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JBeckman
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Of those two products you linked to I would recommend the former, the CPU is strong and can be overclocked further if needed, newer z87 motherboard as well.
(Both are quad core as well so there's nothing problematic there.)
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Nov 2013 13:42 Post subject: |
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I'm with JB on this, the combo seems pricey though I haven't really shopped around, but I agree with the recommendation of the first option.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Nov 2013 16:54 Post subject: |
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Don't bother with Newegg. They've turned into an overpriced shit store. And if you get something DOA they're going to charge you to ship it back and in some cases, they've become notorious for charging Restocking fees even on things deemed DOA.
Check out Amazon, they've become newegg's biggest rival in the last year or two.
My opinion. Stay away from Asus unless you plan on doing some serious overclocking. Their boards over the last 5 years have gradually increased in the amount of DOAs they've been sending out. God forbid you have to deal with their warranty department. I know a few guys who in the last few months had to deal with them and it's all been over 3 months and they still dont' ahve a working board. One of them even got a board back and the idiots MELTED his DIMM slots with a soldering iron. Other one is on his 4th RMA board and still has been boardless.
Check out Gigabyte. I've been using them for about 3 years now and about 10 builds and not a single one has came dead or with any issues and all of them are still running strong. The one board I did fry which was my fault, Gigabyte fixed it for free even though it was a year out of warranty.
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Cyb3r
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Werelds
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Nov 2013 09:15 Post subject: |
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And then here I am, offering the exact opposite: not a single dead ASUS board in 15 years (and I think I've used ASUS for at least half the PCs I've built). I've had one DOA MSI board (my own) 3 years ago, that was replaced within 10 days - replacement's still doing fine after 3 years (P55-GD65). With motherboards, YMMV applies very much. Every series has to be re-evaluated from every brand, you can't just shove the entire brand on a "good" or "bad" pile based on anything.
As for your upgrades and bundles: those seem overpriced, but they're i7's so that's to be expected. The 4770K is the one you'd want; stay away from any Intel Extreme CPUs. They're not worth it. I still have an older one (Pentium EE 955) and cooling that fucker is just annoying as hell. In this case the 4820 consumes 50% more power for 0 results in games. And that's not gonna change.
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apcarr
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Nov 2013 09:45 Post subject: |
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save yourself even more by ditching the i7 and get an i5,theres no advantage with an i7 for gaming over an i5,Im about to build myself a new rig to (infact im off to the store later today) and atm the only thing im certain on is i'll be using an i5 4670k.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Nov 2013 22:13 Post subject: |
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Awesome advice so far, MANY thanks!
.......so i5 over an i7......
What about an i9?
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Nov 2013 22:26 Post subject: |
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| Werelds wrote: | | And then here I am, offering the exact opposite: not a single dead ASUS board in 15 years (and I think I've used ASUS for at least half the PCs I've built) |
Same here, I got either asus or asrock (same company really) in all 4 PC's in my house and not any problems.
I automatically go for asrock now when upgrading someone, or helping a friend build a PC.
I can think of maybe 7-8 PC's with them in it (mine and others I've built for people) and all are rock solid some even have had 2-3 upgrades of MB over the years all asus/asrock.
Guess it all comes down to personal experience.
And for CPU i agree get the i5. i7 is overkill for not much gain gaming wise.
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-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf
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| Posted: Thu, 14th Nov 2013 00:12 Post subject: |
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OK. If an i5 is mainly for gaming....what benefits will I notice with an i7 or and i9?
Encoding porn faster?
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Thu, 14th Nov 2013 00:13 Post subject: |
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What an i9?
-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf
Disclaimer: Post made by me are of my own creation. A delusional mind relayed in text form.
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| Posted: Thu, 14th Nov 2013 00:20 Post subject: |
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Fuck....I thought i9's were already out.....
I'm buying most of this shit tonight, so bare with me guys......and THANKS with everything so far.
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Dec 2013 09:25 Post subject: |
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Don't bother with Newegg.
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(3 boards died in less than a year) and it took them 2-3 months each to give me a new board
