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Hello everyone. I am a Unity game developer, also using 3ds max, photoshop, visual studio and other stuff. I am researching a new PC build since a week. I have mostly focused my money on CPU and memory as I need them the most instead of GPU as this GPU be probably enough for me. (I am a mobile game developer) Here is the build I decided after research.

CPU: Intel i7 4790K , stock cooler
MB: Asus Z97-A
RAM: Gskill 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400MHz F3-2400C10D-16GTX
GPU: Asus GTX750Ti-PH GDDR5 2GB (With single fan and lower TDP)
SSD: Samsung 840 evo 250gb
Case: Zalman Z3 plus
PSU: Xigmatec Tauro 500W
I will probably add a 3.5 inch HDD and DVD drive later.

For now I will use it with a single monitor, but I will probably add 1 more monitor after some time. As i know this GPU supports up to 3 monitors.

I may overclock pc later when system becomes older. What do you think about this system? I can change most of parts if required.
 
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Efficiency largly plays a role when you operate your desk 24/7. Its not about wattage, a 450W PSU from Antec/ XFX/ SeaSonic/ EVGA can power this build for years with more powerful GPUs. The capacitors these companies use are high quality, Zalman is nowhere near the best, and yes 500W is plenty for the build, but even slight load can cause the cheap capacitors used by Zalman/ Raidmax to melt.

That is why some headroom is a must for any low quality PSU, doesn't mean it'll blow up right away, but when you're going with something one can't say is the best, you ought to be Cautious. The Corsair is no less at this, they're popular but nowhere a good PSU, especially CX/ CS/ builder/ VS. You can go with this one, AT THE LEAST...
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Are you an independent or part of an organization? The biggest thing I see missing is your backup plan. That code is your income, you need to protect it with multiple layers. USB backup, off site backup. I don't know what you plan on using for a CM system. But version control is critical to a successful development environment.

Will you be running an android (or IOS) emulator? Does the emulator have any specific hardware recommendations?
 
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We are a independent game developer group of 2 members, my teammate will be using a notebook. I didn't research usb backup and other stuff yet, but I am making a full project backup to my external hard drive every 2 days. And I will begin using online git.
What do you mean by CM system?
I am using emulator for windows phone, it was working fine on my old notebook. As i know it requires Hardware Assisted Virtualization, Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) and Hardware-based Data Execution Prevention (DEP). Does this system support these? My old notebook was running windows phone emulator fine and I didn't think of checking new system.
 
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I know those android/iphone emulators are very CPU and RAM intensive, but it looks like this system has the covered. The GPU should get the job done and be nice and efficient.

+1 Kanewolf's suggestion. I like the Seagate Backup + USB line personally. Compact, USB3.0, and so far reliable. You might want to pony up a little more for a cheap NAS with at least a 2 drive RAID 1, and schedule auto-backups nightly to one or the other (or both).
 
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My 2 cents:
I'd revise what do the softwares (in your dept) require more, GPU acceleration/ memory/ read-write speeds/ CPU or mixed.

I'd go with a backup to ensure safe data in case of corruptancy or failure, probably Cloud storage if not physically.

Get a better PSU, probably won't be good enough for any better GPU, which you might require if the softwares become overly GPU addicted.

CPU/ Memory/ SSD/ MoBo are fine, you might want to go with Xeons as 3.9GHz for $270 is pretty decent price, they can't be OCed however, but are server class processors and the clock is good enough to not bottleneck any apps compared to 4790k.
 
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The OP made is seem like it was light Graphical work, I'm assuming no 3D rendering? If not, the 750Ti should be fine.

I'd still swap out the PSU, unless someone here is familiar with Xigmatec? I'm not. Check out the SilverStone Strider 500W 80 PLUS, or the Antec VP series.
 
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And CM = Configuration Management, or Change Management. Depending on who you work for? Tracking your code updates/changes. There's a few companies selling software for that, and probably some freeware alternatives.
 
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I wanted to check Xeons, but couldn't find much here at Turkey, then I decided to keep on researching on i7 processors. I can consider incresing PSU power to 600 maybe. Thanks.
 
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I will search for Nas and other backup systems later, or do i need to change anything in this build to support them? I didn't make much research on them as I am just making backups manually.
I won't be making 3d renderings much, but I have huge scenes in unity, and some processes require lot's of ram and cpu. I could even work on a computer with integrated graphics and it was still running fine, so I think I don't think a high-end GPU.

Xigmatek was recommended by a few people here in Turkey. It shows that it is 80+ .I couldn't find silverstone in any sellers. I can find these brands mostly;
COOLER MASTER
CORSAIR
FSP
THERMALTAKE
XIGMATEK
XILENCE
ZALMAN
 
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Not really. Depends on your specific NAS solution. They just plug into your network, usually right into your router. I suppose you could choose a mobo with 2 LAN ports, and have one dedicated to the NAS, but that's probably not necessary.
 
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I will probably purchase from this store, it's turkish but you can see model numbers.

http://www.vatanbilgisayar.com/cooler-master-corsair/guc-kaynaklari-power/

I am checking that link to find best tier as possible here.
 
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Efficiency largly plays a role when you operate your desk 24/7. Its not about wattage, a 450W PSU from Antec/ XFX/ SeaSonic/ EVGA can power this build for years with more powerful GPUs. The capacitors these companies use are high quality, Zalman is nowhere near the best, and yes 500W is plenty for the build, but even slight load can cause the cheap capacitors used by Zalman/ Raidmax to melt.

That is why some headroom is a must for any low quality PSU, doesn't mean it'll blow up right away, but when you're going with something one can't say is the best, you ought to be Cautious. The Corsair is no less at this, they're popular but nowhere a good PSU, especially CX/ CS/ builder/ VS. You can go with this one, AT THE LEAST:
http://www.vatanbilgisayar.com/vs-serisi-550w-guc-kaynagi.html
 
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Thanks, I will probably pick zalman zm600 glx then. On the tier list it's on Tier 1 class A, that corsair VS is in tier 3.
 
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