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Hrishi

Hrishi

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Anirban , I would suggest you to buy something which has very good support for SLI/Crossfire , because GPU gets pretty obsolete very soon. Specially the modern day heavy games are memory hog.
Although SLI/Crossfire is prone to errors/glitches but still it gives room for upgrade later on.

I might even buy another GTX960 next year if I get a 1080p monitor by this year end. Since , I am sure the 960 isn't going to cut 1080p next gen games at ultra.

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The Asrock deal looks good to me. However , if you want to buy a new MoBo , I would suggest to get the Asus H97 pro gamer. It's very good at that price point.
In Motherboards Asus reigns.
I was strictly in a budget of 8k for motherboard which is why got the MSI H97 PC Mate for 7.1k.
 
sumonpathak

sumonpathak

knocking on heavens door
anirbandd said:
okay..

so im getting an ASRock Z87 Extreme6 with 19months warranty @ 11k.

opinions please.

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also, compatibility with i5 4440.
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STAY.Away.

Asrocok needs to get their **** right with the VRM on mainstream boards..till then..stay away.
 
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anirbandd

anirbandd

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I have decided to postpone my purchase for now.

Got RAM, HDD already. Gonna upgrade to gtx960 in a couple of days.

That'd give it plenty of juice to run for a long time.

Will buy CPU and mobo when im in Kolkata later this year. :)

Now. Is My present rig capable enough to run alongside the 960, or will it bottleneck it in anyway?
 
Hrishi

Hrishi

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anirbandd said:
I have decided to postpone my purchase for now.

Got RAM, HDD already. Gonna upgrade to gtx960 in a couple of days.

That'd give it plenty of juice to run for a long time.

Will buy CPU and mobo when im in Kolkata later this year. :)

Now. Is My present rig capable enough to run alongside the 960, or will it bottleneck it in anyway?
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Good decision. I am sure that 2400 can still hold a bit longer. Its good enough not to bottleneck the gtx960.
Buy it , I would strongly recommend it.
 
ASHISH65

ASHISH65

Technomancer
anirbandd said:
Will buy CPU and mobo when im in Kolkata later this year. :)

Now. Is My present rig capable enough to run alongside the 960, or will it bottleneck it in anyway?
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i5 2400 can handle any Single Gpu without any bottleneck!! Usually i5 lasts very long time before becoming obsolete.

You wait for Skylake :-D
 
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anirbandd

anirbandd

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Hrishi said:
Good decision. I am sure that 2400 can still hold a bit longer. Its good enough not to bottleneck the gtx960.
Buy it , I would strongly recommend it.
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ASHISH65 said:
i5 2400 can handle any Single Gpu without any bottleneck!! Usually i5 lasts very long time before becoming obsolete.

You wait for Skylake :-D
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Glad i took the decision.

Skylake or not, i will upgrade in Oct '15.

Which socket will skylake use?
 
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anirbandd

anirbandd

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All da wayyy babiee :D

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btw.. will a CM Hyper 212X fit inside the NZXT Gamma cabinet??

i did not use any fans on the side..
 
Hrishi

Hrishi

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anirbandd said:
Nope. A good thing lasts a long time ;)

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Thanks :)

Already ordered one.
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Yes.......I need one too. The temps for my i5 aren't going beyond 70c at peak load in this summer. Still I love to keep things below 60c under load.
Do let me know the temp difference when you get the 212x.
 
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