- Jun 23, 2015
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Hi guys, I'm looking to build a new PC for my SW development and gaming needs, and so far I've managed to pick a CPU, which would be Intel i7-5820K. As for memory, I'd like to have 32GB, and given that the CPU uses a 2011-3 socket, it'll have to be DDR4 (which I guess limits the search to boards that have 4 slots for 4x8GB.)
As for the gaming needs, I don't really plan to buy any high-end GPU (probably something around $150-250), which means I don't need a beast motherboard that can handle 4 GPUs, but I'd like to be able to upgrade to something decent, or possibly have two GPUs in the future without having to change the motherboard (but this is not a hard requirement.) One of the candidates here is MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card, but I'll probably make a specific thread for picking a GPU once I have the motherboard figured out ... or maybe it should be the other way around? I'm not really sure.
The last thing is the price range, which should be around $200-250 if at all possible. I don't think I have any other requirements for the board, but I might be missing something?
Based on my initial search, I've found one possible candidate, which would be ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard. As for a case, I've picked Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced ATX Full Tower Case, which given its size should allow all the upgrades I can think of (but I'm not sure if it's ideal for my board/CPU selection.)
edit: Added GPU specification + link
As for the gaming needs, I don't really plan to buy any high-end GPU (probably something around $150-250), which means I don't need a beast motherboard that can handle 4 GPUs, but I'd like to be able to upgrade to something decent, or possibly have two GPUs in the future without having to change the motherboard (but this is not a hard requirement.) One of the candidates here is MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card, but I'll probably make a specific thread for picking a GPU once I have the motherboard figured out ... or maybe it should be the other way around? I'm not really sure.
The last thing is the price range, which should be around $200-250 if at all possible. I don't think I have any other requirements for the board, but I might be missing something?
Based on my initial search, I've found one possible candidate, which would be ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard. As for a case, I've picked Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced ATX Full Tower Case, which given its size should allow all the upgrades I can think of (but I'm not sure if it's ideal for my board/CPU selection.)
edit: Added GPU specification + link
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