New 3D/gaming PC - 800-1000 €

blazh

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Hello,

I am new to this forum as well as building PC so I will have someone else build it for me. I am looking for help on building a new pc used for 3D modeling and occasionally gaming (Guild Wars 2, Borderlands 2, etc.) with a budget of 800-1000 €. I do not intend to reuse any parts from my current PC as it is very old.

I live in Slovenia and I would like to purchase parts online with the best offers and delivery conditions. Also, links provided from pcpartpicker might help too as long as I know what I'm buying (hopefully parts available worldwide).

I have read a few posts regarding OS - win 7 or 8.1 so I decided to go with 8.1 based on your thoughts/experience. Things I don't need are output devices.

Thank you for your time and help! I will try to reply as soon as possible in case you need any additional information.

Regards,
blazh
 
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Slovenia is close to Italy so I assume Amazon.it will ship to your region. Xeon will be very helpful in modelling, as will be Nvidia's CUDA cores. Also, you can upgrade from 8 to 8.1 for free.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€246.07 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€61.79 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€76.49 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€89.10 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.17 @...
Slovenia is close to Italy so I assume Amazon.it will ship to your region. Xeon will be very helpful in modelling, as will be Nvidia's CUDA cores. Also, you can upgrade from 8 to 8.1 for free.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€246.07 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€61.79 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€76.49 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€89.10 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.17 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (€267.29 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (€51.13 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€54.81 @ Amazon Italia)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (€25.76 @ Amazon Italia)
Other: Windows 8 64 Bit (€112.00)
Total: €1036.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 09:53 CEST+0200
 
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blazh

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Thank you MeteorsRaining and rockie_ for suggestions! Will take both into consideration.

Is there a significant difference between Xeon vs i5 CPU and G.Skill vs Corsair RAM?

Thank you again.
Regards
 
In RAM no, in CPU, yes. Xeon and i5 both are quad core but Xeon has HyperThreads (HTs), which act like cores (known as virtual cores), and they help a lot in CPU intensive tasks like rendering and modelling. Also, Xeons are basically locked i7s w/o integrated graphics, better than locked i5 in every way, highly recommended for workstation builds.