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I'm wanting to build a dual-purpose PC for 3D rendering and gaming. Is the i7-4790K worth investing in? My budget is roughly $1400 and I could use some help w/ understanding which parts I should buy and why A works better than B.

Heavily used programs include: 3DS Max, VRAY, Blender, Revit Architecture, and such~
Gaming wise, I'm a huge League of Legends player. I know it doesn't take much and it runs fine on my Macbook Pro (late 2008), but I would like higher fps and higher environmental settings.

My current outlook:
Motherboard - MSI Z97-G45
CPU - ?? (maybe i7-4790k?)
GPU - ??
PSU - Corsair HX750
RAM - Corsair 16GB (4x4GB)

I have already purchased a case and a hdd (the hdd for storage as I plan on running my programs thru a sdd).
 
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Again. The LGA 2011 board has 40 PICe channels to the 32 of the LGA 1150 board.
It supports quad-channel memory to a maximum of 64GB whereas the lga 1150 board supports dual-channel up to 32GB of memory.

I think there are a few other subtle differences - but I forgot them now.

Bear in mind that things change and the newer LGA-2011-3(?) board has a newer chipset, etc. and it is limited to a few specific processors.

Usually takes me a week to research a machine to the point where I understand that the components will play together and will do wht I need them to do. Haven't had to do that in a while.
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A friend of mine last year wanted to upgrade his development PC. He writes games and he finds that graphics work and video work took him very long on his old machine.

Over a period of a few weeks we hashed out a new, ("budget" for him) on a higher-class system with the LGA-2011 motherbaord - more PCI-e lanes for quad-channel memory, lots of memory and room for high-spec graphics cards to do the development work he needs to do.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/868TnQ

Here is the benchmark of that machine.



THis was in late 2013. But I'd still start out along the same lines if I had to do it over today.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($219.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($499.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ TigerDirect)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1370.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-13 11:25 EDT-0400
 
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What are the advantages/disadvantages of a Xeon processor as opposed to an i7 processor for this rig? Two great solutions, but I'm wanting to learn in this process of picking/choosing/building a new rig (first time!). Thanks in advance!

Also, for this particular rig (mainly rendering focused) does 2x8 GB ram work better than 4x4GB?
 
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I wondered about the Xeon myself. :)

On a dual channel memory board like the 1150 motherboards of the second proposal, there is no difference - there are only 2 channels.

The board I suggested has 4 memory channels and can take up to 64GB of memory and is somewhat faster in memory access and in supporting multiple GPUs with the additional PCI channels.

 
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Sorry to keep bothering, but what's the difference between LGA1150 vs LGA2011? I probably won't be multi-tasking too much (either i'll be gaming or working on projects...work hard, play hard, right? :p ) I do know that if I do start working on projects, I may have a few 3D apps open at once as there is much cross-referencing required.
 
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Again. The LGA 2011 board has 40 PICe channels to the 32 of the LGA 1150 board.
It supports quad-channel memory to a maximum of 64GB whereas the lga 1150 board supports dual-channel up to 32GB of memory.

I think there are a few other subtle differences - but I forgot them now.

Bear in mind that things change and the newer LGA-2011-3(?) board has a newer chipset, etc. and it is limited to a few specific processors.

Usually takes me a week to research a machine to the point where I understand that the components will play together and will do wht I need them to do. Haven't had to do that in a while.
 
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The 1230v3 will perform similar to an i7 4770, but costs roughly $50 less. 2x8gb would be the preferred route for ram for a dual channel system.
 
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