True, I used to build on MSI (along with my current standards, Asus, GB and the Rock) but MSI has been headed downhill since about 2009, they fell behind the Rock in sales and continue to fall sales wise.
Well I looked on new egg and it seems the reviews were lower due to boards being unstable and going out Within months. BUT I do think that 90 percent of people review only when there is something to complain about. It's hard to tell what the real ratio is on good vs bad boards
True, I used to build on MSI (along with my current standards, Asus, GB and the Rock) but MSI has been headed downhill since about 2009, they fell behind the Rock in sales and continue to fall sales wise.
I will for sure it's gonna be an i7 5820k and evga 980 gtx and corsair 16gb ram... as far as what it can do. Idk. I'm now so I don't know what previous components are capable of. I do know I am buying a 800 dollar 1440p 144hz monitor so hopefully it can get the most our of it. Cause it this can't hit that then I wasted money on a monitor lol
Don't think you'll be able to run 1440 at 144 w/ a single 980, and if thinking SLI, then the 5930K might be a better option as it has 40 PCI-E lanes so can run true dual x16 - the 5820K only has 28 lanes total so limited to dual x16/x8
Ok... I thought I read somewhere that games don't support sli cards? And the other processor sounds great but I'm over my budget already... so the only way I can pull this off is to find a cheaper headset that is good other than the turtle beach x seven... and a cheaper case than the cooler master HAF... any ideas?
my absolute top of this budget has to be at 35, 36k before taxes. Now it's possible. The cooler master is 170 and the turtle beaches are I think 250 or so.
Don't think you'll be able to run 1440 at 144 w/ a single 980, and if thinking SLI, then the 5930K might be a better option as it has 40 PCI-E lanes so can run true dual x16 - the 5820K only has 28 lanes total so limited to dual x16/x8
There is no performance difference between running 16/16, 16/8 or 8/8 in SLI.
Also, check with the motherboard's specifications. Sometimes 16/16 is only possible with the first and fourth 16x PCIe, leaving a rather large gap between cards. This may or may not be a deal breaker for some people.