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| I've got your back, Brian.. Here's top o the line stuff, within your budget! :) Haven't dug deep into the specs, but everything looks like it all plays well together. Intel 3930K 6-core i7 @ 3.2Ghz - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492 Gigabyte Motherboard - Socket LGA 2011 Supports up to 64Gb of ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128562 32Gb G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 2133 (4x8Gb sticks) (Buy 2 of these and you'll have 64Gb) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231620 OR! 64GB G.Skill Ripjaw KIT DDR3 2133 (8x8Gb sticks) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231525 If you purchase the 2 32Gb kits, there's an off chance they don't work well together (which is why they sell paired kits of 64Gb) Buying the 2x32 kits, you'll spend $1366 on all of it... Buying the paired 64Gb kit, you'll spend $1607 on all of it Keep in mind with high-performance Ram at those quantities, you'll want to manually set your timings or enable XMP in your bios.. it won't be "completely" plug - n- play. Also, don't be hesitant about installing just a Mobo, CPU, Ram configuration that is different.. Read up on it a little. Earlier this year, I replaced my CPU and had no issues what-so-ever with Windows 7 Professional, picking up the slack, recognizing the new processor with extra cores, replacing the drivers and rebooting, all automatically when I first booted back in. Not sure if the Mobo would add more trouble to that, but read up on it, you might be surprised that you won't have to re-install your whole OS at all. Hope this helps some. ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ On 9/13/2012 4:26 PM, Brian Maffitt wrote: Sorry for the OT (especially you Mac users), but I'm churning through a lot of render-intensive stuff these days and I'd like to upgrade my Windows PC. I'm happy with my Video Cards (Quadro 400 + Tesla Combo), my Case (Alienware tower) & Power Supply (750 watts), and drives... but my Motherboard only supports an Intel Core Duo Quad processor and 8 gigs of RAM, so I'm definitely behind the curve on the CPU. |
