I have an older i7-860 home build that has a BioStar Socket : 1156 T5XE CFX-SLI Ver. 5.x Here is a link to the motherboard on the BioStar website: http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=445 It only has 8gb of ram but I could upgrade that to 16gb. It has a 550w power supply currently. It would be for my son. He currently has a Dell 660 i5-3330 300GHz, with a Nvidia GTX-760 with 8gb of ram. Could I make the i7-860/BioStar into a decent gaming rig using Crossfire or SLI? Could it be better than the Dell he has? I looked up the comparison between the two processors and they are fairly close: http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3330 I have no idea about the maximum level of GPU I could put in the the BioStar. But could putting in more Ram and Crossfired or SLIed graphics cards and maybe an SSD for the Windows 7 OS? Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
what videocard does the biostar have or is it onboard? depending on the videocard you get, you might have to upgrade the power supply. what games is he running & what are the system requirements?
