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I am planning on building a brand new computer next year, and I have watched a few of linus' videos and I have come up with a build.

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/rattacko123/saved/BPmmP6

 

As you may have noticed, I live in australia, and computer part prices here are expensive compared to american prices.

 

My budget is around $2500-3000, and I am probably going to change some of the parts to newer parts, because there will probably be new graphics cards/other stuff that will be released next year.


So do you think this build is good? Or should I change some of it?

I will do some 3D rendering (for school) and i will do a bunch of video editing.

I will also do a lot of gaming.

 

I also need 8 USB ports because i have alot of usb devices to plug into the computer, so thats why I went with this motherboard. I might do a little bit of overclocking too.

EDIT: I might use a corsair H100i instead of that noctua air cooler.

 

EDIT: I already have my monitor and I have all of my pheripherals with me (mouse, keyboard, etc).

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Desktop: X99-PC

CPU: i7 5820k

Mobo: X99 Deluxe

Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 3

RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: GTX 1080

Storage: 1TB 850 Evo, 1TB HDD, bunch of external hard drives
PSU: EVGA G2 750w

Peripherals: Logitech G502, Ducky One 711

Audio: Xonar U7, O2 amplifier (RIP), HD6XX

Monitors: 4k 24" Dell monitor, 1080p 24" Asus monitor

 

Laptop:

-Overkill Dell XPS

Fully maxed out early 2017 Dell XPS 15, GTX 1050 4GB, 7700HQ, 1TB nvme SSD, 32GB RAM, 4k display. 97Whr battery :x 
Dell was having a $600 off sale for the fully specced out model, so I decided to get it :P

 

-Crapbook

Fully specced out early 2013 Macbook "pro" with gt 650m and constant 105c temperature on the CPU (GPU is 80-90C) when doing anything intensive...

A 2013 laptop with a regular sized battery still has better battery life than a 2017 laptop with a massive battery! I think this is a testament to apple's ability at making laptops, or maybe how little CPU technology has improved even 4+ years later (at least, until the recent introduction of 15W 4 core CPUs). Anyway, I'm never going to get a 35W CPU laptop again unless battery technology becomes ~5x better than as it is in 2018.

Apple knows how to make proper consumer-grade laptops (they don't know how to make pro laptops though). I guess this mostly software power efficiency related, but getting a mac makes perfect sense if you want a portable/powerful laptop that can do anything you want it to with great battery life.

 

 

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please don't go x99, its a waste of money and a socket that almost no one needs. use the quote button if you want my help 

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($385.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($105.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($219.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($375.00 @ CPL Online) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($189.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $2613.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-18 00:44 EST+1000

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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I would wait 3 more days and get a 980 instead. Also that 1000W PSU is about 300W more than you need. Even if you were to do 980SLi some day, 850W would still be enough. Aesthetically speaking there are nicer CPU Air Coolers with slightly less performance. You might run into problems with only 16GB ram. I know ppl will flame me for this, but Rendering applications tend to use closer to 25GB if they can. Thus my recommendation is 32GB (might get tight with your budget though). Since you said you have a lot of USB devices I assume at least one of them is an External Hard Drive. 

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My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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please don't go x99, its a waste of money and a socket that almost no one needs. use the quote button if you want my help 

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($385.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($105.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($219.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($375.00 @ CPL Online) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($189.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $2613.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-18 00:44 EST+1000

 

He will benefit more from the CUDA technology of NVIDIA when he does 3D and rendering. If you do the above you will lose a chunk of potential rendering speed, but at least you can buy 32 GB RAM then

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My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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He will benefit more from the CUDA technology of NVIDIA when he does 3D and rendering. If you do the above you will lose a chunk of potential rendering speed, but at least you can buy 32 GB RAM then

he said hes doing some i doubt that's enough to require 32gb ram and such 

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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he said hes doing some i doubt that's enough to require 32gb ram and such 

he does it for school. If school is High school, then yeah, 32 might be too much. If school is college, then he will likely use up the 16GB. All Adobe and many 3D applications benefit from CUDA cores, whereas AMD cards have no equivalent.

5.1GHz 4770k

My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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I would wait 3 more days and get a 980 instead. Also that 1000W PSU is about 300W more than you need. Even if you were to do 980SLi some day, 850W would still be enough. Aesthetically speaking there are nicer CPU Air Coolers with slightly less performance. You might run into problems with only 16GB ram. I know ppl will flame me for this, but Rendering applications tend to use closer to 25GB if they can. Thus my recommendation is 32GB (might get tight with your budget though). Since you said you have a lot of USB devices I assume at least one of them is an External Hard Drive. 

Yeah I am going to build the computer next year so i am probably going to change the gpu to a 980. And yes I do have an external hard drive.

If I have spare money I might get some more ram too. Should I get a water cooler (corsair H100i)? Thanks for your help!

hello!

is it me you're looking for?

