New Build with 3 Monitors

Hick · Dec 4, 2013

Purchase Date: As soon as I know that the config will work for my needs. (this week?)
Budget: $1,000.00-$1,300.00 without Monitors, keyboard, & mouse.( 3 DVI 27”Monitors )1920x1080 Res all three.
System Usage: Business, CAM (Computer Assisted Modeling), program Solid Builder and Adobe Arcobat 9 Pro. Are thePrimary usage. E-mail, Firefox for internet. Barebones software wise to keep everything simple. We do some rendering in Solid Builder.
QuickBooks, Office suite, misc, on another computer.
We are a construction Co. We take our plans (.pdf), to bid and or build, Separate the Architectural and Structrual sheets, Bookmark, and link our details and elevations to the floor plans for fast reference. Plans (pdf’s.) can range from 8 Meg to 50 Meg each. We build the project twice. Once in Solid Builder, once in the field. Our Solid Builder Drawings can reach 30 Meg. So at any time we can have 8meg to 100 meg running on the 3 Monitors. Using XP sp3 now on a machine I built 5 years ago. I want to upgade to Win 7 and get a faster setup. Don’t need overclocking, SLI/Crossfire maybe if it helps.
Please note that I have not picked a GPU (need to run 3 Samsung 27”DVI Montiors, All 1920x1080 Min) for my setup yet. This is where I need the most help. Also is Win 7 Home Premium SP-1 64-Bit-OEM ny best selection for my needs.
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400R ATX Mid Tower. $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008
MB: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H LGA 1150 Intel Z87. $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128591
CPU: Itel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4 GHz LGa 1150 Quadcore. $224.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydo Seris H80i 120mm. $97.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181031
Mem: Cosair Vengance 16GB (2x8GB) 240 pin DDR3 1866 $164.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233278
PS: Rosewill Capstone-650 650W Continuous @ 50deg. ATX 12V SLI/CrossFire Ready. $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182071
SSD: SanDisk SDSSDP-064-G25 2.5” GB SATA III Internal $64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171645
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5” Internal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767
GPU: I think I need 2 PCI Express Cards that can use the SLI Bridge ( that comes with MB) with lots of memory. I’m lost here.
OS: Win 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit –OEM $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Total of build with out GPU, and shipping
$1,012.91

Any comments and or suggestions would be taken with a open mind and truly appreciated.
Thanks
Hick
Mike Hickman
Precision Structures
Eagle CO 81631

ScrewySqrl · Dec 4, 2013

my immediate suggestion: a K-class processor and water cooling are probably overkill!

a workstation shouldn't be overclocked

Given what you are doing, I'd suggest an FX-8350 or i7-4770 -- 8 threads will just be better for CAM/CAD use.

a pair of Geforce 760s or 770s should be plenty for your needs.

smorizio · Dec 4, 2013

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2eWo5
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2eWo5/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2eWo5/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($174.46 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($116.98 @ Newegg)
Other: sata hot swap bay. ($26.00)
Total: $1390.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-04 13:23 EST-0500)

smorizio · Dec 4, 2013

used a faster cpu to help in render time. also added a hot swap bay and another stoage drive to run back up software on the rig. use a good backup software from someone like ema for small biz that does backups in the background as you change the files your working on. if the main storage drive dies you wont lose your work just the time it take to replace the drive and run the restore. also have your it or boss look into cloud or off line backup for there work files. also they can use one of there older pc with a blueray burner to once a month burn there work files to a disk and send them off site or lok to offsite storage plans. also put in more money into a sesonic rebranded power supply with gold rating..it overkill but it should give you years of service without issues. cheap no name units can fail badly and take your whole rig with it. with ssd they have long life if all they are are read drives...install the os drivers and the aps once and then use the segate as the scratch and data drives. also with ssd you need to leave room for the drive to run it trim and wear leaving..to full and the drive speeds takes a noise dive.

Marcopolo123 · Dec 4, 2013

xeon e3 1230 V3 would be the best choice.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31230v3

h87/b85 motherboard.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gab85hd3

fractal define r4
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4wh

~500w psu ( your pc would probably use less then 200w total... so 500w is plenty)
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m

dont realy need an extra cpu-cooler, if you want, the cooler master evo would be the best choice. keeps cpu cool and is silent.

1tb hdd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
120gb ssd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W00YW3563

you can also build a smaller/compact pc...
would only require a smaller motherboard, performance would be the same. for me it would look 'cleaner'
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1000usb3bl
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-rc120akkn1
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-rc130kkn1
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfcpro300kkxskrp
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfcphe300wwxkkrp
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcanode304wh
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcanode304bl
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lian-li-case-pcv351b

Hick · Dec 4, 2013

Screwy Sqrl, &
Smorizio

Thank you for taking time to respond to my post. Just got back in from plowing snow. The Rockies in Colorado are getting hammered today.
Screwy Sqrl. I Will begin to research your suggestions for the chip. Have never had a AMD so I didnt look at one.. I will now.
The water cooling was more for me wanting to try one out. The one thing I have learned over time with these computers is heat Kills.
I Will also take a look at you Geforce recommendations.

Smorizio, I also will take a hard look at your build. Since I'm the Boss i already have a cloud based backup system in place and back up disks once a year. I have Been down that road before. Planed on using the SSD to run apps and OS. using the HDD for data. Was there a reason for the larger SSD? The Power supply being bigger is a good idea.

Again thank you both. Got some work to do. I will repost the build when I'm done researching.

Hick

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