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Hi guys. Need a new computer. I do not know anything about building them. My computer is dead and I need a new one.

My use will be web development, mobile development, game development, (3d and coding), gaming, videos.

1500 dollar Canadian budget for the box, 500 on the monitor. Going to get the Samsung 4k 28".

Looking forward to your ideas.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($225.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.97 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($359.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($82.42 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Canada Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ NCIX)
Case Fan: Aerocool DS 120mm Black 81.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($27.49 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1454.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-09 21:08 EDT-0400
 
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Can change the Case for a Corsair 540 Mini ATX that I like? Can I remove the CD ROM? What about changing the HDD to an SSD is that ok? Will that GPU be ok on 4k monitor for work only? Not 4k gaming. Gaming be done in 1080.
 
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The GPU will be fine on 4k monitor for work. You can remove the optical drive. And A Micro ATX case will not work with this ATX board.
 
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So basically if I want to use the Corsair 540 I just need to change the Motherboard and all the other components can work? Can I put this together myself or should I have someone do it for me?
 
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CPU requirements also depend on your rendering engine. Consider the fact that a lot of the popular engines now use GPU acceleration (Vray RT, Mental Ray iRay etc...) By the sound of the original post I'd invest more in a graphics card with a higher clock speed (MHz) and more cores (Cuda in the case of Nvidia), rather than drop more for the latest i7.

Especially pushing 4k, a better graphics card is a must in my opinion (check the resolution to be sure 4K is supported).
 
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