LodgeJ said:
nostall said:
I would stick with the fans provided by Corsair, they should be more than adequate for cooling, and I am assuming you are attaching the H100i to the top. that will save a little money.
Last suggestion: skip the Dominator RAM. The case will have good airflow so the the added heatsink area will probably not make a difference, and you are paying for the minimumal performance gain over 1600, and the Dominator name; and since this is going to be working machine for architecture etc., it might be wise to go all the way with 32GB.
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I am using a Sabertooth board and really like it, but it is the AMD version. I have heard that the cooling on the Intel boards, with all the neat covers, is not as good as an 'open' board; though I can't direct you to any such information.
But having a work station go bad is not a good thing, so perhaps a small step down to an ASUS Z87-Pro might be considered. Then again, maybe not: Just looked at prices and that's a really good price for that board.
Hope this helps. With luck someone else will jump in here and help out. Did you consider an AMD set-up with an FX8350?
Thanks for the quick reply!
Yer I will be playing the H100i on top and was thinking to use the SP120's in a pull configuration above the radiator, preventing dust build up from a push config.
That looks tempting... may have to ditch the aesthetics of the platinum then! Is it better to go for 4x4 over 8x2 then? The RAM was one thing I wasn't too sure on but I'm kind of thinking to go for the Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) 1600 and then in a couple of months, if i need to, buy another set. I'm only a student though, going into my third year soon, so not sure if I will use more than 16GB?
The Sabertooth is very tempting with its guarantee and aesthetics... To be honest though I haven't even considered an AMD option, have you come across any advantages/disadvantages to either?
Thanks again nostall!
I'm going to skip around a little: 1st, I forgot about the great warranty on the Sabertooth. Duh! One of the selling points when I bought it.
Will you need more then 16GBs of RAM? Good question, but with two more years to go, and spending a small fortune for this build, you will want it to last at least 2-4 years after you graduate. Then it will truly become another work computer and if you are doing CAD, you will probably need full 32GBs. of RAM. Just talked to my Grandson, who is an engineering major, and he tells me the more RAM and CPU horsepower the better for all your design programs.
Need to save some $$: Go with 16 GBs. (2X8GB) 1600 now, get another 16 when you get some spare money: but he says you will need it. (He was impressed that you were actually going with the K2000, good choice).
Good plan for the fans, but don't think you can avoid the dust. I used to run some serious filters on my PC's and I still got the micro dust inside and on the fans (though no big dust/dog hair/dust bunny build up.).
Being called away right now, I will post a bit more later.
Update/back again; 1940hrs. PST. I mentioned AMD system pretty much in passing. The biggest plus for AMD is that it is a bit less expensive, and you do get 8 cores. Without researching my magazines or online, there are a few, thing that AMD CPU's do a bit better then Intel, but usually the comparison is against an i5, not an i7.
Stick with your chosen CPU, it will rock; and if it needs to rock a little more, then you can enter that world of overclocking.