Ratios between Mobo Speed, CPU, RAM & GPU power

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ala12uk

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Hi All,

I have been searching all over the net looking for any recommendation for ratios between the power of Mobo, CPU, RAM and GPU
Are there any best practices or guidelines?
I am planning on the bellow configuration of my PC:
- ASUS XONAR PHOEBUS / SOL
- DVD + /-RW Samsung int. 22x
- Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 High Performance Full Modular
- Thermaltake VN10001W2N Level 10GT
- 2 X PowerColor R9 290X 4GB OC (BF4 Edition)
- INTEL CPU 6 Core i7-4930K (3.40GHz)
- ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME
- Corsair DDR3 2133MHz 16GB 2x240 Dimm
- XEON 26XX BXSTS200C TERM SOLUN
- 2 X 1TB Western Digital Black

I am planning to have 16 GB RAM, but the question is: Is it going to be utilized? is there any single game on the market which consumes more than 8 GB? I know that it is not always the more the better. It is all about whether the software is going to dump data into those 16GB memory
Please note that i dont have budget limitation and i have no issues to get 32GB RAM, but I do have a principle which says do NOT wast money when it is not needed

My second questions is: How many GPUs my CPU can handle?
The Mobo can theoretically take up to 4 GPUs
Although there is not a single game which consumes currently such power, but just for the future, in case next year or year after there will be a game which will require 12GB GPU, never know... will my CPU be a bottleneck for 4 GPUs?

So basically i am trying to understand whether there is a formula, which can give you a ballpark about any ratios between CPU, RAM, GPUs and possibly Mobo?
In some places i read that if you have a 6GB GPU you need to have 12 GB RAM, but this does not make any sense to me, because i am not sure if this 12 GB RAM going to be utilized by any game at this given moment
Is it the more GPUs you have the more RAM you need? even if a specific game needs lets say 6GB RAM, then if we have 4 GPUs then we need also to multiply the RAM by 4?
The same applies for the CPU ratios to GPU
 
Question...is the mobo you chose compatible with socket 2011, because i cannot tell to be honest, it looks like a 1150 board. be certain you are picking a 2011 socket. else id just get yourself a 1150 system, not really certain what the purpose of this system is.
 
FuryRosewood said:
Question...is the mobo you chose compatible with socket 2011, because i cannot tell to be honest, it looks like a 1150 board. be certain you are picking a 2011 socket. else id just get yourself a 1150 system, not really certain what the purpose of this system is.
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socket is 2011
the purpose is to play the most demanding games on a single 24" monitor at Ultra resolution
and hopefully to serve few years ahead
I am mostly concerned about the CPU
If more memory needed, i can just add more, no need to throw away current memory
if more GPU power is needed, i can crossfire Dual, Tri or Quad
the question is, how many GPUs can this CPU support without being a bottleneck for them
 
the board you have selected is not a socket 2011. it is a socket 1150. the cpu you have chosen is a socket 2011. not compatible there. if you do go with a socket 2011, get a p9 board from asus or the like. and with a 6 core i7 on a 2011 board with quad channel memory, you will be able to do tri fire with out having to worry too much about bottlenecking, however going over 2 cards rarly makes any sense
 
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