My Frankenbeast is giving up the ghost, slowly. So its time to look into some new parts. Namely: 1. Motherboard 2. CPU 3. Memory - 8GB 4. Power Supply - At least 750 watt and possibly: 5. Video card - I currently have an ATI Radeon HD 6950 w/2GB PCI express I have a big case, good condition. I have a keyboard and mouse for input. I have dual monitors, one is DVI and the other is HDMI. I have a sound blaster sound card which is PCI. I have Logitech 7.1 speakers with sub-woofer. I have 3 SATA hard drives. What was I looking at? Motherboard - something with PCI 3.0 slot for a next-gen video card. ============= ASUS Z87-A LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131981 $139.99 CPU - Probably middle of the road here. Was thinking about the 'server' CPU. ===== Intel Core i7-4771 Haswell 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I74771 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116941 $319.99 Benchmarks: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id7 Memory - 8GB, I want GOOD memory. I do not want cheap here... The motherboard will take up to DDR3 3000. Good for upgrades later, since its very expensive right now. ======== CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 Desktop Memory Model CMD8GX3M2A2400C11 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233604 139.99 Power Supply ============= CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011&ignorebbr=1 $149.99 DVD/CD ROM - Since the MB does not appear to have an IDE port ============ ASUS DVD-Writer 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24F1ST - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135305 $19.99 Keyboard - USB ========== Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109191 $39.99 As I research more, I will post more. Should you have any ideas, please share them with me while I build this project. If you think of anything I am missing, please let me know. Things that 'can' wait: Graphics card - Looking at PCI 3.0 =============== XFX Double D R9-270X-CDFC Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150686 $239.99 Heat sink and fan ================== CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181031 $84.99