ScorpioGeek

I currently do not have any equipment that uses the following technologies; USB 3.1 Thunderbolt With the new system I am building, I would like to Utilize the M.2 /U.2 or PCI3 x4 SSDs as a boot drive. (as that seems to be the logical way to go these days, for the extra read-write speeds). The goal is to build a workstation that will run Multiple VMs, I do some rendering, I also want to play some of the new games that are out there (Haven't been in the gaming scene for a long while) as I only have a laptop with a built in 650M Nvidia GPU and the system gets hot :(. However with this new build I would love to have 2/3-Way SLI MY Questions are; 1) Should I go Single CPU / Dual CPU route? (If I go Dual CPU, I can always upgrade to 128GB or so ram) I believe that current chipsets only support upto 64on Single CPU 2) if single CPU should I go with Z710 or X99 or any other recommendations? Motherboard brand wise, I have always used ASUS and would like to use ASUS for this new build. I am open to discuss suggestions and recommendations you may have, including those of other brands. Thanks for your help.

@sqwidee; according to http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97DELUXENFC_WLC/ it says PCIe 3.0 (GEN3) Quad SLI &3-Way CFX Support, however I think Triple/Quad would be overkill. - Im not sure if I would need more fans, but then again they are cheap things that can easily be added afterwards.

Sorry about that; here it goes. Budget And Location. Budget up to 5K GBP Location: United Kingdom/EU 2. Aim I am a full time coder, and usually run Multiple VMs via VMware (hence the 32GB ram) But I also play games (mostly Diablo3, BF4 but also interested in playing some new games) 3. Monitors I do plan running 1 monitor at first, but my old build has had 3 monitors (more than 1 monitor is always good for coding and multitasking in my experience) not to mention gaming. (but I plan on upgrading later on, currently just 1 monitor due to size issues in my current living conditions). 4. Yes will need peripherals as this is a new build. 5. Upgrading as I recently moved from a different country and sold my old system.

Hi, Its been a long time since I built a new system, during the weekend i came up with the following parts, what do you guys think? cpu:i7 4790k cpu cooler:corsair h100i mobo:asus z97-deluxe memory: corsair dominator platinum 32 GB *2133* stoarge: samsung 840 pro 512GB (for system and games/apps) seagate constellion ES.3 3TB 7.2kRPM drive GPU:Asus Geforce GTX 780 Ti Matrix ROG Case: Corsair 760T PSU: Corsair AX1500i (as I plan on running a dual/triple TI soon with more HDD Monior: Dell U2913WM 60Hz 29" Speaker Logitech Z506 Keyboard/mouse Logitech MX800 combo http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/xP4kWZ thanks