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Workstation build for digital art. Any final advice before purchase.

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September 15, 2014 9:19:43 PM

Hello

This will be my first workstation build. I was wondering if someone could please take a look at my specifications before I go a head and purchase. Just to make sure there aren't any major problems. I would appreciate it. This build will be used as a workstation for photoshop, 3dsmax and similar programs. I'm aiming for a reliable build that won't cause any problems down the road. Thank you for taking the time to look at my build. Any constructive feedback is welcome.

Case:
Corsair Obsidian Series 450D ATX Mid Tower Case w/ Window, Black

CPU:
Intel Coreā„¢ i7-4790 Processor, 3.60GHz w/ 8MB Cache

Motherboard:
Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi AC) w/ DDR3 1600, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit LAN, SLI / 3-Way CrossFireX

Memory:
Kingston HyperX FURY Black 16GB DDR3-1600MHz CL10 Dual Channel Kit (2x 8GB)

HD 1:
Samsung 840 EVO Series Solid State Drive, 250GB

HD 2:
1TB Blue Desktop Hard Drive, SATA III w/ 64MB Cache

GPU:
Evga GeForce GTX 760 2GB PCI-E w/ ACX Cooler, Dual DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort

PSU:
Corsiar Professional Series HX650 Modular Power Supply


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September 15, 2014 10:56:23 PM

Well, honestly, for an extra 30 bucks I'd go with the i7-4790k instead of the locked 4790. For one, it's 400mhz faster at stock speeds. Two, it can be overclocked later if you want to which the locked version cannot be. Three, the K version seems to have better compatibility with higher RAM speeds, which leads me to my next suggestion.

Since (Confirmed through several sources) the 4790k and the Z97 motherboard both support higher memory speeds I'd recommend going with the higher 1866mhz DDR3 rather than the 1600mhz. There's not a huge difference that you'll notice but it is technically faster plus right now I think you can get the faster RAM cheaper than the 1600mhz flavor. Other than that, the build looks good. Those are mostly just nitpicky points though. As is your build is fine.
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September 15, 2014 11:03:42 PM

darkbreeze said:
Well, honestly, for an extra 30 bucks I'd go with the i7-4790k instead of the locked 4790. For one, it's 400mhz faster at stock speeds. Two, it can be overclocked later if you want to which the locked version cannot be. Three, the K version seems to have better compatibility with higher RAM speeds, which leads me to my next suggestion.

Since (Confirmed through several sources) the 4790k and the Z97 motherboard both support higher memory speeds I'd recommend going with the higher 1866mhz DDR3 rather than the 1600mhz. There's not a huge difference that you'll notice but it is technically faster plus right now I think you can get the faster RAM cheaper than the 1600mhz flavor. Other than that, the build looks good. Those are mostly just nitpicky points though. As is your build is fine.



That's good feedback. Thanks. I'll consider the faster ram for sure. As for over-clocking, I not really familiar with it so I jus thought it might be safer for me to stick with a locked CPU. I'm concerned that I might damage the build out of ignorance and inexperience if I were to use over-clocking.
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September 15, 2014 11:10:30 PM

mprozycki said:
That's good feedback. Thanks. I'll consider the faster ram for sure. As for over-clocking, I not really familiar with it so I jus thought it might be safer for me to stick with a locked CPU. I'm concerned that I might damage the build out of ignorance and inexperience if I were to use over-clocking.


I'd really also consider the K version cpu. Even without overclocking those processors have built in factory turbo boost features which allow the cpu to overclock itself when needed for heavy duty loads and the plain version can only boost to 4ghz while the K version can boost to 4.5ghz. That's almost a full Ghz faster than the stock speed of the non-K CPU and still 400mhz faster than the boost speed of it. So you wouldn't need to actually overclock the CPU to realize that gain in performance, it would do it automatically so long as the Turbo boost feature remains enabled in the BIOS, which is generally the default setting anyhow.
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