$1200 - $1500 Document Creation Rig

nicfranklin · Mar 11, 2014

I am building a new computer for work that will primarily be used for compiling tens of thousands of TIFF document images into PDF's and running OCR on the voluminous PDF documents (hundreds to tens of thousands of pages) as well as being my everyday desktop computer.

Approximate Purchase Date: This week (hopefully Thursday)

Budget Range: $1,200 - $1,500

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Full build. Starting from scratch

Do you need to buy OS: No. Windows 7 Pro

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Oklahoma City

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: Maybe. Not sure if it will make a difference.

SLI or Crossfire: NO

Your Monitor Resolution: 1900 x 1200
Additional Comments: This will be in my office so I would like for the case to be pretty conservative. Quiet is better but not as important as performance.

It is unclear to me what will result in the best performance for the main document assembly and OCR scripts I will be running. Is it the processor? So an i-7 is a must over an i-5? Is it lots of RAM so I need a 4 DIMM board? Is it hard drive writing/re-writing so I need SSD's for more than the OS/Applications? Or Can I get away with 7200 discs with large large caches?

I have built a pretty slick gaming rig before but this will be my second computer and obviously with a much different use. I appreciate any feedback.

smorizio · Mar 11, 2014

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/38gtY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/38gtY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/38gtY/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($156.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Aerocool DS-Cube MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($94.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($26.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1239.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-11 20:51 EDT-0400)

smorizio · Mar 11, 2014

uses a locked i7 and a h87 mb. your not going to be over clocking or gaming or needing sli so used the savings for a larger ssd and a small case and sealed cooler. the 240g ssd will hold all your main programs and os. I would put windows 8.1 on it as it runs better with the newer hardware. with windows 8 there no real shutdown down as with window 7. on my pc with asus mb and windows 8.1 all i do is move the mouse or keyboard from power off not sleep mode and my pc boots in about 8 sec. if this is a work pc you wont have to wait for it to post. the gold power supply is a modular unit you only need to plug in the cables you need to. also it tested for the newer haswell cpu and there low power sleep mode. the 750ti card there for muilt monitor support. if you work with a lot of files..pick up two or three monitors and connect them to the pc. with more then one pc you can have two or three things open on each monitor and just have to learn to move between them. (2 monitor on the gpu and one running on the intel mb video port). 16g let you run a lot of apps at once.
with a work pc pick up another drive and backup software or use a network device to back your work to on a daily.
and I look also into cloud backup. I seen people with laptops and work desktops walk in and find out there hard drive is bad and there last backup failed. with online cloud if there a fire or flood and both the pc and backup unit is ruiend you have an online backup to be able to get your work file back. (today hard drives run fine then they can at power up die on a user without warning.) with drive it not why they fail but when. over the years i had drives die at cold boot that had run fine for years.

HiTechObsessed · Mar 11, 2014

This will be nearly silent. Went with a huge SSD you can keep all the stuff you're working on on it, and went with 2 very reliable and really fast 2TB WD Black HDDs I would recommend running in RAID 1 for safety. By the way, I would try to steer clear of water cooling for a work computer...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 360W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $1227.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-11 21:18 EDT-0400)

Simsreaper · Mar 11, 2014

HiTechObsessed nailed it. Raid1 for safety, silent operation. But get the 750ti as well. Smorizio is correct that the multi monitor support is invaluable at work.

zeph_yr · Mar 11, 2014

I agree with HiTechobsessed. There's no need for water cooling in a work computer. It just increases the risk of a malfunction.

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