That is great! I didn't want to spend another $200 to get the 6850k because I've never spend this much on a CPU! That GigaByte does looks amazing
Why don't you show us a photo of your build?
I've been thinking about this today and now I'm leaning heavily towards the EVGA X99 FTW K | $237USD and the Corsair Carbide Air 540 Arctic White case for $125 with coupon.
Also thinking of getting 32GB (8GB x 4) of G.Skill Ripjaws for $150. Still researching M.2 drive cost/storage vs another...
To keep your RAID intact, you'll have to use a board with the same RAID chip. Next time use a dedicated RAID card or create bare-metal backups with software that would also permit recovering onto dissimilar hardware, such as Acronis Backup Advanced ($119). Acronis calls it "Universal Restore,"...
I now own the i7-6800K (28 lane, Broadwell-E) and the Corsair H60 will cool it.
After many, many hours I whittled down the motherboard options to these three:
GigaByte GA-X99-Designare EX | $370USD | Review
SuperMicro C7X99-OCE | $265USD | Review
EVGA X99 FTW K | $237USD | Review
Some...
Little short history off the top of my head about my pc's....
1993(?)-1995 - Hand-me-down I got ....RadioShack TRS-80 Model III [monochrome display, 5-1/4" floppy bay but no drive, 64K RAM] (still working, in attic). Because it had no floppy drive, I typed out all the programs and messed...
I buy both OEM and Retail , depending on what I am getting
Make sure first that the warranty period for OEM or Retail on the specific item you want has maximum warranty coverage first - unless you are going to O/C in which case it don't matter
Hardware I Always Get RETAIL For
1. DVD...
No way. I think it is awesome ! I should do this from now on! The question is, which one is the most eye-ball twisting ?
Me me me me me ?
Me me me me me ?
Me me me me me ?
Oopsie did some errors....
AthlonXP 1700+ is a Thoroughbred (I actuallyput in the wrong proccy too!....)
Supposed to be AthlonXP 2700+ (Barton ... thats the oops) and clocked basically stocked with that score...the socket allows higher O/C'ing but the OS won't read the speed @ 2700, instead...
This is what I had before then after. See for yourself the improvement (using 3DMark2001SE as the testbed - I didnt use later 3DMarks because I didn't own '05 and I had low scores in '03)
ABit KR7A-133 RAID (VIA KT266A chipset)
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Barton (@ stock speed)
Crucial 512MB...