Hey guy's I'm planning to build something that will bench well, I posted this over at anandtech the other day and got no reply, was hoping you guys could be of more help. Here's my original post, thanks in advance.
I filled out the survey about what I would need and hopefully it will help
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
No idea, I have no reason for building this, other than I enjoy building things, I'll find something to do with it when I'm done
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
£2,000+ or - 20%
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United Kingdom
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
I have an Intel preference, and I've always been a fan of ATI but with a good argument I'd happily go Nvidia
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
I've got hard drives, SSD's a spare 5870, monitors, keyboards, mice, peripherals as for other internals I'm going to be buying
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
I've read similar threads on this forum and tomshardware, but I though I'd start a new one for more specific suggestions
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Definately overclocking, watercooling is important to me here, ideally a prebuilt system for the stability but I'd probably enjoy building one, although I never have before.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
I'm happy with 1080p, but If I feel the urge to increase that I'll get a 2560Xsomething monitor (not including this in the budget so I'll worry about it later)
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Between the end of this month and over Christmas
Ok so here's what I'm thinking something like an i7 x980, no idea why just like the sound of it, If I could I'd go for dual CPU's, no idea if there are motherboards for this, or the cost involved, can't imagine it's cheap.
I've every intention of overclocking to 4ghz to be honest I'm basically looking to build something that will do well in benchmarks then worry about what I'll do with it later, if this seems unfeasible with my budget then I'll move on, but basically I love to build stuff, I've got the money and the time, It's essentially just an intellectual exercise so please don't get hung up on "Why are you doing this?! Why don't you spend your money on something else...?!"
So guys I'm looking for motherboards, Power supplies, cases, RAM, watercooling posibilities, overclocking suggestions. Any ideas are welcome, I have bought nothing as of yet, at this moment this is in the design phase. Thanks in advance.
Also my budget is a rough guideline, I'm happy to double it (over a slightly longer period of time) if need be, but ideally this is what I've got now.
Would dual xeons be better?
I filled out the survey about what I would need and hopefully it will help
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
No idea, I have no reason for building this, other than I enjoy building things, I'll find something to do with it when I'm done
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
£2,000+ or - 20%
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United Kingdom
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
I have an Intel preference, and I've always been a fan of ATI but with a good argument I'd happily go Nvidia
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
I've got hard drives, SSD's a spare 5870, monitors, keyboards, mice, peripherals as for other internals I'm going to be buying
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
I've read similar threads on this forum and tomshardware, but I though I'd start a new one for more specific suggestions
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Definately overclocking, watercooling is important to me here, ideally a prebuilt system for the stability but I'd probably enjoy building one, although I never have before.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
I'm happy with 1080p, but If I feel the urge to increase that I'll get a 2560Xsomething monitor (not including this in the budget so I'll worry about it later)
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Between the end of this month and over Christmas
Ok so here's what I'm thinking something like an i7 x980, no idea why just like the sound of it, If I could I'd go for dual CPU's, no idea if there are motherboards for this, or the cost involved, can't imagine it's cheap.
I've every intention of overclocking to 4ghz to be honest I'm basically looking to build something that will do well in benchmarks then worry about what I'll do with it later, if this seems unfeasible with my budget then I'll move on, but basically I love to build stuff, I've got the money and the time, It's essentially just an intellectual exercise so please don't get hung up on "Why are you doing this?! Why don't you spend your money on something else...?!"
So guys I'm looking for motherboards, Power supplies, cases, RAM, watercooling posibilities, overclocking suggestions. Any ideas are welcome, I have bought nothing as of yet, at this moment this is in the design phase. Thanks in advance.
Also my budget is a rough guideline, I'm happy to double it (over a slightly longer period of time) if need be, but ideally this is what I've got now.
Would dual xeons be better?
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