Hey all,
This is going to be a long long post, but I want to explain my thoughts about my next gaming rig upgrade. This rig will primarily be used for gaming.
I am planning to get i7-4820k as my CPU, I know it's an old chip, but I am keen on getting a 40 PCI lane CPU, and from what I can see, i7-4820k seems to be my most viable option (5930k doesn't seem to be much of an improvement over 4820k, and 3930k is too expensive in comparison). I understand the chip is old-ish (about a year old at this stage), and the motherboards older still. But I want to go 40 PCI lanes is because I want to make sure that in the near future, my PCI slots will not be my GPU's bottleneck. As far as I understand, even x8 is still plenty, but, you can call me paranoid lol. I plan to SLI two graphics together (3 or more is not being considered due to PCI lane bottleneck).
I plan to have this upgrade for at least 3 years, preferably 5, which until then the only upgrade I would do is GPU's.
Now, I had been looking the available X79 motherboards, I saw P8X79 Deluxe and X79 Extreme IV Black edition, I am considering the black edition because it's a newer board and that it has 6 3.0 back panel USB ports (I am a huge sucker for USB ports, I can do with 6, but I'd prefer 8 if given the chance). Deluxe seems to have bandwidth issues with 4 of its ports IIRC though. However Black Edition does seem a little expensive just for the USB ports, but it DOES look quite durable as a board, so durability is also a plus for me.
So far I searched MSI and Gigabyte and their boards date back 2012 or early 2013, which I feel is too old if I want them to last for several years from now.
Lastly, I live in Taiwan, thus I have access to Asus, MSI and Gigabyte components, but almost nothing else.
Are there any other alternative boards out there I have missed?
Opinions about my upgrade plan is also welcome
Thanks in advance!
This is going to be a long long post, but I want to explain my thoughts about my next gaming rig upgrade. This rig will primarily be used for gaming.
I am planning to get i7-4820k as my CPU, I know it's an old chip, but I am keen on getting a 40 PCI lane CPU, and from what I can see, i7-4820k seems to be my most viable option (5930k doesn't seem to be much of an improvement over 4820k, and 3930k is too expensive in comparison). I understand the chip is old-ish (about a year old at this stage), and the motherboards older still. But I want to go 40 PCI lanes is because I want to make sure that in the near future, my PCI slots will not be my GPU's bottleneck. As far as I understand, even x8 is still plenty, but, you can call me paranoid lol. I plan to SLI two graphics together (3 or more is not being considered due to PCI lane bottleneck).
I plan to have this upgrade for at least 3 years, preferably 5, which until then the only upgrade I would do is GPU's.
Now, I had been looking the available X79 motherboards, I saw P8X79 Deluxe and X79 Extreme IV Black edition, I am considering the black edition because it's a newer board and that it has 6 3.0 back panel USB ports (I am a huge sucker for USB ports, I can do with 6, but I'd prefer 8 if given the chance). Deluxe seems to have bandwidth issues with 4 of its ports IIRC though. However Black Edition does seem a little expensive just for the USB ports, but it DOES look quite durable as a board, so durability is also a plus for me.
So far I searched MSI and Gigabyte and their boards date back 2012 or early 2013, which I feel is too old if I want them to last for several years from now.
Lastly, I live in Taiwan, thus I have access to Asus, MSI and Gigabyte components, but almost nothing else.
Are there any other alternative boards out there I have missed?
Opinions about my upgrade plan is also welcome
Thanks in advance!
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