Hello, guys @ Tom's Hardware forum, this is my first post here and I hope you will all be helpful to me.
So guys, you read the title. What's your opinion.
Asus P8Z68 V-Pro - Very popular motherboard, with generally flattering reviews. Has the indisputablybest BIOS.
AsRock Z8 Extreme 4 gen3 - Supposedly identical to the above.
MSI Z68a-GD80-B3- I'm considering this due to extra ethernet ports, x16/x16 dual card mode and military grade components.
I shall only be using 2 GPU's maximum.
Used mostly for gaming, movies, music and there-abouts.
The second question I pose to you is the i7 2600k vs i5 2500k debate. Only differences are Hyper-Threading and the extra 2 MB L3 Cache. Is it worth the extra $100 for the afore-mentioned purposes. Only reason I am considering i7 is to future-proof. Will games run smoothly on a quad-core processor 3 years from now.
And lastly, seeing as I won't be building till next month, is it worth my while to wait for AMD's Bulldozer range of CPU's.
So guys, you read the title. What's your opinion.
Asus P8Z68 V-Pro - Very popular motherboard, with generally flattering reviews. Has the indisputablybest BIOS.
AsRock Z8 Extreme 4 gen3 - Supposedly identical to the above.
MSI Z68a-GD80-B3- I'm considering this due to extra ethernet ports, x16/x16 dual card mode and military grade components.
I shall only be using 2 GPU's maximum.
Used mostly for gaming, movies, music and there-abouts.
The second question I pose to you is the i7 2600k vs i5 2500k debate. Only differences are Hyper-Threading and the extra 2 MB L3 Cache. Is it worth the extra $100 for the afore-mentioned purposes. Only reason I am considering i7 is to future-proof. Will games run smoothly on a quad-core processor 3 years from now.
And lastly, seeing as I won't be building till next month, is it worth my while to wait for AMD's Bulldozer range of CPU's.