Building a gaming pc for newphew to play minecraft and cod and other games also for him to learn on for school work and watch movies/tv shows.
The motherboard is the asus p9x79 (80$ sitting in closet for over 5 years).
I bought 2 cpu for this build, Xeon e5-2650v2 (7$) and a i7-3960x (18$).
Which one you think I should install first?
What kind of ddr3 Ram should I get non ecc (faster and oc) or ecc (cheaper and more stable & secure)? Motherboard supports 4 channels. Also it might depend on which cpu I have installed, not sure if the i7-3960x is compatible with ecc.
I'm thinking 8X8gb ddr3 1600mhz. I believe 1600mhz is the max speed ram the i7 3960x supports.
Does anyone have any good recommendations on a blueray optical drive?
mobo: asus p9x79 80$ (when I bought it)
cpu: i7-3960x 6c/12t(faster) / Xeon e5-2650v2 8c/16t (more cores)
gpu: XFX rx580 120$
optical drive: blue ray/dvd drive ???
psu: evga 750w non modular 50$
ram: 8x8gb ddr3 1600mhz???
storage: 2.5 sata ssd + hdd???
cooler: be quiet? 30$
case: Dyi 50$
Also trying to get a nice cheap 1080p monitor to go with this build.
I'm counting on fsr 3 to carry this build to be able to play most games in the next few years at 1080p/60hz low - mid settings.
The cpu should be strong enough for normal everyday web browsing, school work, research, movies ect especially with 4 channel system memory.
will be running windows 10 as this won't support windows 11 as far as I know.
Let me know your thoughts.