I am putting together a build that I will be purchasing before the end of the year and I am on the fence about jumping to x99/DDR4. Here's the rundown:
I plan on using the machine as a workstation first and a gaming box second. I would like to be able to run a few VMs (4-5) as a lab. So I don't expect they will require a ton of resources as I will be using them to play with and get familiar with things like DNS, AD, etc but the utilization will not be high. Ideally I would like to be able to have enough resources to run the VMs while doing everyday things like browsing, watching video, or listening to music.
As far as gaming is concerned I'd like to be able to play the lastest titles but I'd be happy with being able to run skyrim, Civ5, and insurgency. I have a laptop that has a Radeon HD7570M and from my experience it is just about adequate for what I want, for now at least.
My budget tops out at around $1300 and I understand that it's a small budget for early adoption so I'm willing to forgo some GPU/gaming in order to get to x99/DDR4 if it is worth it.
I am in the US but not near a Micocenter. I do not have any brand preferences.
I do plan on re-using a 1TB drive for my build and I really want to go with a m.2 PCIe drive for my OS. From what I've been able to find there's really only 1 drive available at this point.
I am not opposed to overclocking but I'm not going to get really deep into it. I don't see myself messing with memory timings or anything that deep.
My display is an ASUS pb278q at 2560x1440.
I'm not really looking for a build out at this point, I'm trying to determine if adopting the new platforms is worth the investment at this point or would I be spending money on improvements that I will not see the effects of.
I have a couple builds I've put together for a bit of reference.
DDR4 build
DDR3 build - Hadn't looked at this one in a while, could use some re-working.
I hope I've given enough information but if not let me know.
I plan on using the machine as a workstation first and a gaming box second. I would like to be able to run a few VMs (4-5) as a lab. So I don't expect they will require a ton of resources as I will be using them to play with and get familiar with things like DNS, AD, etc but the utilization will not be high. Ideally I would like to be able to have enough resources to run the VMs while doing everyday things like browsing, watching video, or listening to music.
As far as gaming is concerned I'd like to be able to play the lastest titles but I'd be happy with being able to run skyrim, Civ5, and insurgency. I have a laptop that has a Radeon HD7570M and from my experience it is just about adequate for what I want, for now at least.
My budget tops out at around $1300 and I understand that it's a small budget for early adoption so I'm willing to forgo some GPU/gaming in order to get to x99/DDR4 if it is worth it.
I am in the US but not near a Micocenter. I do not have any brand preferences.
I do plan on re-using a 1TB drive for my build and I really want to go with a m.2 PCIe drive for my OS. From what I've been able to find there's really only 1 drive available at this point.
I am not opposed to overclocking but I'm not going to get really deep into it. I don't see myself messing with memory timings or anything that deep.
My display is an ASUS pb278q at 2560x1440.
I'm not really looking for a build out at this point, I'm trying to determine if adopting the new platforms is worth the investment at this point or would I be spending money on improvements that I will not see the effects of.
I have a couple builds I've put together for a bit of reference.
DDR4 build
DDR3 build - Hadn't looked at this one in a while, could use some re-working.
I hope I've given enough information but if not let me know.
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