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*** current machine #1 ***
Lenovo X230 / i7 3520 / 16 GB RAM / Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB
*** current machine #2 ***
Dell Precision tower 5810 / Xeon E5-1620 / 8 GB RAM / Intel 750 400 GB SSD / Samsung 850 250 GB RAID 0 x 4
Approximate Purchase Date: This month (June 2015)
Budget Range: $1,250 - $1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: VMware ESX lab, Gaming
Parts Not Required: Power Supply, video card, storage, Monitors, keyboard, speakers, and mouse
Parts to Upgrade: Case, CPU, MOBO , RAM, CPU fan OR water cooling
Do you need to buy OS: Yes (Windows 7 Professional 64 bit)
Country: US
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: NewEgg, and Amazon.
Parts Preferences: INTEL for CPU and NVIDIA for GPU
Overclocking: Yes, eventually.
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, eventually.
Your Monitor Resolution:1920 X 1200 (two Dell UltraSharp 60 Hz monitors)
Additional Comments: I don't mind paying a little bit more than my suggested budget. Ideally I'd prefer to keep the Dell Precision for my VMWare virtualization lab and then build an additional workstation for gaming, but I can't afford that. I'll probably return the Dell because I'm having trouble making my Intel 750 a boot drive with the C612 BIOS, the MSI GTX 970 is too big for me to close the case and it's 685 watt power supply only has two 6 pin power connectors for video cards. In the future I plan to upgrade to two GTX 980 Ti's and two 1440p IPS 144 Hz monitors; there is no timeline for those specific upgrades. Any suggestions and build tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks again in advance everyone.
*** Parts I already own ***
PS: EVGA 1300 G2
Samsung 850 250 GB (four)
Intel 750 400 GB (one)
GPU: MSI GTX 970 4G Gamer
*** Notes on parts I need ***
case: I like the "Fractal Design Define R5" but I'm open to other ideas.
cpu: I think that I'd prefer 40 lane CPU instead of just 28 lane. The reason is that I plan on buying SLI 980 Ti & RAID 0 PCIe drives in the future. I'm concerned about bottlenecks. It must also support at least 64 GB (see "motherboard" below)
motherboard: 64 GB minimum. Must support booting of Intel 750 therefore X99 or Z97. The 64 GB is needed for my VMware lab. A motherboard supporting 96 or 128 GB would be a bonus but not required.
cpu fan or liquid cooling. I heard the "BeQuiet Dark Rock 3" is nice, but I'm open to another fan or liquid cooling.
memory: I initially thought ECC memory would be nice, but since this is a lab machine, and not production, it's not really needed.
windows 7 professional 64 bit. I just have never liked the interface on Windows 8.
Lenovo X230 / i7 3520 / 16 GB RAM / Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB
*** current machine #2 ***
Dell Precision tower 5810 / Xeon E5-1620 / 8 GB RAM / Intel 750 400 GB SSD / Samsung 850 250 GB RAID 0 x 4
Approximate Purchase Date: This month (June 2015)
Budget Range: $1,250 - $1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: VMware ESX lab, Gaming
Parts Not Required: Power Supply, video card, storage, Monitors, keyboard, speakers, and mouse
Parts to Upgrade: Case, CPU, MOBO , RAM, CPU fan OR water cooling
Do you need to buy OS: Yes (Windows 7 Professional 64 bit)
Country: US
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: NewEgg, and Amazon.
Parts Preferences: INTEL for CPU and NVIDIA for GPU
Overclocking: Yes, eventually.
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, eventually.
Your Monitor Resolution:1920 X 1200 (two Dell UltraSharp 60 Hz monitors)
Additional Comments: I don't mind paying a little bit more than my suggested budget. Ideally I'd prefer to keep the Dell Precision for my VMWare virtualization lab and then build an additional workstation for gaming, but I can't afford that. I'll probably return the Dell because I'm having trouble making my Intel 750 a boot drive with the C612 BIOS, the MSI GTX 970 is too big for me to close the case and it's 685 watt power supply only has two 6 pin power connectors for video cards. In the future I plan to upgrade to two GTX 980 Ti's and two 1440p IPS 144 Hz monitors; there is no timeline for those specific upgrades. Any suggestions and build tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks again in advance everyone.
*** Parts I already own ***
PS: EVGA 1300 G2
Samsung 850 250 GB (four)
Intel 750 400 GB (one)
GPU: MSI GTX 970 4G Gamer
*** Notes on parts I need ***
case: I like the "Fractal Design Define R5" but I'm open to other ideas.
cpu: I think that I'd prefer 40 lane CPU instead of just 28 lane. The reason is that I plan on buying SLI 980 Ti & RAID 0 PCIe drives in the future. I'm concerned about bottlenecks. It must also support at least 64 GB (see "motherboard" below)
motherboard: 64 GB minimum. Must support booting of Intel 750 therefore X99 or Z97. The 64 GB is needed for my VMware lab. A motherboard supporting 96 or 128 GB would be a bonus but not required.
cpu fan or liquid cooling. I heard the "BeQuiet Dark Rock 3" is nice, but I'm open to another fan or liquid cooling.
memory: I initially thought ECC memory would be nice, but since this is a lab machine, and not production, it's not really needed.
windows 7 professional 64 bit. I just have never liked the interface on Windows 8.
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