Homebuild workstation - Final Spec advice

jonburch · Jul 21, 2014

Hi there,

I wanted to rack the collective brain on my final (I hope) specification for my homebuild workstation. Please let me know if you think I might have missed anything - my current thinking is that my memory speed (2133) maybe unsupported by the processor but I'm not too sure on that? I'll be mainly running 3dsmax, photoshop, after effects and the occasional game.

Case: Corsair Graphite 760T
Power: Corsair RM850
Motherboard: Asus x79 Deluxe
Processor: i7 4930k 3.4Ghz
Memory: 32Gb (4x8Gb) DDR3 vengeance Pro 2133 11-11-11-27 (CMY32GX3M4A2133C11)
Graphics: Asus GTX 760 Direct CU 11 OC
Storage: 2 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (ST1000DM003)
Cooling: corsair hydro 100i

Thanks very much in advance
J

schau314 · Jul 21, 2014

IT does not support 2133. IT also seems like this build is a little expensive. Are you really budget conscious or do you just want a great build. Also I think you only need around 650w but you may have 850 for a reason.

jonburch · Jul 22, 2014

schau314 :

Thanks schau.
The reason for the expense is the LGA2011 Hex core processor - it gives me much greater rendering capabilities and the 850w PS will allow me to add another graphics card later down the line.
So, if I'm going for this chip then I have to stick to the 1600 memory?

manofchalk · Jul 22, 2014

You should get 1600Mhz memory because memory performance doesnt make a difference. The performance impact is near negligible outside very artificial benchmarks and APU systems.

No SSD?

jonburch · Jul 22, 2014

manofchalk :

Thanks manofchalk - good advice.

I'm weighing up the benefits of an SSD over the cost. I think I'll get an SSD down the line to use as a disk cache for editing.

manofchalk · Jul 22, 2014

I would be looking at an SSD for the boot drive, not as a cache. It really is a night and day difference in how fast a computer feels comparing a HDD based system to SSD.
Using HDD based machines is actually somewhat annoying now I'v gotten so used to it.

lightcloud · Jul 22, 2014

Since you are building a workstation. I would recommend a NVIDIA Quadro instead of a GeForce GTX.

jonburch · Jul 22, 2014

manofchalk :

Fair enough - any picks for a cost effective SSD for a boot drive?

schau314 · Jul 22, 2014

the samsung evo 120gb is a well reviewed ssd. Most are pretty fast and will work just fine.

jonburch · Jul 22, 2014

lightcloud :

Thanks Nightowl, but the quadro's are way too pricey for me. The directx based GTX cards work great with 3dsmax - and just a touch cheaper!

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