BurningSkyline
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I want to build a i7 860 system with a tight budget... About $750-800 if possible.
Budget LGA 1156 Mobo's
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Ethan3.14159
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Any particular reason you want to use an i7 860? If you're on a tight budget, and you haven't already purchased the CPU, I would suggest maybe an i5 750 or even an AMD 1055T.
The i7 860 chews up an awful lot of your budget. It doesn't make a lot of sense to have a high end CPU in a compromised, budget system.
The i7 860 chews up an awful lot of your budget. It doesn't make a lot of sense to have a high end CPU in a compromised, budget system.
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Aastii
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Would personally stay away from ASRock, especially as for the same price/less you can get a Gigabyte, MSI or EVGA board:
EVGA: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188064 $54 after MIR
MSI: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130253R $75
Gigabyte: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128450 $75
If I had to pick one, I'd go for the EVGA board
EVGA: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188064 $54 after MIR
MSI: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130253R $75
Gigabyte: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128450 $75
If I had to pick one, I'd go for the EVGA board
BurningSkyline
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Hyper threading.
Also, are there any boards that are ATX?
I want to put a Black magic intensity pro and maybe a sound card when i get the money.
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Aastii
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as you are on 1156, why not save some and instead get:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215
instead? Saves you ~$88. All i series processors have hyperthreading, so you will still get it by going down to an i5 CPU, but save money
BurningSkyline
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Intel's website says it doesn't.
I personally not go for EVGA. it suppro video card at PCI Express x8. No good if running single card
Aastii
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Honestly, I am sort of agreeing with you the more I look into it. Without looking at everything, it is a very good board, however you realise why the price is lower when you look at features, layout, software etc.
I know it is mATX, but you won't get a long card in there because of the SATA slot positions, and getting 2 cards in SLI would be a bit of a squeeze. You can't overclock on it, there aren't any more BIOS updates coming to rectify that either...