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xmax

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Hi,
I am currently looking into building a CAD machine. My budget is $2000.
That is excluding any accessories, monitors, OS's. Basically only hardware that goes inside the box.
Of course, I'd use this machine for both gaming and CAD, but my main focus yet remains CAD functuality. I will be mainly using Cinema4D.

Here is my current build, but I am not really confident if this would suffice my needs.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($579.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($245.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Mac Mall)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Mac Mall)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Mac Mall)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($335.30 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($103.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master Megaflow 110.0 CFM 200mm Fan ($13.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2004.15

Any adjustments would be greatly appreciated.
 
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2133 might provide a couple of more extra FPS - especially in quad channel - but would shine more in the CAD work, DRAM is basically just a condduit in gaming, while it's a work area in CAD.....and as the freqs go up the CL tends to also rise, but you still see a performance increase i.e if looking at 1600/9 sticks and good say 2133/9 sticks - if you wanted to downclock the 2133 sticks you should be able to run them at 1600/7 or a much lower, equivalent wise CL than the base 1600/9 set - plus at 2133 you gain the bandwidth of the higher freq. As far as adding additional sticks, I'm not a proponent of mixing DRAM sets, it can and often is problematic - even when mixing the same exact sets - the XMP programming is done by the packaged...
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Looks good, think if going 16GB might consider a 4x4GB set to take advantage of the Quad channel DRAM capability or go ahead and run 32GB in a 4x8GB config, also for your combo may want to look at the Ripjaws Z sticks, maybe even up to 1866 or 2133 - your CPU can easily handle either - will provide greater bandwidth for the CAD work
 
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Perhaps a SSD with more capacity for your main drive? RAM has already been mentioned by tradesman. One thing though,and i ask because i am unsure..Doesn't that 2011 board have 8 DIMM slots?

Other than that,the build is great
 
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xmax

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Thanks for the input.
I was also looking at the 2133MHz, but got demotivated after doing research. But probably because most go for gaming. So I guess 2133MHz would increase my cad performance even with an extra tick of latency?
As for the modules. Wouldn't 4x4 increase stress on the memory controller? Or would the Quad Channel combo eliminate such.
Also, another quick question. If I was to get 8x2 at the start. Then install another 8x2 of the same model, would I still get that quad channel advantage or would I need to buy a pack of 4x8 that were manufactured together.

I've been battling with myself to decide what RAM to get, seriously, there's so many options it makes me lose my mind ._.

 
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I don't really require much SSD as I will only install my OS's on that and perhaps a few very commonly used programs (Such as C4D) and later configure windows to put everything in the HDD's unless told otherwise.

And yes, it does have 8 DIMM slots.
 
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Not an expert or anything, but personally I prefer having multiple hard drives as it's easier to backup and if one hard drive breaks down, I don't lose as much. Also, some people like setting up RAID's. Which I might even consider later.

 
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Ah, yes. Not sure why RAID and redundancy completely slipped my mind. Need more coffee...
 
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2133 might provide a couple of more extra FPS - especially in quad channel - but would shine more in the CAD work, DRAM is basically just a condduit in gaming, while it's a work area in CAD.....and as the freqs go up the CL tends to also rise, but you still see a performance increase i.e if looking at 1600/9 sticks and good say 2133/9 sticks - if you wanted to downclock the 2133 sticks you should be able to run them at 1600/7 or a much lower, equivalent wise CL than the base 1600/9 set - plus at 2133 you gain the bandwidth of the higher freq. As far as adding additional sticks, I'm not a proponent of mixing DRAM sets, it can and often is problematic - even when mixing the same exact sets - the XMP programming is done by the packaged set and sticks in a package have been tested to work together - we get numerous threads daily of folks mixing DRAM and having problems
 
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That was all I really needed clarified. Thanks for the answers, really appreciate it. Time to go replace those 1600 with 2133 G-Skills.

 
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