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11/9/12 at 7:19am

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I'm looking to upgrade to an intel Intel Core i7 3930K and i was wondering what would be a good motherboard? At the moment i have a AMD amd phenom ii 1100t with an Asrock extreame 3 970.

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11/9/12 at 7:42am

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I'm looking to upgrade to an intel Intel Core i7 3930K and i was wondering what would be a good motherboard? At the moment i have a AMD amd phenom ii 1100t with an Asrock extreame 3 970.

Don't bother, wait 6 months for haswell then upgrade, in addition to the newer chipset, the price of the 3930 will lower. Incidently going with a 6 core, why?

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11/9/12 at 8:47am

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I got the Asus P9X79 Deluxe and love it.
If your doing alot of video editing, CAD programs, etc you'll love the speed.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i7-3930K	ASUS P9X79 DELUXE	ASUS GeForce Titan	G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ Vertex4 128GB (OS)	WD RE4 2x500GB RAID0	WD Caviar Blue	Lite-on iHAS424
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Cooler Master TPC 812	Windows7 Pro	Asus PB278Q	Logitech G19
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair HX1000	HAF932 Blue (custom paint)	Logitech G500	Staples
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-950 Bloomfield @ 4.0 / 1.28v	ASUS P6X58D-E	MSI Lightning Xtreme Edition 306.02	Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Vertex3 120GB	WD RE4 2x500GB RAID0	WD Caviar Blue	HP dvd1270 burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Zalman CNPS10X Extreme	Windows7 Pro X64	Asus VS248H-P	Logitech G19
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
CORSAIR HX 1000 watt	Coolermaster HAF932 Blue (custom paint)	Logitech G5	Staples
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i7-3930K	ASUS P9X79 DELUXE	ASUS GeForce Titan	G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ Vertex4 128GB (OS)	WD RE4 2x500GB RAID0	WD Caviar Blue	Lite-on iHAS424
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Cooler Master TPC 812	Windows7 Pro	Asus PB278Q	Logitech G19
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair HX1000	HAF932 Blue (custom paint)	Logitech G500	Staples
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-950 Bloomfield @ 4.0 / 1.28v	ASUS P6X58D-E	MSI Lightning Xtreme Edition 306.02	Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Vertex3 120GB	WD RE4 2x500GB RAID0	WD Caviar Blue	HP dvd1270 burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Zalman CNPS10X Extreme	Windows7 Pro X64	Asus VS248H-P	Logitech G19
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
CORSAIR HX 1000 watt	Coolermaster HAF932 Blue (custom paint)	Logitech G5	Staples
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11/11/12 at 10:05am

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i do alot of 3D modelling and rendering, like CAD and 3Ds max, ect. so that's why I have the extra cores. i am looking to update my RAM also, to hopefully speed up render time. and yes i do play games as well lol

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11/11/12 at 10:11am

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No need to wait... everyone always tell you to 'wait'...then the waiting game never ends.

if your on a budget i recommend

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157282

if your not on a budget then any 300 dollar level board will do. They pretty much does the same job.. pick the one you like the look best and the brand best.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128531

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131804

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157290

I personally like the extreme6, cheap price, reliable and comes with a sound card.

only reason you will want to spend more than $300 is for 4-way SLI. All the above boards overclock pretty good and will get your cpu to 4.5ghz easy.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i5-2500k	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum Ed.	Patriot Intel Extreme Masters Limited Edition
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
OCZ Vertez 2 E 120GB	Samsung	Noctua NH-D14	Windows 7 Ultimate
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Samsung SyncMaster S27A850D	CM Storm Quick Fire	Corsair AX850	Fractal Design Define R4
Mouse	Audio
CM Storm Inferno	Corsair SP2200
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i5-2500k	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum Ed.	Patriot Intel Extreme Masters Limited Edition
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
OCZ Vertez 2 E 120GB	Samsung	Noctua NH-D14	Windows 7 Ultimate
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Samsung SyncMaster S27A850D	CM Storm Quick Fire	Corsair AX850	Fractal Design Define R4
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CM Storm Inferno	Corsair SP2200
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11/14/12 at 3:26am

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Thanks heaps dude, im so sick of people telling me to wait for this and that. Thank you for all your advice and for those links.

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11/14/12 at 5:02pm

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It's funny how people always say "time is money", but when it's time to upgrade a pc, they say to wait. You can always wait 6 months and get newer/better hardware. Sometimes you're just ready to pull the trigger "now".

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i7 3820	Asus X79 Rampage IV Gene	Diamond 7970	Avexir CORE series red LED 16 GB
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120 GB SSD	WD Blue 2.5"	ASUS DVD-RW	Win7 Ultimate
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Acer 23' LED LCD 5ms monitor	Acer 23' LED LCD 5ms monitor	Cooler Master Storm Trigger	XFX 750w
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
NZXT Phantom Full Tower in White/Red	Logitech G600	generic red/white/black mouse pad	Sony 520w stereo
Other	Other	Other	Other
Bitfenix single-sleeved cable extensions Red	Swiftech MCR420-QP	Swiftech MCR420-QP	Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Other	Other	Other	Other
Swiftech Maelsrtom	Danger Den 7970 full cover waterblock	NZXT FS200 (x5)	NZXT FX120 (x1)
Other
XSPC Xinrulian 120mm (x8)
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i7 3820	Asus Rampage IV Gene	Diamond 7970	Gskill Trident X 4x4GB 2400 MHz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120 GB SSD	WD Blue 640 GB SATA 2.5"	ASUS DVD Burner	Swiftech MCR320-QP
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Power
Swiftech H220	Swiftech Komodo 7970	Windows 7 Pro	XFX 850w GOLD modular
Case
Chopped and heavily modded NZXT Phantom Full Tower
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
intel i7 3820	Asus X79 Rampage IV Gene	Diamond 7970	Avexir CORE series red LED 16 GB
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120 GB SSD	WD Blue 2.5"	ASUS DVD-RW	Win7 Ultimate
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Acer 23' LED LCD 5ms monitor	Acer 23' LED LCD 5ms monitor	Cooler Master Storm Trigger	XFX 750w
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
NZXT Phantom Full Tower in White/Red	Logitech G600	generic red/white/black mouse pad	Sony 520w stereo
Other	Other	Other	Other
Bitfenix single-sleeved cable extensions Red	Swiftech MCR420-QP	Swiftech MCR420-QP	Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Other	Other	Other	Other
Swiftech Maelsrtom	Danger Den 7970 full cover waterblock	NZXT FS200 (x5)	NZXT FX120 (x1)
Other
XSPC Xinrulian 120mm (x8)
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i7 3820	Asus Rampage IV Gene	Diamond 7970	Gskill Trident X 4x4GB 2400 MHz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120 GB SSD	WD Blue 640 GB SATA 2.5"	ASUS DVD Burner	Swiftech MCR320-QP
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Power
Swiftech H220	Swiftech Komodo 7970	Windows 7 Pro	XFX 850w GOLD modular
Case
Chopped and heavily modded NZXT Phantom Full Tower
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