Brain Knowledge Needed

[Pygmy's Treflip]

Hello,

I am an inexperienced builder when it comes to customs.

I have sold me MacBook (because dopefish apple) to have funds for a   Windows  Gaming/3D animation workstation.

 I have a budget of $1500

I would like this to be silent as an ice cube melting on water.

and such be a small form factor. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/MoshThePygmy/saved/4kPM

 

This is a build i came up with yet i am interested in the peeps who have knowledge of  how well these parts perform with each other.

 Perhaps a silent power supply.

Also i have viewed reviews on the Asus Impact vs MSI z87-I yet i cannot choose. i would love some feedback 

 

 

[MbV93]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler:  Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard:  Asus Maximus VI Impact Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($138.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:  A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case:  BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan:  Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1326.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-11 02:02 EDT-0400)

[aidenrelkoff]

u got a $1500 buget but yet you are only at $1347. upgrade the gpu to a 770. other then that, solid build

[Phage]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNl6

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNl6/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNl6/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Gene Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($138.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Case Fan: Scythe Gentle Typhoon 50.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($16.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1482.90

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-11 02:10 EDT-0400)

[Pygmy's Treflip]

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler:  Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard:  Asus Maximus VI Impact Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($138.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:  A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case:  BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan:  Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1326.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-11 02:02 EDT-0400)

I am interested how the i5 stack upon the i7 is there any realuse added benefit?

[WoodenMarker]

What kind of 3d animation are you doing?

[MrYuriy]

Well, although I am not here to issue any comments on you silencing your PC to ice cube decibels, I do want to point out a few things.

 

Between your Motherboard ($215) and your RAM ($140) you're spending $355. And yet, this is a Gaming/3D Animation PC and you're going with a GTX 760 and only spending $260 on it.

That's quite unbalanced my friend, considering neither of those parts are going to give you any justice as far as gaming goes.

You could drop over $100 off your motherboard and still buy a badass one, and save nearly $40 on RAM with equally great RAM from another company. (Nothing against Corsair - Hell, they are my GoTo RAM brand. But, in this build, this particular method isn't balancing)

 

The other thing I would think heavily of doing, is saving another $130 and going with an i5-4670K processor, as it'll stack up just fine in gaming and rendering/animating.

 

That's roughly $280 more you can spend on pretty much the most important part of your build, for the tasks you mentioned that you want to accomplish. That'll take you up to a GTX 770 - or find a way to fit in a GTX 780.

And I do see other adjustments you can make, such as ditching the Kingston SSDNever for a Crucial or something of that caliber.

 

Your PSU (power supply) is just fine, and isn't loud at all. But if you want deathly quiet, go for a 80+ Gold unit within the same price range.

[Murdoch]

Seagate mechanical drives can be quite loud. So that along with the GPU fans will most likely be the loudest components in your rig.

 

The corsair sp 120 fans run pretty much silent at less than 1000rpm, the pump on the h100i shouldn't be heard above fans if working correctly. The PSU fan will rarely even spin (only spins at high loads) so it's silent 99% of the time.

[Faceman]

Hello,

I am an inexperienced builder when it comes to customs.

I have sold me MacBook (because dopefish apple) to have funds for a   Windows  Gaming/3D animation workstation.

 I have a budget of $1500

I would like this to be silent as an ice cube melting on water.

and such be a small form factor. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/MoshThePygmy/saved/4kPM

 

This is a build i came up with yet i am interested in the peeps who have knowledge of  how well these parts perform with each other.

 Perhaps a silent power supply.

Also i have viewed reviews on the Asus Impact vs MSI z87-I yet i cannot choose. i would love some feedback 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Amazon) <-- Could also go for an i5 if you want to spend a little less.

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z87I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ SuperBiiz) <-- Motherboard has no impact on performance, get the least expensive Z87 mini ITX you can find.

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($136.68 @ Amazon) <-- Get the least expensive 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5v 8GBx2 RAM you can find.  Brand does not matter.

Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.99 @ Newegg) <-- This is a really good deal for 240GB.  Buy this part now before it goes up in price.

