[PLUG] Time to build a new PC

[Josiah Luscher]

I wish the Broadwell Xeon D-1540 was available on more motherboards..  

http://ark.intel.com/m/products/87039/Intel-Xeon-Processor-D-1540-12M-Cache-2_00-GHz#@product/specifications

Such an impressive chip!

I want to build a new computer too, but I'm frustrated with Intel for having such crappy desktop CPU selection.  The only chip I'd consider today would be an inexpensive Pentium Skylake, like the G4400 for $~70.

Then I'd pick the chipset I wanted. 

 Really can't start recommending or comparing motherboards Without knowing those two things. 

 My experience has been that the name brand of the motherboard has only a small impact on my purchasing decision.  I do tend right now to lean towards Gigabyte, but they're all quite good generally.



On December 5, 2015 10:51:47 PM PST, Neal <nsedell at gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm currently trying to find a high perf (gaming-ish) laptop, say quad
>core
>i7, to replace my six year old $250-special dual-core that died a
>couple
>weeks ago.One objective is to drive an UHD (3840 x 2160) monitor at
>something better than 1080i (1920 x 1080 @ 30Hz) of the old laptop. In
>my
>search I discovered that only the new HDMI 2 spec supports 3840 x 2160
>at
>60Hz but I didn't run across any laptop that mentioned support for
>this.
>HDMI 1.4/a/b does support 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz so if you're doing CAD
>work
>and not playing games it's probably adequate.
>
>There's a nice feature vs. version table about halfway down the page at
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI .
>
>DisplayPort ​1.2 supports 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz but sadly the only laptops
>that have a DP connector seem to be spendy business class ones and even
>spendier Macbooks.
>
>Happy system building,
>NealS
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