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I think part of the issue might have been the fear campaign about transport. It definitely wasn't as bad as people thought it would be, and it was certainly better than normal Translink operations. Close, this was at Cararra Sports and Leisure Centre. I was volunteering in the precinct and took a bit of a break.

Very disappointed to not see Linus here at the Commonwealth Games representing Canada in Badminton

Updated PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.00 @ CPL Online) Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.00 @ CPL Online) Memory: Kingston Fury Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($178.00 @ CPL Online) Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($83.00 @ CPL Online) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($123.00 @ IJK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($123.00 @ IJK) Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($249.00 @ CPL Online) Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($135.00 @ CPL Online) Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.00 @ CPL Online) Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 7260HMWDTX1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($65.00 @ CPL Online) Total: $1433.00 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 18:18 EST+1100 Any other suggestions from anybody?

There isn't a price difference between the cheapest ATX Z97 and H97 motherboards. Removed the Noctua. Wasn't sure if Xeons came with a stock cooler or not

I've pretty much taken the build you suggested and changed a couple of things

Alright, with the help I have gotten so far, this is what I have PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.00 @ CPL Online) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($62.00 @ CPL Online) Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.00 @ CPL Online) Memory: Kingston Fury Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($178.00 @ CPL Online) Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($83.00 @ CPL Online) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($123.00 @ IJK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($123.00 @ IJK) Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($249.00 @ CPL Online) Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($135.00 @ CPL Online) Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear) Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 7260HMWDTX1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($65.00 @ CPL Online) Total: $1495.00 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 17:49 EST+1100

How do post up the PCPartPicker list like you have? bit of a noob

Would there be any point in getting an aftermarket cooler with a i5-4690 since I won't be overclocking it?

I was only going for RAID 5 for redundancy and a slight speed boost. But I could just put those two drive into RAID 1. Might change the case to an R4 and the CPU to a non K i5-4690 for the slightly better performance when running VM's

Sorry about the quote thing, keep forgetting. I don't really need an SSD in my build as of yet, and I would have 3 drives in RAID 5 which would boost the speeds a little. How quiet would that build be? because that is pretty good

I've changed to the i5-4690k and an R9 280, that brings it up to $1615. I would like built in WiFi as I'd rather not make another Gigabit cable.

If PCPartPicker has an option for AUD that's be fine not really looking at overclocking, and that processor is really expensive, though a beQuiet cooler would be possible.

Hey guys, I am looking at saving up for my first DIY desktop, I've built one for a friend before (waddup @Darth Hideous ) and it seemed pretty simple. The cost of the parts I would like to get goes up to just over AUD$1600 and I'd like to get you guys thoughts. See the attached pic for all the parts. I've gone for 16GB of RAM because I do a lot of work using VM's and I went for 3x2TB HDD's that I will be putting into a software RAID 5, I also put in a 760 for when I do a bit of gaming, if you've got any other questions on my choice of parts, just ask, and please fell free to tell me what parts I should replace with what. my maximum budget would probably be about AUD$1800. Keep in mind, the quieter the build, the better. Cheers in advance for your help, DropBear

We should get a ghetto build award @Darth Hideous