What would you do?

[jimbojames]

Hi All,

A couple of weeks ago, I was set on getting a 3930K and an ASUS Rampage IV mobo and a GTX680 as the startings of my new rig but then the GTX690 came out

I had a thoughts that I may go to the IB 3770K and the money saves could go towards the extra £400 for the GTX690.

So my questions are - can anyone recommend a good mobo for the IB 3770k? Also - would you stick with the 3930K, Rampage and 680 set up or forfit them to get the 690?

Decisions decisions ...

 

[The Scientific Moustache]

well i just bought a 3930k, a rampage IV extreme and a GTX680, i will add a second 680 later.

my reason for not switching was i do a lot of photoshop work so the extra 2 cores are helpful, plus i want to OC and the new chips don't appear to be as good for that.

finally have two cards over one gives me better cooling options.

 

[Master&Puppet]

If you are just gaming you will only need a 3570k dude so that will save you quite a bit. Many of the z77 boards are excellent but if I had to choose one I'd pick the msi gd65.

Still not getting why people are snapping up the 6xx series - they are so overpriced at the moment.

 

[Rastalovich]

It's certainly a juggling act.

What monitor(s) are you using ? (that'd probably settle things a bit easier)

+1 on the need for such a cpu also.

 

[jimbojames]

A single 24" Samsung - I thinks it's an SA450 (or similar)