Timeline for Motherboard for a new college desktop computer
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| Sep 16, 2015 at 23:42 | comment | added | timuzhti | @Cfinley Actually, I'd make a strong case for choosing form factor first of all. If you're going to get an ATX case, you'll probably wan't an ATX MoBo, as they're cheaper for the same features compared to m-ITX and have more room for headers. ASrock boards generally have thin PCBs, so they're not recommended if you're getting a big tower cooler. I'd recommend choosing Motherboard after the CPU and GPU as well, as they are more important to fit to requirements. | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 7:12 | comment | added | user281 | What socket? At least make a decision between AMD and Intel. Once you make your choice between good and evil (or the other way around) you are stuck with that for years :) | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 3:46 | vote | accept | Cfinley | ||
| Sep 15, 2015 at 2:42 | comment | added | timuzhti | @Cfinley, if he is rendering, the Welsburg platform (X99, for Haswell-E/EP/EX and Broadwell-E/EP/EX) would definitely be preferable. I don't think AMD has any current SKUs with DDR4 support. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 16:05 | comment | added | Cfinley | @hhaslam11 It doesn't matter at this time. That will be my next question, based on the answers I get from this question. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 16:04 | comment | added | hhaslam11 | Are you looking for an Intel, or AMD option? Or does it not matter? | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 13:05 | comment | added | Cfinley | @Alpha3031 He might be rendering. Hopefully he will decide what he wants to do soon. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 8:05 | answer | added | timuzhti | timeline score: 11 | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 7:41 | comment | added | timuzhti | What kind of school work? Will he be just typing things up, or might he be doing some viewport/rendering? | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 6:27 | answer | added | Adam | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 5:00 | answer | added | Andy | timeline score: 16 | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 2:35 | history | asked | Cfinley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |