[RESOLVED] Motherboard, CPU, Memory

[Falcon Speed]

Is this a compatible combo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115225
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121361
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231314

Thanks

[jdc2000]

That motherboard would not be my favorite, although INtel boards are OK.
The CPU is fine. The board supports triple channel memory, so you might want to consider that instead. Also, I'd download the manual for the board to verify that it supports 8GB DIMMs.

[Falcon Speed]

Why is this CPU cost more than the CPU I posted in the last post?

This one is a 1156 socket while the other one is a 1366.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116368

I did a comparison and noticed beside the Bloomfield vs LynnField, the Thermal Design Power 130W vs 95W.

How important is the Thermal Design Power?

Which one would you pick?

Thanks

[Falcon Speed]

The board supports triple channel memory, so you might want to consider that instead.

Buying Triple Channel cost so much right now. What is Triple Channel? BTW... Why did you not like the board? Is it the brand or something with the specs?

[Shinma]

... the Thermal Design Power 130W vs 95W.

How important is the Thermal Design Power?

Which one would you pick? ...

Heat is never a friend to computer components.
All else being equal the lower the TDP, the better.

[Train]

Triple-channel architecture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple-...l_architecture

95W is cheaper to operate and cooler.

[SuperSparks]

Intel would be quite low on my list of choices for a motherboard - they never seem to perform very well, and are usually expensive and light on features. Gigabyte and Asus are my favourite brands. I would also be happy with MSI and Foxconn.

What do you plan on using the computer for, mainly?

[Falcon Speed]

All else being equal the lower the TDP, the better.

This is the part I needed. Thanks

Triple-channel architecture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple-...l_architecture

95W is cheaper to operate and cooler.

Thanks for letting me know about the 95W is cheaper to operate. I still don't understand about the channel because I did run into that article already.

What do you plan on using the computer for, mainly?

Video Editing. Can you pick a motherboard for me Nick that is 1156 socket. I am going with 1156 socket basing from Shinma and Train information? All 1366 socket are Bloomfield and all Bloomfield are 130w. Although Bloomfield is supposed to be easier to Overclock, but I don't plan to do that anymore. So if you could pick one from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI and FOX and categorized your liking, I would really appreciate it. Also, the memory that goes with it too.

My final system will be Windows 7 64 bit with about 8gb of ram, no SLI or CrossFire.

[Train]

The best I can find.
Even with a mighty i7 under the hood you'd only gain 2-6% in performance
by running the memory in triple-channel mode."

But with today's setups, that would be about a minute on a large video.

May help out.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...g-i7,2325.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rade,2264.html

[Falcon Speed]

Interesting facts Train that you posted.

What does this mean from the article? http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...g-i7,2325.html

"increasing cache capacities helps soften the impact of insufficient memory bandwidth."

Is that overclocking?

Also, in the article said that i7 needs to be coupled with Triple channel. Is that true? Triple channel memory is expensive right now.

"Core i7, it has to be triple-channel memory"

[Train]

Maybe a setting needed in BIOS to enable the triple, but that is just a guess right now on my part.

"increasing cache capacities helps soften the impact of insufficient memory bandwidth."

No that is not overclocking.

But it does keep us from having to set a 5 to 15 GB partiton for the virtual memory when dealing with video like we once had to.

[jdc2000]

SS already listed the things I don't like about Intel motherboards.

If you want lower power consumption and an LGA 1366 socket motherboard, you could use a Xeon processor instead of an i7 desktop processor. No overclocking with those however.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819117234

[Falcon Speed]

JDC, there has to be a catch for lower power consumption rate for the XEON. Otherwise, why would people not jump on saving energy?

[jdc2000]

No overclocking on the Xeon processors, and the are usually more expensive for the same CPU clock rate. They allow ECC memory to be used, and can be used in dual socket motherboards, unlike the standard LGA 1366 i7 processors.

[Falcon Speed]

No overclocking on the Xeon processors, and the are usually more expensive for the same CPU clock rate. They allow ECC memory to be used, and can be used in dual socket motherboards, unlike the standard LGA 1366 i7 processors.

I don't tend to overclock anymore unless 5 years from now. ECC Memory? Is it good for gaming?