Quote Originally Posted by MiRai View Post
Is there a reason you've chosen to go with the X79 chipset, but are only installing a quad-core CPU? I would say the only other reason to go with X79 is to gain access to 64GB of RAM, but you're not utilizing that either.

The 4820K is an Ivy Bridge CPU which is "old" technology at this point. The 4770K is a quad-core Haswell CPU, it's what has replaced Ivy Bridge, and it's faster. Haswell uses the 1150 chipeset, which will probably save you money when purchasing a motherboard.
I was under the impression that the 4770K Quad Core was an LGA1150 chipset? Would that not be compatible with the P9X79 as it is a socket 2011? Would you suggest going with the 4770K and maybe an Asus Maximum VI Extreme Socket 1150?

Like I said, I don't know very much about customising a PC...I normally just custom build things on the apple website and press 'order'. I guess I'd like to have a motherboard that allows for upgrade in the future? Thats why I was going for the bigger motherboard so I can upgrade the ram later on.