Finally building a new gaming beast - need some advice

[Senni__Ti]

1230 is Haswell
1231 is Haswell Refresh

Afaik.

[Molly]

1230 is Haswell
1231 is Haswell Refresh

Afaik.

I am sorry but what exactly is that supposed to tell me now?

[Senni__Ti]

1231 is newer

[Molly]

Very helpful -.-

[[ptx]]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_%28microarchitecture%29#Haswell_Refresh

[Kafein]

I'd be strange to get the slower one with the fancy instruction set, unless the faster one is significantly more expensive. Typically you'd only look at special instructions if you use very specific software or develop it yourself.

[Senni__Ti]

Very helpful -.-

That is the exact difference. 100MHz and losing some old instruction sets.
Hardly any difference between them.

Go for whichever is cheaper. (the 1231 requires a #97 board, 1230 #87/97 afaik)

[Dalhi]

(the 1231 requires a #97 board, 1230 #87/97 afaik)

I am pretty sure that it doesn't require a #97 chipset, it's a matter of updating bios to version that supports your CPU so it will run with any mobo with 1150 socket. Molly, if you are planning to buy that Asus h97 mobo, then don't bother yourself with what I wrote.

[Molly]

Yea, gonna stick with the Asus.

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H97-Pro. Don't ask me why the pro. Don't really know. It has Pro in its name and fits the budget...

Already ordered the CPU today cuz it seems to raising in price quite a bit lately. Yesterday it was at 234€, today I ordered for 242€. And I've watched it raise like that on Amazon a few days before. So I decided to order at Alternate.de today. It's like 255€ or something at Amazon now

[Christo]

H97-Pro. Don't ask me why the pro. Don't really know. It has Pro in its name and fits the budget...

good customer

[Molly]

good customer

[Senni__Ti]

I am pretty sure that it doesn't require a #97 chipset, it's a matter of updating bios to version that supports your CPU so it will run with any mobo with 1150 socket. Molly, if you are planning to buy that Asus h97 mobo, then don't bother yourself with what I wrote.

Not sure which manufacturers have bios updates for the #87's to be compatible with the refresh, safer not to mention tbh. #97s tend to be the same price as their #87 counterparts anyway.

[Molly]

May present to you...

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...my new setup!

I'm a happy geek now! 

Fun fact: Oversight on my part. Didn't realize that my DVD burner was still IDE. So till tomorrow I am w/o one. New SATA one is on its way... ^___^

[[ptx]]

Yeah, had the exact same issue. Trekked over to the nearest PC shop and got myself an overpriced SATA DVD Burner to be able to setup my PC. Don't really have any bootable USB sticks lying around.

[Molly]

Atm I am booting my "old" OS but I gonna do a clean install tomorrow I guess. Tho everything seems to be working.
Still, clean install of the OS seems better.