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Desktop: X99-PC

CPU: i7 5820k

Mobo: X99 Deluxe

Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 3

RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: GTX 1080

Storage: 1TB 850 Evo, 1TB HDD, bunch of external hard drives
PSU: EVGA G2 750w

Peripherals: Logitech G502, Ducky One 711

Audio: Xonar U7, O2 amplifier (RIP), HD6XX

Monitors: 4k 24" Dell monitor, 1080p 24" Asus monitor

 

Laptop:

-Overkill Dell XPS

Fully maxed out early 2017 Dell XPS 15, GTX 1050 4GB, 7700HQ, 1TB nvme SSD, 32GB RAM, 4k display. 97Whr battery :x 
Dell was having a $600 off sale for the fully specced out model, so I decided to get it :P

 

-Crapbook

Fully specced out early 2013 Macbook "pro" with gt 650m and constant 105c temperature on the CPU (GPU is 80-90C) when doing anything intensive...

A 2013 laptop with a regular sized battery still has better battery life than a 2017 laptop with a massive battery! I think this is a testament to apple's ability at making laptops, or maybe how little CPU technology has improved even 4+ years later (at least, until the recent introduction of 15W 4 core CPUs). Anyway, I'm never going to get a 35W CPU laptop again unless battery technology becomes ~5x better than as it is in 2018.

Apple knows how to make proper consumer-grade laptops (they don't know how to make pro laptops though). I guess this mostly software power efficiency related, but getting a mac makes perfect sense if you want a portable/powerful laptop that can do anything you want it to with great battery life.

 

 

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Yeah I am going to build the computer next year so i am probably going to change the gpu to a 980. And yes I do have an external hard drive.

If I have spare money I might get some more ram too. Should I get a water cooler (corsair H100i)? Thanks for your help!

I prefer watercoolers. they look nicer imo especially with such a sexy mainboard (the X99 that is) and temps are slightly better. You'll have to see how you fit them in your case though. They are however also a bit more pricey. I have a H105 and I like it very much. But really you can't go wrong with any Corsair, Swiftech or even Coolermaster AIO. Some just have better performance to price ratio. 

5.1GHz 4770k

My Specs

Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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please don't go x99, its a waste of money and a socket that almost no one needs. use the quote button if you want my help 

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($385.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($105.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($219.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($375.00 @ CPL Online) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($449.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($189.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $2613.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-18 00:44 EST+1000

 

I made some changes to your part list

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/rattacko123/saved/nvZXsY

Is that good?

hello!

is it me you're looking for?

ᴾC SᴾeCS ᴰoWᴺ ᴮEᴸoW

Spoiler

Desktop: X99-PC

CPU: i7 5820k

Mobo: X99 Deluxe

Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 3

RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: GTX 1080

Storage: 1TB 850 Evo, 1TB HDD, bunch of external hard drives
PSU: EVGA G2 750w

Peripherals: Logitech G502, Ducky One 711

Audio: Xonar U7, O2 amplifier (RIP), HD6XX

Monitors: 4k 24" Dell monitor, 1080p 24" Asus monitor

 

Laptop:

-Overkill Dell XPS

Fully maxed out early 2017 Dell XPS 15, GTX 1050 4GB, 7700HQ, 1TB nvme SSD, 32GB RAM, 4k display. 97Whr battery :x 
Dell was having a $600 off sale for the fully specced out model, so I decided to get it :P

 

-Crapbook

Fully specced out early 2013 Macbook "pro" with gt 650m and constant 105c temperature on the CPU (GPU is 80-90C) when doing anything intensive...

A 2013 laptop with a regular sized battery still has better battery life than a 2017 laptop with a massive battery! I think this is a testament to apple's ability at making laptops, or maybe how little CPU technology has improved even 4+ years later (at least, until the recent introduction of 15W 4 core CPUs). Anyway, I'm never going to get a 35W CPU laptop again unless battery technology becomes ~5x better than as it is in 2018.

Apple knows how to make proper consumer-grade laptops (they don't know how to make pro laptops though). I guess this mostly software power efficiency related, but getting a mac makes perfect sense if you want a portable/powerful laptop that can do anything you want it to with great battery life.

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/H8LqNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/H8LqNG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($446.00 @ Centre Com)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($105.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($345.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($329.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($265.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($123.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($758.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($189.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold S 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($158.00 @ CPL Online)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($108.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $2975.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-18 01:10 EST+1000

Current System: CPU - I5-6500 | Motherboard - ASRock H170M-ITX/ac | RAM - Mushkin Blackline 16GB DDR4 @ 2400mHz | GPU - EVGA 1060 3GB | Case - Fractal Design Nano S | Storage - 250GB 850 EVO, 3TB Barracuda | PSU - EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze | Display - AOC 22" 1080p IPS | Cooling - Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK | Keyboard - Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid(MX Blues) | Mouse - Logitech G602 | Sound - Schiit Stack | Operating System - Windows 10

 

The OG System: I3-2370M @ 2.4 GHz, 750GB 5400 RPM HDD, 8GB RAM @1333Mhz, Lenovo Z580 Laptop (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS).

 

Peripherals: G602, AKG 240, Sennheiser HD 6XX, Audio-Technica 2500, Oneplus 5T, Odroid C2(NAS).

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I made some changes to your part list

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/rattacko123/saved/nvZXsY

Is that good?

 

Honestly, If you are looking to get into content creation, the X99 or even a X79 chipset is going to pay dividends

 

more cores, and higher memory bandwidth will help video editing a lot.

If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking it's stupid.  - Albert Einstein

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I made some changes to your part list

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/rattacko123/saved/nvZXsY

Is that good?

you don't need 32gb ram 16 is more than enough 

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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