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I am starting to thing about replacing my AMD Phenom 955 Black with another machine. I havent been following hardware as much as I used to. This will be the 6th box I have built.
Primary use would be gaming and video conversion (HandBrake for converting video formats for my Plex Server on my Synergy NAS).
So I am thinking its time to shift from AMD over to Intel for the better math.
My budget is in the 1200 range, its flexible.
I wont be getting any new monitor, I'll reuse my existing one. In the future, obviously I will upgrade, so I want to be future proof, but I figure that is the graphics card.
I will be switching from Radeon to a GeForce for power savings. I dont intend to SLI, I havent yet, I just limp along and replace my graphics card every now and then (last upgrade a 6850). My system has hit its limits running Fallout4, I get messages from W7 about turning Aero off, etc. I also know it is well past time to upgrade the video card.
I will not be overclocking.
I want to build a smaller box.
To that end I have been looking at this Micro-ATX case. I like it.
Xigmatek Aquila NVIDIA – GeForce GTX Black Steel Micro-ATX Cube Chassis Special Edition EN5520 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811815045
I dont mind future proofing with the CPU. To that end, after looking at the CPU article, I am leaning towards the Xeon.
Intel Xeon Processor E3-1231V3B 3.4 4 LGA 1150 (BX80646E31231V3). A little power savings (no wasted onboard graphics) and threading. The more I think about it, the more this choice is screaming at me. Less cost, less power, less cooling need (I would think).
I also see some 6 core ones for a bit more, which gets me into Haswell-E with more cache, DDR4.
Mostly my concerns are what I dont know. I obviously have some video card length issues with the smaller case.
Am I at the point where I need to go water cooling?
I read through this, http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2919945/compact-gaming.html but this is mini-itx, and I think its a smaller cube, so I dont know about his issues vs what I want for a micro-ATX.
Am I making future 4K gaming an impossibility with this form factor case?
Please educate me.
Primary use would be gaming and video conversion (HandBrake for converting video formats for my Plex Server on my Synergy NAS).
So I am thinking its time to shift from AMD over to Intel for the better math.
My budget is in the 1200 range, its flexible.
I wont be getting any new monitor, I'll reuse my existing one. In the future, obviously I will upgrade, so I want to be future proof, but I figure that is the graphics card.
I will be switching from Radeon to a GeForce for power savings. I dont intend to SLI, I havent yet, I just limp along and replace my graphics card every now and then (last upgrade a 6850). My system has hit its limits running Fallout4, I get messages from W7 about turning Aero off, etc. I also know it is well past time to upgrade the video card.
I will not be overclocking.
I want to build a smaller box.
To that end I have been looking at this Micro-ATX case. I like it.
Xigmatek Aquila NVIDIA – GeForce GTX Black Steel Micro-ATX Cube Chassis Special Edition EN5520 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811815045
I dont mind future proofing with the CPU. To that end, after looking at the CPU article, I am leaning towards the Xeon.
Intel Xeon Processor E3-1231V3B 3.4 4 LGA 1150 (BX80646E31231V3). A little power savings (no wasted onboard graphics) and threading. The more I think about it, the more this choice is screaming at me. Less cost, less power, less cooling need (I would think).
I also see some 6 core ones for a bit more, which gets me into Haswell-E with more cache, DDR4.
Mostly my concerns are what I dont know. I obviously have some video card length issues with the smaller case.
Am I at the point where I need to go water cooling?
I read through this, http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2919945/compact-gaming.html but this is mini-itx, and I think its a smaller cube, so I dont know about his issues vs what I want for a micro-ATX.
Am I making future 4K gaming an impossibility with this form factor case?
Please educate me.
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