Re: My Next Build: Glacies
Congrats on the new build! Your 760W PSU should be able to handle dual GTX 960s or 970s. Dual 970s is a pretty stout setup, my wife's home office computer has them ;) I like EVGA cards and I've had really good luck getting quiet GPUs that OC well from them.
I like Fractal Design and NZXT cases for affordable, quiet, roomy cases with good cable management & cooling options. Check out the Fractal Design R5 and the NZXT H440:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-053-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-218-_-Product
I can't really say if MSI mobos are really any better than Asrock. I've had all kinds; some gave me trouble and some were rock solid. Unfortunately sometimes it comes down to luck. I'd pick the one with the features you want at a price you can live with.
For my next build I'll be looking at an M.2 SSD drive for the OS & programs. I find that 120Gb is plenty for a cruncher, 240Gb is enough for most other computers. I've had good luck with Samsung SSD drives, so I stick with what I know. Then add a 3.5" HDD for storage - I like the NZXT cases because they have a hiding spot for ugly old hard drives :D
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For an inexpensive case in white with a side window I like this one.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7829715&CatId=32
It comes with a nice cable management space on the back side and has supports for the long GPU's that some of us has. I bought 3 of these (all they would allow) when the price was $59.95 with a $50.00 rebate and do not regret it. I parceled out all 3 for new builds and made $50.00 on each one. I now have another 2 of these running on my "farm" here. By the way they come with nice blue LED fans.
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The sales guy at Micro Center did show me around a NXZT H440 but I was really put off by the lack of the 5.25" drive bays since I wanted to put Cassandra's Blu-ray drive in. Well... The case seems to have grown on me and after I was able to configure the sharing settings on Cassandra to play dvd's over my network it sealed the deal. The case has been decided to be the H440.
As for the RAM, what about these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231790
Re: My Next Build: Glacies
I'd hold off on ram until you settle on a MB. Some of the X99 boards have 8 memory slots and can take 64 or even 128 g of ram. I doubt if you would need that much but who knows.
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Well for the MOBO I was thinking either of these two:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130812
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157543
I really like the colors of the MSI one but if purchasing decisions were made on eye candy alone we'd be scammed into oblivion. I should mention that USB 3.1 means nothing to me. Find me a singe drive than can actually use that bandwidth or I'll keep calling it an overpriced gimmick.
Re: My Next Build: Glacies
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As you can see they both have 8 memory slots with a 128 g limit. That is a lot of memory capacity but it might be good for future use. I think I would put in 2 sticks of 16 g for now with a possible upgrade later. I also do not look at the recommended lists for the motherboard and have never had a problem with installing memory. I just bought some cheap 16 g sticks of DDR3 and dropped them into a boox and they work fine. I know that that is so against what everybody says but then that's they way I am. I always go against the grain. ;)
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Well, I went ahead and ordered the RAM, MOBO, case, and SSD. I also plan to pull Cassandra's 1TB backup HDD out and use it as the secondary drive for bulk storage.
Re: My Next Build: Glacies
Congrats.. You are going to love your setup..
Re: My Next Build: Glacies
Looks like you are going to love that build and room for improvement later. Congrats.