- Jun 27, 2013
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So I'm in a bit of an odd situation, my motherboard finally fried and I'm fairly certain the CPU is dead as well.
Specs on old system:
Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel i7 2600k Sandy Bridge
16 GB DDR3
MSI Z77 MPower motherboard
GTX 760 GPU (Asus DirectOCII)
SeaSonic X Series 1050 Watt PSU
Various SSD's and an HDD that crapped out.
Case is a mid tower ATX/mATX/iTX compatible case.
I do media coding and livestream games, I have zero familiarity with current generation hardware outside of knowing that DDR4 and m.2 is the future and that DDR4 boards will not work with the DDR3 I have now.
I'm a Disabled Veteran who is, flat out, broke.
So at this point I need something that is as future proof as possible without totally destroying a budget - I tried piecing together equipment but it came out at around $700 before adding SSD's and an OS to it (I might be able to salvage the Windows 7 OS but I do not have the disc anymore, just the key, so I don't know how Microsoft is dealing with that these days.)
My largest concerns are getting a motherboard that can at the very least SLI GPU's in the future, is DDR4 compatible, and an i7 CPU or AMD equivilant.
I don't know much about AMD, whether FreeSync is better than GSync etc.
I'm trying to build a PC based around adding smaller upgrades down the line as money becomes available. As far as I can tell the only parts salvagable from this are the GPU and PSU.
So I'm asking for help in finding a motherboard, CPU, and RAM that isn't total garbage, but isn't going to break the budget - with technology that is going to future proof me as long as possible. (m.2 compatibility on the motherboard, Skylake i7 compatible [or AMD equivilant], latest USB protocol and latest SATA protocol for speed reasons, etc.)
If your opinion is that an AMD processor is just as good as the Intel processors for more intensive things like streaming games on the same computer and compiling media please reference an article to put my mind at ease.
Long term plan is obviously to drop a 1080 GPU in the thing.
Thanks in advance for your input, I know the "gaming" line of motherboards are generally just a lot of flashy crap without much in lines of actual upgrades that justify the extra $100 on them, but again the last time I was up to date on hardware was when a Sandy Bridge i7 2600k was the best CPU available and researching this stuff from a cell phone is problematic.
Specs on old system:
Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel i7 2600k Sandy Bridge
16 GB DDR3
MSI Z77 MPower motherboard
GTX 760 GPU (Asus DirectOCII)
SeaSonic X Series 1050 Watt PSU
Various SSD's and an HDD that crapped out.
Case is a mid tower ATX/mATX/iTX compatible case.
I do media coding and livestream games, I have zero familiarity with current generation hardware outside of knowing that DDR4 and m.2 is the future and that DDR4 boards will not work with the DDR3 I have now.
I'm a Disabled Veteran who is, flat out, broke.
So at this point I need something that is as future proof as possible without totally destroying a budget - I tried piecing together equipment but it came out at around $700 before adding SSD's and an OS to it (I might be able to salvage the Windows 7 OS but I do not have the disc anymore, just the key, so I don't know how Microsoft is dealing with that these days.)
My largest concerns are getting a motherboard that can at the very least SLI GPU's in the future, is DDR4 compatible, and an i7 CPU or AMD equivilant.
I don't know much about AMD, whether FreeSync is better than GSync etc.
I'm trying to build a PC based around adding smaller upgrades down the line as money becomes available. As far as I can tell the only parts salvagable from this are the GPU and PSU.
So I'm asking for help in finding a motherboard, CPU, and RAM that isn't total garbage, but isn't going to break the budget - with technology that is going to future proof me as long as possible. (m.2 compatibility on the motherboard, Skylake i7 compatible [or AMD equivilant], latest USB protocol and latest SATA protocol for speed reasons, etc.)
If your opinion is that an AMD processor is just as good as the Intel processors for more intensive things like streaming games on the same computer and compiling media please reference an article to put my mind at ease.
Long term plan is obviously to drop a 1080 GPU in the thing.
Thanks in advance for your input, I know the "gaming" line of motherboards are generally just a lot of flashy crap without much in lines of actual upgrades that justify the extra $100 on them, but again the last time I was up to date on hardware was when a Sandy Bridge i7 2600k was the best CPU available and researching this stuff from a cell phone is problematic.
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