Building Dual purpose PC, asking for advice?

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This is not your run of the mill, "What kind of computer parts should I buy? derka derk" I wanted to get some input on the cost benefit of building either a server PC and a Desktop gaming PC, or a really nice Desktop PC that would host my game servers and at the same time allow me to play them. So I would host say, teamspeak, and maybe two games, as well as I play them and do other stuff. I was looking at some z87 motherboards, one in which even boasted the ability to support 128GB of DDR3 memory in a quad-channel. That will pretty much take care of everything probably for the rest of my life...

That being said, from an economic standpoint, would it be more feasible to just buy two separate computers?

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Honestly u can easily do all of this at once, first you will need a fast 8 core cpu for multiple aplications. I reccommend the Amd FX 8350 which is an 8 core running at 4.2 ghz turbo. You will need motherboard that supports the AM3+ socket and has 4 ram slots. Next you will need alot of fast ram, i reccomend redline 1800mhz ram, and get 2 of the 8gb kits to get you 16gb. For a gpu youll need something that can handle all of these games, i&#x27;d go for a radeon R9 280x or a Radeon HD 7970. Youll need a fast hard drive to, id got with the 1tb WD Caviar Black. And youll need a good psu to uandle all of this, id go with a corsair cx 600w.  The case is your choice. In total this would cost you around $900

fodaddy19 · Answer

1. No Z87 board is quad channel. X79 supports quad channel RAM.

2. If want a gaming machine that can double as a workstation or vice versa do a LGA 2011 build with about 16/32 GB of RAM, and get a mobo with dual NICs.

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Building Dual purpose PC, asking for advice?

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