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I aim to build the following machine, and will start buying the bits by the end of this week.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (£289.40 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£84.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£154.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£329.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£178.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£274.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.19 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£107.46 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1591.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Just wondering if anyone in the forum recommends anything other than the above listed. Its going to be used soley for design work, with an intention to use on Cinema4D / After Effects / Photoshop / Illustrator & Indesign. Can anyone confirm or advise on whether I'm getting the best bits i could? I'm keen to get the best I can now, knowing it will soon be trumped. Can stretch to about £2k but dont want to spend crazy money for little gain in performance. Let me know guys! Much appreciated!
 
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CPU cooler: Updated version, cheaper.
SSD: Much cheaper, gets the job done as well as the EVO. It's the best SSD in the market IMO.
GPU: It's cheaper and I prefer the MSI version.
PSU: Higher quality, fully modular. I was going for the 550W version but the 650W is just £3 more.

If you want, there's a 3TB version of that same HDD for £70, don't know if you're interested: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st3000dm001

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (£289.40 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£82.84 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX...
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I see you are not a very professional workstation user as you do not need workstation grade stuff. So that is the best configuration you Can get for this price as you really isn't any power user. Quite nice config.
 
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MeteorsRaining, I do not see any need for oc ing here since this is a workstation, not a gaming PC. You know the frustration of having rendered a scene for 7+ hours just to see the whole system crash because of voltage instability?
 
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MeteorsRaining

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I don't get the point, what's wrong with reducing your rendering time by increasing your core clock? It sounds funny to call a guy getting a $400 hyperthreaded hexa core i7 'non-workstation user'. Unless he is an enthusiast gamer (which he isn't, by description), he obviously needs that power in his system.

OCing is perfectly fine if done correctly, on any kind of build, workstation or gaming. It's just that we don't have 15-core OCable i7's or we'd be seeing OCing in a lot more places. Tons of 'professional/ workstation users' (don't really know how you define it) who have hexa core i7's OCed to 4GHz+ are perfectly happy with their rig.
 
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Francisco Costa

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Changes:

CPU cooler: Updated version, cheaper.
SSD: Much cheaper, gets the job done as well as the EVO. It's the best SSD in the market IMO.
GPU: It's cheaper and I prefer the MSI version.
PSU: Higher quality, fully modular. I was going for the 550W version but the 650W is just £3 more.

If you want, there's a 3TB version of that same HDD for £70, don't know if you're interested: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st3000dm001

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (£289.40 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£82.84 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£154.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£329.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£149.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.66 @ More Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£107.46 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1583.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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He is talking about power usage. I guess making fun of people who may not have English has their main language is your specialty.
 
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MeteorsRaining

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He was not talking about power usage. He was comparing the professional or workstation builds (with non-OCable CPUs) with the current build and concluding OC-able build users aren't pro users or 'power' users. I was not making fun of anybody, and he knows that. English is not my first language as well, so its pretty much stupid to say I was making fun of someone else, lol.
 
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