adawson553 :
I'm starting a job in a couple weeks where I'll be doing art and front end development for a 3d unity game using blender for modeling, and photoshop for textures.
I haven't put together a rig since 2009 so all feedback is welcome. Please let me know if you have any recommendations on specifics or general input. Thank you in advance, this community is a lifesaver for putting together a new PC.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FHNbqs
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card
Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor
adawson553,
In my view, this kind of system, if possible is much more flexible in use and for future expansion if it can be LGA2011-3 as you can use up to 14-core CPU's, there are more PCIe lanes, and the memory bandwidth allows very large amounts of RAM.
Here is a unrefined idea for a strong visualization system:
In my view, the current best cost / performance platform for a workstation is a Xeon E5-1600- series v3 on an X99 motherboard, with a Quadro GPU in the case of Autodesk, Adobe, and Dessualt (Solidworks , Catia) visualization applications or a Firepro if it's scientific/ calculation-based. The LGA2011-3 seems the best choice as the memory bandwidth is doubled and there are 40 PCIe lanes to the 28 of LGA1150, but most importantly, you can start with a quad core CPU and later change to an 18-core. With LGA1150, the limit is four cores. If you're using GPU-based rendering, fewer and faster cores are better, but rendering is one of the limited applications that can use every core. LGA2011 also allows the magic of an X99 / M.2 combination which is among the fastest configuration within reasonable price limits.
With this is mind, here is a idea for a system that should have good performance for the cost for your uses;
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1. CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 Six-Core Processor 3.5 / 3.8GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU> $575
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http://ark.intel.com/products/82765/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1650-v3-15M-Cache-3_50-GHz
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=E51650V3BX
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http://www.amazon.com/XEON-E5-1650V3-6C-3-5G-15MB/dp/B00MU045JU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411580728&sr=8-1&keywords=E5-1650+v3
2. CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooler > $31. (£26.05 Scan.UK)
3. Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard> $170 (£188.39 Scan.UK))
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157543&cm_re=asrock_x99_extreme_4-_-13-157-543-_-Product
4. RAM: Crucial 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM ECC DDR4 2133 (PC4-17000) Server Memory Model CT2K8G4RFS4213 > $274 (£152 Scan.UK)
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP3R87625&cm_re=32GB_%284_x_8GB%29_288-Pin_DDR4_2133-_-20-148-842-_-Product
5. GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card > $334
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088&cm_re=gtx970_graphic_card-_-14-487-088-_-Product
6. Drive 1: SAMSUNG SM951 M.2 256GB PCI-Express 3.0 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - OEM(SSD) ) > $177 (OS, applications, working files)
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K3G96790&cm_re=samsung_m.2-_-20-147-425-_-Product
7. Drive 1: WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive> $75 (£57.18 Scan UK) (Files, Backup, System Image)
8. PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready> $130 £119.70 (Scan.UK)
9. Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24X SATA DVD±RW Internal Drive w/o Software (Black) SH-224DB $17.99
10. Case: LIAN LI PC-A75X No Power Supply ATX Full Tower Case (Black) CA-A75 >$170
11. OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit w/ SP1 (1-Pack, DVD), OEM MSFQC04649 > $138.99 (£119.70 Scan U.K)
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TOTAL = $ 2,093
The disk configuration needs more consideration, but performance should be very, very good and expandable.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555] [Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15
Pending upgrade: HP /LSI 9212-4i PCIe SAS /SATA HBA RAID controller, 2X Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB (RAID 1)
2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) > 2X Xeon X5680 (6 -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC Reg. > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (27", 1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3844 / CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3500 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)
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