£1500 Silent PC (general purpose, inc. gaming)

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Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP.

Budget Range: £1500, can stretch up a bit if need be.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Programming, general heavy use, some games.

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:

This is where it gets a little fiddly. The PC is being bought for me by a company. That means I have a high budget, but pre-built would be much preferable if possible, despite the price premium. Otherwise I'd like to get all the bits from the same supplier to simplify matters.

Country: UK.

Parts Preferences: Small/light case would be preferable. (Maybe mini tower?_ Slight pref. for NVidia graphics. Black case slightly preferred.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200

Additional Comments:

I have a higher budget than I would normally have + would like to spend the extra on making the PC silent or v. quiet, rather than getting a little extra power. (Working on the assumption that > £1000 there are pretty sharply diminishing returns.)

Thanks very much!
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jRmbCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jRmbCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£221.15 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.43 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£116.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£58.08 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (£527.94 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£88.34 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.36 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer
Total: £1167.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

If your company is paying for these then it's the best to buy all components from one retailer, I chose CCL Computers
 
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I wouldnt call this the best but I hope it gives you some ideas. Im not sure how much ram or storage you want. i gave you the small case you wanted as well

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£231.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£32.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£118.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£98.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (£549.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Lian-Li PC-A51B ATX Mini Tower Case (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Silverstone 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£98.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£21.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £1384.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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EDIT: this was originally a reply to @IHaveDaBestPC, but some comments apply to @iceblitzed too.

THanks v. much for that. One thing I should have made clear is that gaming is the lowest priority. (I want to be able to run things that come out 3 years from now, but it's fine if it's on the lowest settings.) So spending £500 on a graphics card is definitely overkill. Conversely, I'd like to upgrade the other system specs. 16GB RAM seems like a sensible choice -- would 32 be overkill? Also a bigger SSD would be great _if_ I can get it without compromising on the noise level. Generally, anything that makes compilers load faster or run faster would be great.
 
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I would be really grateful for any comments on this

Nofan CS-80 Fanless Computer Case
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H LGA1150 ATX Motherboard
Intel 4th Gen Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz 88W HD4600 8MB Quad Core CPU
Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Memory
Nofan CR-95C Copper IcePipe 95W Fanless CPU Cooler
FSP Aurum AU-500FL Xilenser 500W FL Fanless Modular PSU, 80+ Gold
Quiet PC IEC C13 UK Mains Power Cord, 1.8m (Type G)
Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD Three-layer Cell Solid State Drive
Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-ray, DVD and CD Reader/re-writer
Sapphire AMD R7 250 Ultimate Fanless 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
StarTech USB Bluetooth Adapter (Class 1, V2.1 + EDR)

That's from quietpc.com, which I don't have any experience with. For 1400+VAT.
 
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32GB is overkill. 16GB should be your max
1tb samsung 840 evo is overkill too. might as well get one with a 120GB ssd for $80 and get a 1tb caviar blue HDD for $55 and save yourself several hundred dollars
Radeon 250 wont do well for you. It is a relatively weak card even if your main priority is not gaming.
500W psu might not be enough for your needs.

 
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Thanks!

I want to hold onto this PC for many years -- so e.g. my current PC is about 7 years old. Are you sure the 32GB will remain overkill?

SSD/HDD split... similar reasoning. I can always get a second HDD later on. When I've had multiple drives in the past, moving files back and forth has always ended up as a major headache.

PSU: unfortunately there wasn't a bigger option -- http://www.quietpc.com/configuresystem?line=300919 . I am leaning towards buying from there; reviews are excellent.

Graphics options are as follows:

Gigabyte NVIDIA GT610 Fanless Graphics Card, GV-N610SL-1GI
Sapphire AMD Fanless HD6450 FLEX 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E HDMI
Palit Geforce GT 630 Fanless 2GB DDR3 Graphics Card, NEAT6300HD46-2080H
Sapphire AMD R7 250 Ultimate Fanless 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
PNY NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300 x16 Dual DVI / VGA Low Profile Video Card
PNY NVIDIA Quadro 600 1GB GDDR3 Low Profile Video Card VCQ600-PB
PNY NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB GDDR5 Video Card VCQ4000-PB

I couldn't find any of the Quadro's on the hardware chart. And I'm not planning to run things at max settings... 30fps at 1028x576 is fine.

Edit: However, I'm concerned by the fact that the Samsung 840 EVO series has a shorter lifespan than the Samsung 840 PRO series. I could go with a Samsung 840 PRO 500GB + a cheap 1TB HDD... . (I'm pretty sure that between OS, apps and games I'd fill up a 120GB ssd v. fast.) Thoughts would be welcome.

 
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