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Hello all! I am looking to hook some of my developers up with new PCs, we have quite a budget as we need only 3 PCs.

I've been looking around and decided on Dual Xeon E5-2630s and a single GTX Titan, I don't want to go Quadro because it's not good for gaming, and we make games so I feel a Titan will be better. I will be waiting for the new Titan Black edition for this, I put Titan as a placeholder.

We do a lot of work in Maya, Unity, and some Unreal Engine. Mostly Unity and Maya. I do want watercooling as I prefer quiet as possible systems because of the office we work in, we have multiple PCs running at the same time in a small area.

I know the system isn't 100% compatible but I've done some modding in the past and feel I can squish everything into this small of a case. If not, I'll just buy a different case.

Any opinions are greatly appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011 Motherboard ($529.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($940.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($534.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($534.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card ($998.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT H440 ATX Mid Tower Case ($127.83 @ TigerDirect)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ Amazon)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - OEM (64-bit) ($134.98 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Amazon)

Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)

Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse ($49.99 @ Microcenter)

Headphones: Func HS-260 Headset ($90.25 @ Newegg)

Other: Dual Xeon E5-2630 ($1299.98)

Other: Black Ice GT Stealth 360 ($69.95)

Other: Black Ice GTX Xtreme 360 ($119.95)

Other: Black Ice GT Stealth 140 ($62.95)

Other: Dual EK Supremacy Elite LGA 2011 ($243.98)

Other: EK GTX Titan VGA Waterblock ($125.98)

Other: PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT Tubing ($49.98)

Other: BitsPower Compression Fittings ($179.80)

Other: Swiftech MCP655-B Pump ($145.98)

Other: BitsPower 250ML Reservoir ($42.99)

Other: PrimoChill Base Intensified Distilled Water ($53.98)

Total: $7464.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 18:57 EST-0500)

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Hello all! I am looking to hook some of my developers up with new PCs, we have quite a budget as we need only 3 PCs.

I've been looking around and decided on Dual Xeon E5-2630s and a single GTX Titan, I don't want to go Quadro because it's not good for gaming, and we make games so I feel a Titan will be better. I will be waiting for the new Titan Black edition for this, I put Titan as a placeholder.

We do a lot of work in Maya, Unity, and some Unreal Engine. Mostly Unity and Maya. I do want watercooling as I prefer quiet as possible systems because of the office we work in, we have multiple PCs running at the same time in a small area.

I know the system isn't 100% compatible but I've done some modding in the past and feel I can squish everything into this small of a case. If not, I'll just buy a different case.

Any opinions are greatly appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.73 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011 Motherboard ($529.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($940.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($534.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($534.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card ($998.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT H440 ATX Mid Tower Case ($127.83 @ TigerDirect) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($20.47 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - OEM (64-bit) ($134.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse ($49.99 @ Microcenter) 

Headphones: Func HS-260 Headset ($90.25 @ Newegg) 

Other: Dual Xeon E5-2630 ($1299.98)

Other: Black Ice GT Stealth 360 ($69.95)

Other: Black Ice GTX Xtreme 360 ($119.95)

Other: Black Ice GT Stealth 140 ($62.95)

Other: Dual EK Supremacy Elite LGA 2011 ($243.98)

Other: EK GTX Titan VGA Waterblock ($125.98)

Other: PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT Tubing ($49.98)

Other: BitsPower Compression Fittings ($179.80)

Other: Swiftech MCP655-B Pump ($145.98)

Other: BitsPower 250ML Reservoir ($42.99)

Other: PrimoChill Base Intensified Distilled Water ($53.98)

Total: $7464.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 18:57 EST-0500)

Why not have a titan and a quadro? :P

Diamond 5 in League :)

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CPU:  Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($565.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($106.85 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard:  Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($479.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($679.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($534.99 @ B&H) 

Storage:  Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($534.99 @ B&H) 

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case:  NZXT H440 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($127.83 @ TigerDirect) 


Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - OEM (64-bit)  ($134.98 @ OutletPC) 


Mouse:  Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($54.99 @ NCIX US) 

Headphones:  Audio-Technica ATH-AD700X Headset  ($144.95 @ Amazon) 

Other: 2x Korean 1440P ($700.00)

Total: $7338.05

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 19:22 EST-0500)

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CPU:  Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($565.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler:  Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($106.85 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard:  Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($479.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($679.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage:  Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($534.99 @ B&H) 
Storage:  Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($534.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI)  ($699.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case:  NZXT H440 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($127.83 @ TigerDirect) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - OEM (64-bit)  ($134.98 @ OutletPC) 
Mouse:  Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($54.99 @ NCIX US) 
Headphones:  Audio-Technica ATH-AD700X Headset  ($144.95 @ Amazon) 
Other: 2x Korean 1440P ($700.00)
Total: $7338.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 19:22 EST-0500)

I prefer a single card as some professional software doesn't use the full power of SLI.

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Are you going for actual performance here? You're getting a lot of premium parts that are expensive for that reason alone when there are much cheaper alternatives.

Why 2 cpus and the 2x1TB ssds? Are you planning to render on the systems you're using to work on? If you're doing actual heavy work, it might be nice to considering offloading using render nodes and such. Also, dual xeons isn't exactly optimized for gaming either. 

The psu is overkill even if you plan to sli.

Any example of the scale of projects you're working on?

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them.

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