- Feb 5, 2015
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Dear Tom's Hardware Patrons,
I was just provided with an Apple Thunderbolt Display by my workplace, and in the next 0-6 months would (regardless) like to build a Windows computer to play games (among other things) at 2560x1440+ resolution with a budget of $1000-$1500.
My particular interests:
1) I'd like to be able to drive the free Thunderbolt display, and I've found a good LGA1150 socket motherboard with thunderbolt outputs [1]. However, there is a software aspect as well - is lucidlogix virtu MVP 2.0 still usable to output my discrete graphics through the motherboard's
1.a) If there is software that works, does it require a processor graphics processor? I'm interested in an LGA1150 Xeon processor [2] (the version I cite is slightly more expensive as it does have a graphics processor) as I'm not much into CPU overclocking but like the hyperthreading/power/heat advantages. Am I overthinking and should just go with an i5 series?
2) I'd like to have the computer be relatively compact, quiet, and without many LEDs. Does this case accomplish this? [3]
3) I'd like the computer to be 4k ready or upgrade capability as well.
4) I have a preference for a single ~500gb SSD rather than small SSD + large hard disk. Is that stupid because I should get a large hard disk as well, and/or because SSD gb/$ is still bad?
Thank you very much for your help!
Justin
[1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128703
[2] http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Processor-E3-1246v3B-Graphics-BX80646E31246V3/dp/B00KB4AC4O
[3] http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Micro-ATX-Computer-Padded-PS11B-Q/dp/B00S6DBEKS
I was just provided with an Apple Thunderbolt Display by my workplace, and in the next 0-6 months would (regardless) like to build a Windows computer to play games (among other things) at 2560x1440+ resolution with a budget of $1000-$1500.
My particular interests:
1) I'd like to be able to drive the free Thunderbolt display, and I've found a good LGA1150 socket motherboard with thunderbolt outputs [1]. However, there is a software aspect as well - is lucidlogix virtu MVP 2.0 still usable to output my discrete graphics through the motherboard's
1.a) If there is software that works, does it require a processor graphics processor? I'm interested in an LGA1150 Xeon processor [2] (the version I cite is slightly more expensive as it does have a graphics processor) as I'm not much into CPU overclocking but like the hyperthreading/power/heat advantages. Am I overthinking and should just go with an i5 series?
2) I'd like to have the computer be relatively compact, quiet, and without many LEDs. Does this case accomplish this? [3]
3) I'd like the computer to be 4k ready or upgrade capability as well.
4) I have a preference for a single ~500gb SSD rather than small SSD + large hard disk. Is that stupid because I should get a large hard disk as well, and/or because SSD gb/$ is still bad?
Thank you very much for your help!
Justin
[1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128703
[2] http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Processor-E3-1246v3B-Graphics-BX80646E31246V3/dp/B00KB4AC4O
[3] http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Micro-ATX-Computer-Padded-PS11B-Q/dp/B00S6DBEKS
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