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon) <--- With a $1500 budget, get at LEAST a GTX 780.  Anything less and you did yourself a disservice.

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.98 @ OutletPC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) <-- Very good, very quiet power supply.  I own one myself and love it.  Buy it now before it goes back up in price.

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00) <-- These fans are INCREDIBLE.  Super quiet, and blow tons of air.  They often go on sale at TigerDirect for $10 each.  I have 5 of them, they are that good.

Total: $1493.57

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-11 02:20 EDT-0400)

[Pygmy's Treflip]

Mostly Character Creation/Modeling framework for logos Heavily workloads in Maya depending on what project requires. Basically an all rounder for any task that is sent in my direction. Waacom tablet is my mouse.

 

i see seems pretty sold that an i5 and  780 should attend this build. I see this is more an GPU intensive workload.

 

As for the Mobo i would like the bells and whistles seeing as it is in a itx chasis so no room for expansion. Portability means a lot to me.

[SirRoderick]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Amazon) <-- Could also go for an i5 if you want to spend a little less.

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z87I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ SuperBiiz) <-- Motherboard has no impact on performance, get the least expensive Z87 mini ITX you can find.

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($136.68 @ Amazon) <-- Get the least expensive 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5v 8GBx2 RAM you can find.  Brand does not matter.

Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.99 @ Newegg) <-- This is a really good deal for 240GB.  Buy this part now before it goes up in price.

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon) <--- With a $1500 budget, get at LEAST a GTX 780.  Anything less and you did yourself a disservice.

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.98 @ OutletPC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) <-- Very good, very quiet power supply.  I own one myself and love it.  Buy it now before it goes back up in price.

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00) <-- These fans are INCREDIBLE.  Super quiet, and blow tons of air.  They often go on sale at TigerDirect for $10 each.  I have 5 of them, they are that good.

Total: $1493.57

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-11 02:20 EDT-0400)

I am finding it hard to get a system at this price that does better. Priorities in all the right places and some really good low pricing.

[SirRoderick]

Mostly Character Creation/Modeling framework for logos Heavily workloads in Maya depending on what project requires. Basically an all rounder for any task that is sent in my direction. Waacom tablet is my mouse.

 

i see seems pretty sold that an i5 and  780 should attend this build. I see this is more an GPU intensive workload.

 

As for the Mobo i would like the bells and whistles seeing as it is in a itx chasis so no room for expansion. Portability means a lot to me.

The board suggestion above, the MSI Z87I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard, will do anything you need it to do really It has all the IO you'd need and as you say yourself you're not going to load up a bunch of cards into an ITX chassis so the lack of slots means very litte As long as it'll hold your GPU and storage drives it's golden

[Ps_domingo]

Max out the fans on that prodigy! get a 230mm fan for the front and add go for a dual pack of sp120's on push and AF120 on pull on the rad then replace the to an af 140 on the back!

Then get the Bitfenix recon to control temps.

 

YES THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYTHING. 

[MrYuriy]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pNws/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Amazon) <-- Could also go for an i5 if you want to spend a little less.

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z87I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ SuperBiiz) <-- Motherboard has no impact on performance, get the least expensive Z87 mini ITX you can find.

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($136.68 @ Amazon) <-- Get the least expensive 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5v 8GBx2 RAM you can find.  Brand does not matter.

Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.99 @ Newegg) <-- This is a really good deal for 240GB.  Buy this part now before it goes up in price.

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon) <--- With a $1500 budget, get at LEAST a GTX 780.  Anything less and you did yourself a disservice.

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.98 @ OutletPC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) <-- Very good, very quiet power supply.  I own one myself and love it.  Buy it now before it goes back up in price.

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($10.00) <-- These fans are INCREDIBLE.  Super quiet, and blow tons of air.  They often go on sale at TigerDirect for $10 each.  I have 5 of them, they are that good.

Total: $1493.57

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-11 02:20 EDT-0400)

 

This works very well also, and what in the world.. I've been looking at RAM recently... Why have the prices spiked up?