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    Building a $1000ish gaming rig with a Thunderbolt monitor

    Unfortunately the only way I can use my current monitor is using Virtu MVP with a motherboard that has Thunderbolt support. I'm considering just using this PC with my TV instead. How much would it cost to instead use a motherboard without Thunderbolt? It seems like around $80 for no overclocking...
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    Building a $1000ish gaming rig with a Thunderbolt monitor

    It seems like the best GPU for the money at this price range is the R9 280X / HD 7970. Here's one I found that seems to be pretty good: $300 - SAPPHIRE 100363L Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 I realized that the Z77 chipset is last year's, and we're now on Z87. Unfortunately the Z87...
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    Building a $1000ish gaming rig with a Thunderbolt monitor

    There's software called Virtu MVP that allows you to use the motherboard's integrated graphics and a dedicated graphics card at the same time, routing the video out through the Thunderbolt port: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5829/a-first-look-at-thunderbolt-on-windows-with-msis-z77agd80/2...
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    Building a $1000ish gaming rig with a Thunderbolt monitor

    1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc I have a 27" Apple Thunderbolt Display, and I'd love to play some games on it. In particular, I'd like to play BioShock Infinity, Guild Wars 2, DotA 2, and Skyrim. I will ONLY be using this PC for gaming. I do...
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