I have an older i7-860 home build that has a BioStar
Socket : 1156
T5XE CFX-SLI Ver. 5.x
Here is a link to the motherboard on the BioStar website:
http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=445
It only has 8gb of ram but I could upgrade that to 16gb.
It has a 550w power supply currently.
It would be for my son. He currently has a Dell 660 i5-3330 300GHz, with a Nvidia GTX-760 with 8gb of ram. That is the max ram for that Dell. But probably could put in a slightly better GPU, but the power supply is 450w.
Could I make the i7-860/BioStar into a decent gaming rig using Crossfire or SLI? Could it be better than the Dell he has? Would the cost to revamp it be worth it?
I looked up the comparison between the two processors and they are fairly close:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3330
and
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/376/Intel_Core_i5_i5-3330_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-860.html
and
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7+860+%40+2.80GHz
I have no idea about the maximum level of GPU I could put in the the BioStar. But could putting in more Ram and Crossfired or SLIed graphics cards and maybe an SSD for the Windows 7 Ultimate OS? And the BioStar is only SATA2.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Socket : 1156
T5XE CFX-SLI Ver. 5.x
Here is a link to the motherboard on the BioStar website:
http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=445
It only has 8gb of ram but I could upgrade that to 16gb.
It has a 550w power supply currently.
It would be for my son. He currently has a Dell 660 i5-3330 300GHz, with a Nvidia GTX-760 with 8gb of ram. That is the max ram for that Dell. But probably could put in a slightly better GPU, but the power supply is 450w.
Could I make the i7-860/BioStar into a decent gaming rig using Crossfire or SLI? Could it be better than the Dell he has? Would the cost to revamp it be worth it?
I looked up the comparison between the two processors and they are fairly close:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3330
and
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/376/Intel_Core_i5_i5-3330_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-860.html
and
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7+860+%40+2.80GHz
I have no idea about the maximum level of GPU I could put in the the BioStar. But could putting in more Ram and Crossfired or SLIed graphics cards and maybe an SSD for the Windows 7 Ultimate OS? And the BioStar is only SATA2.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.