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2nd opinion on casual build

Bennoid
By Bennoid
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Hey Guys

 

Haven't made a build in years so looking for help to assemble a build for a friend. He needs to make 3D plans in Sketchup and Revit for a recently started course and his laptop is not cutting it. After all these years, he would like to have a desktop again so he can work on his projects during the course and maybe for his future job. He wouldn't mind it if it could play some games, he's totally not a hardcore gamer but he likes to game once in a while. The most important thing is that it's a decent rig and he won't have to upgrade in the next couple of years to play a game in medium settings. His budget is about €900-1000 for the system.

 

I first made this assembly (prices are in Euro and from the website www.megekko.nl which has the best prices in the area):

 
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€235.00
 
€87.00
 
€70.04
 
€ 1091,49 (bit too high)

 

 
I already asked for some advice and they gave me this:
 
 
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€165.00
 
 
 
 
 
€83.95
 
€ 922,84 (Price in the sweet spot but I have bad experience with AMD and kind of prefer Intel :s )

 

 
So do you guys have a second opinion for me how it could improve or what I should go for?
 
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The second build is definitely better, not sure about the Vega 56 and mobo though. I think getting a 1070/1070ti is a better idea than a vega 56. 

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second build is much better, but don't get that power supply. Get something tier C or higher

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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The 1070ti is a €100 more expensive, it even just went up and is now €140 more expensive than the Vega 56. Is it really worth the extra cash for my friends needs?

 

Is the Corsair RM650x a good alternative for PSU?

 

This is what I have now:914699439_Schermafbeelding2018-12-01om17_04_36.thumb.png.6db0bd1d9a68b85b3512c54036fd4ad3.png

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