is this great for every day pc building /IT???
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I do not know, I purchased the set to repair eyeglasses for my family members.
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yes it is overkill but it's a great board. since u are doing video editing u would need a powerful graphics card. i would recommend an asus m5a97 because it has most of the same features as this board and would serve u well. the only real difference is overclocking capability and the ability to have multiple graphics cards which nobody really needsl. if u pair this with a fx 6300, a corsair cx 500 or 600 watt power supply and a rosewill challenger u3 case you would have an excellent gaming/video editing build. gaming and video editing require the same hardware setup for the most part. then just get the best graphics card to suit your needs. also a word of advice DO NOT cheap out on ram. get something from corsair or gskill or another top tier brand. avoid crucial and team. get 1600mhz or 1866 ram it does not cost much more and it's worth it. hope this helps you. good luck
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Personally I am not sure, we use ours mainly for work. However we did choose this tower for the capability to play high end games if we ever chose to update to a newer computer later. We did a lot of research and as long as it isn't and AMD processor it should work fine. Hope this answers your question. We picked this one due to the fact it has a higher processor that we needed. The higher the better quality.
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Hi, Yes, it should be plenty fine for your setup. I purchased this motherboard along with the latest Intel Core i7-4790K Processor, 16GB RAM and my son's extreme video card and we are extremely pleased with the performance of this new setup. Hope this helps. Enjoy!
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Maybe if you need it for an intensive use like video edition or rendering. Then for a normal use ( up to amateur photoshop use for example ) is ok. It has never go slow for having 5 to 10 programs running at the same time ( chrome, word, powerp, photoshop, illustrator, etc)
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It does great for everyday internet gaming and multi tasking office business. But i wouldn't reccomend it as a full time gaming station.
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Yes! I currently am running a Phenom II X4 980 CPU w/16GB RAM, 6770 Video & SSD. My best build so far. I'm not a heavy gamer but, it has not let me down in any way. Love it.
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I've been using it for over a year, and I currently have a Intel i7 and a GTX-650 in the board. So, not super high-end yet, but looking at the power requirements for higher end cards (at least a Quadro K5000 sli'd with a Tesla K20), it'll be plenty. Oh yeah, I also have 4 hard drives in there, and a couple of peripherials that's starting to err on excessive.
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Yes, I have it overclocked to 4.0GHz in my system and it runs great for video editing and rendering in addition to gaming, definitely worth the money.
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I agree with Caleb E. pcpartpicker will help you a ton when building a system. It shows no problems at all... and by the way.. I love this motherboard...
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You may want to go for something stronger, otherwise if you buy this PC then consider upgrading its graphics card and/or processor. It'll be great for medium sized projects but you might want to go bigger.
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It's great for gaming. Best computer on the market right now for the price point it's at.
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Yes, the stock fan is adequate for home use. I have built a couple and they run quite cool. The CPU clocks down when you are not compressing video's or other really intensive applications. It is barely warm to the touch while surfing the web, getting email etc., However, if you plan on overclocking it for high definition game use I would advise you to upgrade to a better cooling solution. It is a great CPU.
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There is no stopping... faster everything lets you get things done faster.... you'll be thanking yourself for getting a great computer, especially if you have to edit a lot of video. Time is valuable too and a 'slow' computer is just annoying especially rendering/compiling/outputting video. Buy the best you can afford. Plus, it sounds like a great gaming computer too if you are into that. I bought a $1500 system nearly 4 years ago... while not as powerful as yours obviously, it's still an i-7 with some upgraded geforce graphics card. A powerful computer will last a long time where a bargain computer likely will have to be upgraded regularly just to keep up with the software.
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Don't buy it for gaming. It is an enterprise server. CPU and Memory configuration is not optimized for gaming. Plus it won't take gaming video cards at all. And the server is fairly loud. So unless you are setting up a gaming server, this is not a product for you.
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A great place to find this information is http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc. They helped me pick my desktop parts out and will know what is the best for your money.
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Should be fine with your CPU - be careful with overclocking though, if you intend to do that. Otherwise, it's a fine motherboard and hasn't given me any issues.