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Hello,

I would like to build my first custom PC. After doing a lot of research, I am at a quandary on what components to go with. Many of the high-end components I am looking at all have some negative reviews (from Newegg or Amazon). I know nothing is perfect, but if I spend a chunk of my money on hardware, I would like to think that the probability of the components working would be at least greater than 95-100%.
I plan to use mainly Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign.
Here is what I have come up with so far:
• case: Cooler Master HAF X - high air flow full tower
• CPU: Intel i7 4960x Extreme Edition LGA 2011
• Motherboard: not sure; perhaps ASUS x99 -A LGA 2011-v3?
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX or Corsair 3300 MHz Dominator Platinum (at least 16 GB RAM at first due to cost, but would like to expand to 32 GB later)
• Drives: one Samsung 840 PRO 500 GB or Samsung 850 PRO 512 GB
• HDD: one HGST he6 HUS&@^)60AKA640 3,5" 6 TB SATA 6GB/s 7.2K rpm 64M for backups
• PSU: Seasonic Snow Silent 1050W/750W 80+ Platinum or Aurum PT FSP 80+ Platinum
• GPU: EVGA 04G-P4-2983-KR GeForce GTX 980 4 GB 256-bit GDDR% PCI Express 3.0x16 SLI
Questions:
1. I would like to run Windows 10 OS, however since it has only been out a few months, it has been hard to find threads on whether Win. 10 Pro. will work with all the hardware well as opposed to Windows 7 Pro. Should I wait several more months for Win. 10 to iron out its bugs or can I run Windows 7 Pro., then upgrade later to Win. 10 Pro? I have read that Win. 8.1 Pro. did not have as many happy people than Win. 7 perhaps because it changed items that were not broken? This will be my first Windows PC. I am mostly familiar with Apple OS.
2. Will I need to worry about overheating? What additional good quality, reliable coolers should I install extra?
 
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Windows 10 are doing good..however i don't recommend them since there's not Service pack out..Windows 8.1 are the best choice but you would do greater with windows 10. Windows 7 will never keep u back because of incompatibility
Also, get a SSD, its much faster than the classic HDD
 
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Thank you so much for the tip about Windows 7. I forgot to add in my thread that the Samsung 840 PRO drive is an SSD, sorry. The SSD will be my boot disc drive. I may just wait longer for Windows 10 to fix some of its issues.
 
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I assume you mean the i7-5960? The i7-4960 is LGA2011 not LGA2011-3. I take it you've confirmed that the software you will be using can make use of the extra CPU cores?


Get the 850 Pro unless the 840 Pro is reduced. The 850 EVO is worth considering, too.


Unless you overclock the CPU, that system will draw around 425W under full load. You could get by with a good ~650W PSU (so you're not straining it all the time, and also to give some room for expansion). Good options would be the Seasonic X-Series 660W, EVGA SuperNova G2 650W, and Corsair HXi 750W, AX 760W, and AXi series (all top-notch units)


+1 to the suggestion of picking up Windows 8.1 and seeing how Windows 10 goes. You get a free upgrade from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 within the first year of its release, anyway.


It was the whole Start Screen vs Start Menu thing, mostly (fixed with the free Classic Shell, or Startdock's Start8), and the charms menu. I've used Windows 8 and Windows 7 for a while - there's lots of things in Windows 8 that are better (just install Classic Shell, IMHO).


Not as long as you fit a decent cooler (the socket 2011 ones don't come with one), and have reasonable ventilation. Any of the 120mm or 140mm Noctua, Phanteks, or Be Quiet CPU coolers, or the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO should do (the EVO less so if you're over-clocking). Personally, I'd have a couple of intake fans for the case - this just means you can have them spin more slowly (therefore it'll be quieter) most of the time.
 
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• I think I am referring to Intel i7 4960x Extreme Edition 6-core LGA 2011 processor; the Intel i7 5960x LGA 2011 processor is 8-core. However, I am not sure what the difference is between Intel i7 4960x Extreme Edition 6-core LGA 2011 processor and Intel i7 5920 6-core LGA 2011 processor.
• Thank you for the rec on Samsung 850 PRO
• Thank you on cooler information!
 
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Ah, there's 2 LGA2011's - LGA2011 aka "X79" for Sandy Bridge-E and Ivy Bridge-E (i7-3xxx and i7-4xxx), and LGA2011-3 aka "X99" for Haswell-E. They are, unfortunately, physically incompatible (although the mounting holes for coolers are the same). So you'd either need to source an X79 motherboard and quad-channel DDR3 for the 4960, or go with the i7-5820/5930/5960, an X99 motherboard and dual-channel DDR4.

The 5930 has a clockspeed of 3.5GHz with maximum turbo of 3.7GHz and maximum memory bandwidth of 68GB/s, whereas the 4960 has a clockspeed of 3.6GHz with maximum turbo of 4GHz and a memory bandwidth of 59.7GB. Both have 15MB of cache. Obviously the 5930 will have the new Haswell architecture (new instructions, different TLB, etc).

EDIT: Tom's Review with benchmark comparison: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e-cpu,review-33029-5.html

If you use www.pcpartpicker.com (localised versions are available) to plan your build, it'll pick up incompatibilities like this (by default, it'll filter incompatible options out). :)


No prob :)
 
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After doing a bit more digging, I discovered the incompatibility of my motherboard with my chosen CPU. I will most likely go with your suggestion of using an X99 motherboard w/ DDR4 RAM and i75930. I will also check www.pcpartpicker.com to make sure that all my parts are compatible if I chose to make some changes.
Thank you.
 
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