I’m looking to buy new PC with a budget of around £500 (without OS & Monitor). I want as much bang for my buck as possible, and also want it to be upgradable in the future as components get faster/cheaper.
There are quite a few i7 4790/4790k systems with an SSD within this price range. I think for maximum “future proofness” I would need an X99 based system, but that’s way out of my price range. So it seems like a system built on a budget H97 or Z97 would be the way to go. I can’t find many H97 systems on sale, so it’s looking like the choices are:
Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H
Gigabyte Z97P-D3
Asus Z97-P
MSI Z97 PC Mate
I don’t play games, so will stick with the onboard graphics for now, but I do a lot of video editing and converting (including DCP creation), so speed is important.
One thing that’s really confusing me are the new SATA Express SSD’s, M.2, PCIe 2.0, 3.0, lanes etc.Am I correct to assume that the max speed I can get out of these boards is 10Gb/s, or will it be possible to use faster devices in the future?
Do it also mean that if I did want to add a decent graphics card in the future, I can’t use the PCIe 3.0 for this?
Sorry if some of this sounds obvious, but I’ve already done loads of reading and am at the limits of my understanding with this.
There are quite a few i7 4790/4790k systems with an SSD within this price range. I think for maximum “future proofness” I would need an X99 based system, but that’s way out of my price range. So it seems like a system built on a budget H97 or Z97 would be the way to go. I can’t find many H97 systems on sale, so it’s looking like the choices are:
Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H
Gigabyte Z97P-D3
Asus Z97-P
MSI Z97 PC Mate
I don’t play games, so will stick with the onboard graphics for now, but I do a lot of video editing and converting (including DCP creation), so speed is important.
One thing that’s really confusing me are the new SATA Express SSD’s, M.2, PCIe 2.0, 3.0, lanes etc.Am I correct to assume that the max speed I can get out of these boards is 10Gb/s, or will it be possible to use faster devices in the future?
Do it also mean that if I did want to add a decent graphics card in the future, I can’t use the PCIe 3.0 for this?
Sorry if some of this sounds obvious, but I’ve already done loads of reading and am at the limits of my understanding with this.