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[Artista]

I pulled the trigger on a factory over clocked Radeon 6950 2Gb for final price of $190 after $10 MIR.

Using the suggestions from the fine members here. Since I probably will not overclock, the CPU will be:

Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor $124

On that, is a four core CPU or two core the lowest one should go now days?

I am thinking that getting a motherboard that will allow a LGA 1155 CPU upgrade in the future would be smart. I am though a little confused regarding the different chip sets. (Z67, Z68, Z75, p67, h77, etc) I read them on paper but in the real world why get one vs the other?

I assume that the Z75 is the latest chipset and would allow a longer life and upgrades?

A few choices are:

ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157304

ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157302

The search I used on newegg with the basic criteria I want is here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...lue=757%3A7618

In a year or two I would probably upgrade my CPU to a Ivy Bridge or whatever the latest CPU that will work in the LGA 1155 Intel socket.

Also then perhaps I would upgrade my GPU. (maybe)

Any mother board or chipset suggestions or insight?

Thank you

 

[ShintaiDK]

Remember H series cant overclock, only Z.

Only difference else is that H77 supports SRT, Z75 doesnt. Not that you gonna need it. Its that SSD caching. Buy SSD for storage, not cache

So get the Z75. Or maybe even an even cheaper B75.

 

[Artista]

Edit: Should I ask a Moderator to have this thread deleted and just continue in the previous thread?

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2261570

That helps. I am using a SSD as my primary drive and a 1 Tb harddrive for storage. I posted in another thread a while back but here are the other components. (Sometimes people ask for the complete list.)

Antec EarthWatts Platinum Series EA-650 650W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371056

Microsoft Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit-oem
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116992

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147153

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX90G 3.5" 90GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227601

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231428

I have to say thank you to all those who give/gave suggestions, mfenn in particular who helped educate me in previous threads. You guys/gals take your time and energy to help, so just know people are thankful.

 

[mfenn]

Edit: Should I ask a Moderator to have this thread deleted and just continue in the previous thread?

Yes. Well, there's no real reason to delete the thread, locking or merging would be fine. It's important to have the context of our previous discussion though. Please go ahead and post your latest thoughts in your other thread.

 

[Artista]

Yes. Well, there's no real reason to delete the thread, locking or merging would be fine. It's important to have the context of our previous discussion though. Please go ahead and post your latest thoughts in your other thread.

Merging would be fine. Yes all of the discussion should be included.

I liked the boards first referenced, then I noted that after three weeks newegg lowered the price on a lot of mother boards so it put a much better board in reach for only $20-$25 more dollars. So I figured that is little to spend on a board that will support Ivy Bridge and be full atx, etc.