Hey there. I currently have a decent system with a Sabertooth X79 board, 32GB high speed memory, blah, blah, blah. I will be turning that box into a NAS server capable of running VM's and dockers using unRaid OS system. I already have a power supply, case, cables, and just need a kick a$$ mainboard, memory and possibly a PCI SSD.
I'm currently running an Ivy-Bridge i7-3930k with an Intel 520 SSD as a main drive and a couple drives for some storage. The machine runs great and I haven't had any issues with it at all. Except for the horrible Asus Suite that was a monster to install. Since I had pretty good luck with my current Sabertooth X79 I was checking out the Sabertooth X99 to replace this one, then I saw the Z87 boards. Which also support Haswell CPU's. Looking to get one of Haswell chips. The i7-5820k LGA-2011 V3.
One thing to mention, I DO NOT do any gaming. Just got tired of it. I do a little video editing, photo editing and currently run all my services like Sonarr, Sabnzd on this machine. I just like it fast!
Is there a particular board that really works well with the new Intel chips, especially the 5820k chip I'm looking to get. I've really been eye balling that Sabertooth X99 board. And I would want to get an PCI SSD, but they are just too much right now so I'll use my current SSD drive that I already have installed. Since I don't play any games and lots of hardware is geared towards gaming, I'm wondering if the $300 price tag of an X99 is even worth it?
All I really need is a mainboard, CPU, and memory. The more I read, the more options I see and go nuts! I also use a Zalman H80 CPU cooler which has been working great for my 3930k chip but will probably get a new chip cooler similar. I heard lots of people having issues just trying to fit one in the case.
Well, any suggestions be much appreciated. I've just lost touch a little bit on what's out there and trying to update a machine is hard with so many options these days.
Thanks
I'm currently running an Ivy-Bridge i7-3930k with an Intel 520 SSD as a main drive and a couple drives for some storage. The machine runs great and I haven't had any issues with it at all. Except for the horrible Asus Suite that was a monster to install. Since I had pretty good luck with my current Sabertooth X79 I was checking out the Sabertooth X99 to replace this one, then I saw the Z87 boards. Which also support Haswell CPU's. Looking to get one of Haswell chips. The i7-5820k LGA-2011 V3.
One thing to mention, I DO NOT do any gaming. Just got tired of it. I do a little video editing, photo editing and currently run all my services like Sonarr, Sabnzd on this machine. I just like it fast!
Is there a particular board that really works well with the new Intel chips, especially the 5820k chip I'm looking to get. I've really been eye balling that Sabertooth X99 board. And I would want to get an PCI SSD, but they are just too much right now so I'll use my current SSD drive that I already have installed. Since I don't play any games and lots of hardware is geared towards gaming, I'm wondering if the $300 price tag of an X99 is even worth it?
All I really need is a mainboard, CPU, and memory. The more I read, the more options I see and go nuts! I also use a Zalman H80 CPU cooler which has been working great for my 3930k chip but will probably get a new chip cooler similar. I heard lots of people having issues just trying to fit one in the case.
Well, any suggestions be much appreciated. I've just lost touch a little bit on what's out there and trying to update a machine is hard with so many options these days.
Thanks
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