A little bit background:
A university lab computer that controls a custom medical instrument failed and we need a replacement. The only mandatory is 2 legacy PCI slots and 1 serial port...
I picked this ASUS motherboard:
ASUS B85-PLUS LGA 1150
As I figure within the budget (under 1.3K USD) I perhaps should get some performance (the primary application is image processing, which is 99% 2D), I came up with the following parts:
My questions are:
1. Are there problems with this build? "1 x COM port(s) connector(s)" means that I can install the serial port myself should I need one, right (since in the picture it doesn't show any serial port)?
2. What kind power supply unit and PC case should I use? Do I need additional cooling?
3. Is this graphic card a good choice (over a GeForce card)? I use mainly Matlab and ImageJ. Sometimes Photoshop. Will it be loud? or Louder than a comparable GeForce?
For now they are all the questions I can think of. Any input will be appreciated.
Thank you!
A university lab computer that controls a custom medical instrument failed and we need a replacement. The only mandatory is 2 legacy PCI slots and 1 serial port...
I picked this ASUS motherboard:
ASUS B85-PLUS LGA 1150
As I figure within the budget (under 1.3K USD) I perhaps should get some performance (the primary application is image processing, which is 99% 2D), I came up with the following parts:
Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I74770
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10B
NVIDIA® Quadro® K600 VCQK600-PB 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Workstation Video Card
Crucial M500 120GB SATA 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive CT120M500SSD1
WD Re WD1003FBYZ 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Datacenter Capacity Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
My questions are:
1. Are there problems with this build? "1 x COM port(s) connector(s)" means that I can install the serial port myself should I need one, right (since in the picture it doesn't show any serial port)?
2. What kind power supply unit and PC case should I use? Do I need additional cooling?
3. Is this graphic card a good choice (over a GeForce card)? I use mainly Matlab and ImageJ. Sometimes Photoshop. Will it be loud? or Louder than a comparable GeForce?
For now they are all the questions I can think of. Any input will be appreciated.
Thank you!