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Hey!

I´m planning on getting a PC optimized for 3D work, Adobe, etc. all what I need to produce games and to play them too. Main focus on the creation tools though.

I will most likely get it from finland since I can have partial payment plan even the price will be bit higher.

Would love any and all suggestions how to get max performanc with less money spent and if some parts are too much for the job and if the focus should be more on some other parts like better GPU.

Here´s the current frame for the build:

CPU: i7 6700k or 5820k
MOBO: MSI Z170 Gaming Pro or ASROCK X99 Extreme
CPU Cooling: Noctua nh-d15
GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G or Sapphire R9 390 Nitro OC
RAM: Kingston DDR4 2666MZH 32GB non-ecc CL15
Power: XFX TS 750W 80+ Gold
SDD: Samsung Evo 250gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200rpm
Case: Fractal Define R5
Monitor: ASUS VS247HR 24" FHD LED (maybe two of these for dual screen)

Not shure which one of those processors would serve me better far in the future as both have their good sides depending if using one or multiple cores so any ideas are welcome :)

Thanks alot in beforehand already! o/
 
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More cores is always better when compiling. Most tool suites can do parallel builds and utilized all the CPUs available. I would include two USB3 external drives to be your backups. Do even/odd day backups to them (or similar) and keep 30 days of development backups.
With 32GB RAM, you may want to look at a 4 - 8GB RAM disk for compilation temporary files.
 
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Ok thanks for the answer!

Yeah I am leaning towards the 5820k even I will need to put the extra 200 dollars to make it happen.

The USB3 thing is a good idea! I´ll look into that and the prices and if I can add it to the mix :) Would there be an extra benefit having an external drive over a normal hdd (other than portability)?

I didn´t fully understand what you mean with the ram being 4 x 8gb? Does it have to do with x99 being 4 channel and utilizing that?
 
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For the RAM disk I was trying to say 4 to 8 GB in size for the RAMDISK. You can save I/O to your SSD if you can setup your TEMP files to the RAMDISK and get your compiler suite to write all the intermediate files to the RAMDISK.

Removable disks for backup are so that you can UNPLUG them from the system when not actually backing up to them. That way there is NO POSSIBLE way a virus or something really bad can corrupt your backups. Your source code is your most precious thing. It needs extra protection.
 
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