Building a PC

[Red Scharlach]

The mainboard doesn't matter GPU wise if you're not planning on running 2 or more cards in SLI/CrossFire. *snip*

To me, that is pretty relevant and in my opinion it is best to mention to someone building a computer from scratch. After all, getting a second GPU as a later upgrade can improve your computer's performance a lot for a very low price. So, when choosing your motherboard it still makes sense to consider both CPU and GPU.

 

[Hateren47]

The mainboard doesn't matter GPU wise if you're not planning on running 2 or more cards in SLI/CrossFire. *snip*

To me, that is pretty relevant and in my opinion it is best to mention to someone building a computer from scratch. After all, getting a second GPU as a later upgrade can improve your computer's performance a lot for a very low price. So, when choosing your motherboard it still makes sense to consider both CPU and GPU.

You should have put it in your post then. Consider my post a clarification then, as I replied to what you wrote and not what you meant.

Sidenote, AMD cards can run CrossFire on SLI boards if you have a hacked driver. Not sure if Nvidia cards can run SLI on CF boards though. Technically there aren't any problems except from the fake limitations. Basically it's the whole PhysX licensing thing over again.

 

[Continuity]

I'm gonna build a gaming PC, and would like a good tut. I found this (http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-build-a-pc-computer-a-modern-guide/) but it only tells me that I need to choose my parts, and doesn't really help much with the actual choosing. Something like the graphics card chooser at the nvidia site would be perfect, but probably non existent. To be clear I don't just want a site saying, buy this, that and that, but something with reviews of pretty much everything.

The best thing you can to is go to computer forums, post your budget and requirement, if its a good forum you'll get good build suggestions and good advice.