Hi everyone,
I live in Ireland which means i will be dealing in Euro's. I am looking to buy a brand new PC or at least i am, at this time trying to feel about and make an assessment of my needs and pricing.
the TL;DR for this part:
current PC cannot really be upgraded and i don't really have experience building my own machine
So without further stalling here is a list of applications i use regularly.
Music Production : Cubase, Kontakt,
3D modelling\ Environment rendering : Vue 2014 Complete, 3ds Max
2d Art : InkScape, Photoshop
Game Development : GameMaker
Games : World of tanks, Batman Arkham...
Programming : Eclipse, Notepad++, Visual Studio.
the above is relevant because i use all of that stuff and want a new pc that can run them all pretty well, while allowing for updatability (side note: Vue 2014 uses CPU and RAM to do rendering, the more objects in Vue the more ram thats required so i would like a reasonable amount of RAM, this can also apply to music production since loading samples can take up quite a bit of RAM as well).
At this time i would like to keep pricing with 1600 Euros (which is close to the costs of the DELL XPS 710 when i bought it).
Should i buy a Corsair Obsidian 900D?
Given that i aiming to make this pc build last as long as possible and not close any doors for upgrading, should i put precedence on the case?
Would that case be overkill for an air cooling system?
Should i really consider water cooling even if i don't really intend on over clocking, at least not at this point in time?
Given the usage (really general) would i really require a top of the line graphics card or 64GB of ram, what would you consider an effective card or ram for the given tasks
Should i consider water cooling as a first time build it yourself PC whether that be a full custom loop or a closed loop CPU water cooler?
Should i consider any accessories when/if purchasing for e.g. anti-static wristbands, screwdrivers volt meters etc.?
Thermal paste, i know its important but would that be included with the CPU (as in does lets say Intel supply its own paste when you order one of their CPU's or will it be a separate purchase)?
SSD's i am aware of the differences between HDD and SSD and also aware that everyone agrees that speed is king, but for loading stuff like sound libraries should i need an SSD, what are peoples opinions about 1TB SSD's should it be a must have for a new PC build or should i just consider a small SSD for the OS and everything else on a HDD and what about redundancies should i consider RAID or NAS or simply just a single external backup in the chance that my drives take a dive.
I think i have created a big enough wall of text, i hope some of you can answer the questions in your opinion and offer me a reasonable idea of a decent PC build, also a reminder i am Irish so i will be shopping online through either hardwareversand.de , komplett.ie, dabs.ie, pixmania.ie . Also note that Sterling isn't cheap to buy in the Euro zone
Thanks for the time, i look forward to any and all replies.
I live in Ireland which means i will be dealing in Euro's. I am looking to buy a brand new PC or at least i am, at this time trying to feel about and make an assessment of my needs and pricing.
the TL;DR for this part:
current PC cannot really be upgraded and i don't really have experience building my own machine
So without further stalling here is a list of applications i use regularly.
Music Production : Cubase, Kontakt,
3D modelling\ Environment rendering : Vue 2014 Complete, 3ds Max
2d Art : InkScape, Photoshop
Game Development : GameMaker
Games : World of tanks, Batman Arkham...
Programming : Eclipse, Notepad++, Visual Studio.
the above is relevant because i use all of that stuff and want a new pc that can run them all pretty well, while allowing for updatability (side note: Vue 2014 uses CPU and RAM to do rendering, the more objects in Vue the more ram thats required so i would like a reasonable amount of RAM, this can also apply to music production since loading samples can take up quite a bit of RAM as well).
At this time i would like to keep pricing with 1600 Euros (which is close to the costs of the DELL XPS 710 when i bought it).
Should i buy a Corsair Obsidian 900D?
Given that i aiming to make this pc build last as long as possible and not close any doors for upgrading, should i put precedence on the case?
Would that case be overkill for an air cooling system?
Should i really consider water cooling even if i don't really intend on over clocking, at least not at this point in time?
Given the usage (really general) would i really require a top of the line graphics card or 64GB of ram, what would you consider an effective card or ram for the given tasks
Should i consider water cooling as a first time build it yourself PC whether that be a full custom loop or a closed loop CPU water cooler?
Should i consider any accessories when/if purchasing for e.g. anti-static wristbands, screwdrivers volt meters etc.?
Thermal paste, i know its important but would that be included with the CPU (as in does lets say Intel supply its own paste when you order one of their CPU's or will it be a separate purchase)?
SSD's i am aware of the differences between HDD and SSD and also aware that everyone agrees that speed is king, but for loading stuff like sound libraries should i need an SSD, what are peoples opinions about 1TB SSD's should it be a must have for a new PC build or should i just consider a small SSD for the OS and everything else on a HDD and what about redundancies should i consider RAID or NAS or simply just a single external backup in the chance that my drives take a dive.
I think i have created a big enough wall of text, i hope some of you can answer the questions in your opinion and offer me a reasonable idea of a decent PC build, also a reminder i am Irish so i will be shopping online through either hardwareversand.de , komplett.ie, dabs.ie, pixmania.ie . Also note that Sterling isn't cheap to buy in the Euro zone
Thanks for the time, i look forward to any and all replies.
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