Need help with my school project: Justify why I chose a certain product for a new build

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harleydaviddaughter

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So I have this school project which requires me to choose 1 product out of 3 options for every PC component. I have to explain why I chose it over the other options. Why it is better than the other 2 options. Doesn't have to be super long, just need to have valid points. You can just show benchmarks or the specs. I'm not particularly knowledgeable about PCs so I need your help! Just let me know which option you would personally choose out of the 3. I know it's gonna be a lot of work, you don't have to help me do the whole thing, maybe just help me with 1 part(e.g. CPU) and hopefully some other guy would help me with the RAM. You get the idea.
Not sure if this would be useful but apparently I'm supposed to be building this computer to do some light 3D rendering work. For example AFAIK, the i7s would be better than the i5s for this as the i7s are quad core while the i5s are dual core. Also, there would be no overclocking or any tweaking. The PC will be used as it is.

Motherboard: 1.Asus z97-PRO(wifi ac) 2. MSI Z97 Guard-pro 3.Asrock Fatal1ty Z97 professional

RAM: 1.Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB 2400MHz 2.G.Skill Ripjaws X series 16GB
3.Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 16GB(not gonna be chosen because the motherboard options doesnt support DDR4)

CHASIS: 1.Thermaltake level 10 2.NZXT Phantom 410 3.Cooler Master Silencio 652S

CPU: 1.i7-4770 2.I3-4130 3. i5-4570

PSU: 1.Seasonic G750 2.EVGA SuperNOVA 1300G2 3.Corsair TX 650M

SSD: 1.Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB 2.Samsung 840 Series SSD 250GB
3.Crucial BX100 250GB

HDD: 1.Western Digital Black 1TB 2.Spinpoint M9T 1.5TB 3.Seagate Barracuda 1TB


Call me lazy, but I really have no idea which one has the best bang for the buck, or better performance, or both. I'm literally clueless about how to compare all of the components except for the CPU.

Thanks in advance guys, I really need help on this.
 
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Karsten75
Yes, you are lazy. The whole point of homework is to teach you to look up things - such as the benchmarks and specifications for the products. That should help you look at which component can best fulfill the task you have in mind. You can then form an informed opinion of why one stands out over the other and if you can justify a price difference or save some money.

For instance, it tool me less than a minute to Google the 3 processors you listed, find the site ark.intel.com where Intel lists all their specifications and then click a c button to add them to a comparison list to come up with this:

http://ark.intel.com/compare/75043,77480,75122

From that you will see that you are woefully wrong in how you described the processors...
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Yes, you are lazy. The whole point of homework is to teach you to look up things - such as the benchmarks and specifications for the products. That should help you look at which component can best fulfill the task you have in mind. You can then form an informed opinion of why one stands out over the other and if you can justify a price difference or save some money.

For instance, it tool me less than a minute to Google the 3 processors you listed, find the site ark.intel.com where Intel lists all their specifications and then click a c button to add them to a comparison list to come up with this:

http://ark.intel.com/compare/75043,77480,75122

From that you will see that you are woefully wrong in how you described the processors. Two of them have 4 cores, one has two cores, but only one has hyper-threading that allows for more concurrent work - which is important for tasks that require a high degree of concurrency.

You can do the same type of product comparison between disparate product on shopping sites like newegg.com, or on PCPartPicker.com.

One you have something like that for each component, ask here for clarification of the differences, etc.

The point of homework is that *you* learn, not that we all do little bits of your homework. Good luck.
 
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