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Lian Li PC-A76WX or A75?
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Going to Upgrade to X99 and run triple cards. Also plenty of room for radiators.
I just thought the A76 looked more elegant.
Also they are in short supply here.
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The cases are functionally the same.
If you will have hot parts, like you are planning on triple graphics cards, then they will generate lots of heat.
You may need to keep the front door open while under load.
FWIW, I don't think X99 is the best platform for the gamer.
Yes, you will be able to run triple graphics cards.
But, the best haswell-E 6 and 8 core chips will not have the top clock rates that a overclocked i7-4790K will have.
Few games can make use of more than 2-3 cores.
There are Z97 based motherboards with 3 pcie X16 graphics slots.
Here is one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157505
Such a Z97 motherboard will support next year's 14nm broadwell 4790K replacement.
Where is here?
If you will have hot parts, like you are planning on triple graphics cards, then they will generate lots of heat.
You may need to keep the front door open while under load.
FWIW, I don't think X99 is the best platform for the gamer.
Yes, you will be able to run triple graphics cards.
But, the best haswell-E 6 and 8 core chips will not have the top clock rates that a overclocked i7-4790K will have.
Few games can make use of more than 2-3 cores.
There are Z97 based motherboards with 3 pcie X16 graphics slots.
Here is one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157505
Such a Z97 motherboard will support next year's 14nm broadwell 4790K replacement.
Where is here?
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I agree, I am currently on Z87 however I use some 3D modelling software and I need the extra PCI lanes for triple cards. Although not convinced, as far as I have read that a Zx7 motherboard with a PLX chip coupled with an i5 creates a bottleneck. I find upgrading to a Z87 or Z97 i7 a bit inefficient, I mean I might as well go to X99 otherwise stay with my i5.
If you see where im coming from?
I'm leaning towards the 75X which is easier to obtain for me, damn USA has everything. I also want a big case to mod and install LOTS of radiators, Its a hobby of mine now. To treat this tower like a queen,
geofelt
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lian li 75x is also similar; I think you found your case.
Love the quality. Long time ago, I used a X1000, a huge cas that was too big for me.
If you are not gaming, and your use of graphics cards is for modeling, then haswell-E may well be appropriate.
Do you apps effectively use many threads? If so, then a 6 or 8 core haswell-E is as good as it gets.
If your current cpu shows utilizations over 50% on all threads, then I would think it does.
If, however, you see something like 25% on 4 threads, that is a clue that windows is just spreading out a single threaded task over the available cores.
On the pcie lanes, I would not worry much about bandwidth.
The current top cards can hardly saturate pcie2.0 x8.
You are looking at something like 1% impact .
Love the quality. Long time ago, I used a X1000, a huge cas that was too big for me.
If you are not gaming, and your use of graphics cards is for modeling, then haswell-E may well be appropriate.
Do you apps effectively use many threads? If so, then a 6 or 8 core haswell-E is as good as it gets.
If your current cpu shows utilizations over 50% on all threads, then I would think it does.
If, however, you see something like 25% on 4 threads, that is a clue that windows is just spreading out a single threaded task over the available cores.
On the pcie lanes, I would not worry much about bandwidth.
The current top cards can hardly saturate pcie2.0 x8.
You are looking at something like 1% impact .
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