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[=sw=warlord]

It is if you fix the thermal issues yourself.

And completely void any and all warranty you may have had by unsealing the thermal plate from the die

[Cortexian]

Hence the .

[arbiter901]

I'm making a big update to my system here. Now I haven't really been up to date in components here for quite some time so I may lack some understanding of which is a better buy. Any suggestions for better components for around the same price range will be greatly appreciated.

Here are my choices.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116504
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130655
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231428
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127703

[=sw=warlord]

For not much more you might as well get this instead of the 8Gb.

[arbiter901]

Don't really need 16 gigs atm (DDR3 is cheap so I may rethink this later on).

I'm trying to keep this upgrade just under $500.

[=sw=warlord]

Don't really need 16 gigs atm (DDR3 is cheap so I may rethink this later on).

I'm trying to keep this upgrade just under $500.

You might not need 16 gigs but given amazon currently has over half the price off, you'll save more in the long run if you decide later on.

[Warsaw]

It is if you fix the thermal issues yourself.

Nope. There is no IVB-compatible chipset that can do what X79 can do. The only feature LGA1155 chipsets and CPUs have over X79 is QuickSync...which is pointless when you can tell your oversized discrete cards to do the same job.

[Btcc22]

Actually, the full-sized PCI-E lanes and quad-channel memory are perfectly legit reasons. Also the fact that LGA1155 is DEAD while LGA2011 is due for one more refresh. Get the cheap quad-core now, grab the IVB-E later.

I have the quad. IVB was not out at the time. IVB still isn't as good after the dust settles.

Dead but not obsolete. I'm not sure if the PCI-E lanes is really a valid reason either, especially since there are 1155 boards that offer acceptable solutions (to a problem that does not yet exist) for most users.

As for quad channel memory versus dual channel, you won't see much of a difference (if any) in most real world cases. This'll probably change in the future but by then our current machines will look like things of play.

It's easy to buy into features you don't actually need.

[Cortexian]

Nope. There is no IVB-compatible chipset that can do what X79 can do.

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Like what?

[InnerGoat]

he NEEDS 64GB of ram.


lol