hey Guys,
i am looking to building a new PC and plan on doing a few things with it. bare with me as this might be a pretty lengthy post. but the first and maybe most changes the build most if i decide against it is i want to dual boot it with Linux and a windows OS from an SSD. the 2 biggest things i want to do with this machine is CAD and medium to heavy gaming. (This is the starting point as i may go into 3D rendering later on) the windows OS i am also having a tough time choosing... as acad 2011,2012, and 2013 are not being supported on windows 8, as a matter a fact autodesk isnt going to offer windows 8 support for any earlier version of ACAD . That and not sure if many games have received patches to be played on windows 8. i plan on using Ubuntu as my Linux system and if i do windows 7 over 8 it might be windows 7 ultimate. thoughts? opinions?
also here are the parts i am looking at thus far for this:
MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Socket AM3+ 970 ATX AMD
- Case Form Factor: ATX
- Processor Socket Type: AM3+/AM3
- Max Processor Wattage Supported: 140W
- Memory (RAM) Type: DDR3
- Memory Speeds Supported: DDR3-2000 (O.C.), DDR3-1800, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1066
- Memory Slots: 4 x 240 pin DIMM
- Max Memory: 32GB
- 2 PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
- ATX Power Connector 8-pin
Processor: AMD FX 8350 4GHz AM3+ Black Edition Boxed
- Socket Type: AM3+
- Operating Speed: 4.0 GHz (max at 4.2 GHz)
- Number of Cores: 8
- Thermal Power: 125W
- Memory Types Supported: DDR3-1866
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX760 Overclocked 2048 MB GDDR5
- Manufacturer: NVIDIA
- Chip Set: GeForce GTX 760
- Memory Type on card: GDDR5
- NVIDIA SLI Support: NVIDIA 2-Way SLI
- 2 DVI connections
- 1 HDMI connection
- 1 Disploy Port connection
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Power Supply Requirements: 500 Watt Power Supply
- Power connectors: (2) 6-pin PCI-E power connectors
- Max Graphics card Power: 225W
- Width is a dual slot card
- Supported OS's XP, Vista, 7, and 8
Hard Drive: Crucial SSD 256GB SATA 6.0Gb/s
- Form Size: 2.5
- Drive Space: 256GB
- Supported OS's: 2000, XP, Vista, and 7
Slave Drive: WD Caviar Green
- Form Size: 3.5
- Drive space: 2TB
- Supported OS's: Windows XP, Vista, and 7
Memory (RAM): Corsair Vengeance Series 4GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) X2
- Memory type: DDR3
- Packs of 2
- Voltage: 1.5V
- Memory slot: 240-pin DIMM
this is only a few pieces that i am looking into and will prolly finish looking at other pieces tonight. i am only going to do 1 graphics card for now but i would like to SLI two cards together eventually. well let me know what you guys think. maybe if you have other suggestions?
i am looking to building a new PC and plan on doing a few things with it. bare with me as this might be a pretty lengthy post. but the first and maybe most changes the build most if i decide against it is i want to dual boot it with Linux and a windows OS from an SSD. the 2 biggest things i want to do with this machine is CAD and medium to heavy gaming. (This is the starting point as i may go into 3D rendering later on) the windows OS i am also having a tough time choosing... as acad 2011,2012, and 2013 are not being supported on windows 8, as a matter a fact autodesk isnt going to offer windows 8 support for any earlier version of ACAD . That and not sure if many games have received patches to be played on windows 8. i plan on using Ubuntu as my Linux system and if i do windows 7 over 8 it might be windows 7 ultimate. thoughts? opinions?
also here are the parts i am looking at thus far for this:
MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Socket AM3+ 970 ATX AMD
- Case Form Factor: ATX
- Processor Socket Type: AM3+/AM3
- Max Processor Wattage Supported: 140W
- Memory (RAM) Type: DDR3
- Memory Speeds Supported: DDR3-2000 (O.C.), DDR3-1800, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1066
- Memory Slots: 4 x 240 pin DIMM
- Max Memory: 32GB
- 2 PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
- ATX Power Connector 8-pin
Processor: AMD FX 8350 4GHz AM3+ Black Edition Boxed
- Socket Type: AM3+
- Operating Speed: 4.0 GHz (max at 4.2 GHz)
- Number of Cores: 8
- Thermal Power: 125W
- Memory Types Supported: DDR3-1866
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX760 Overclocked 2048 MB GDDR5
- Manufacturer: NVIDIA
- Chip Set: GeForce GTX 760
- Memory Type on card: GDDR5
- NVIDIA SLI Support: NVIDIA 2-Way SLI
- 2 DVI connections
- 1 HDMI connection
- 1 Disploy Port connection
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Power Supply Requirements: 500 Watt Power Supply
- Power connectors: (2) 6-pin PCI-E power connectors
- Max Graphics card Power: 225W
- Width is a dual slot card
- Supported OS's XP, Vista, 7, and 8
Hard Drive: Crucial SSD 256GB SATA 6.0Gb/s
- Form Size: 2.5
- Drive Space: 256GB
- Supported OS's: 2000, XP, Vista, and 7
Slave Drive: WD Caviar Green
- Form Size: 3.5
- Drive space: 2TB
- Supported OS's: Windows XP, Vista, and 7
Memory (RAM): Corsair Vengeance Series 4GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) X2
- Memory type: DDR3
- Packs of 2
- Voltage: 1.5V
- Memory slot: 240-pin DIMM
this is only a few pieces that i am looking into and will prolly finish looking at other pieces tonight. i am only going to do 1 graphics card for now but i would like to SLI two cards together eventually. well let me know what you guys think. maybe if you have other suggestions?