) But they won't, that would be easy and this way they (mobo manufacturers, most anyway) have an out to blow you off from giving support if your DRAM isn't on their list - this problem is getting much better the last few years as more folks have challenged the mobo makers on support issues
 
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