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Maurolicious
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1. Budget & Location

 €1500& Belgium

2. Aim

Gaming and photoshop, sony vegas, Cinema 4D, illustrator,...

3. Monitors

2 monitors, I was thinking about the Acer G246HLBbid.

4. Peripherals

I do still need to buy a keyboard and the monitors above.

5. Why are you upgrading?

My laptop is getting old, and not meant for gaming.

 

I was kinda thinking about this build:

CPU: Intel core i5 4670K

CPU cooler: Corsair hydro Series H60

GPU: AMD Radeon R9 290

RAM: 8GB Crucial ballistix CL9

Optical drive: LG GH-24NS

SATA HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB

SSD: 120GB samsung evo

Motherboard: don't know yet

Case: don't know yet

Power supply: don't know yet

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Wait....Is that the standard version of the 290 with the blower fan? If so I'd recommend you get the asus,msi version.

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wait, someone equally read the sticky? amazing!

 

i'd recommend the RM550 or RM 750 if you want to CF in the future (thats a PSU btw made by corsair)

 

also, where are you buying this? alternate? tones?

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Thoughts:

 

-don't get a reference R9 290 unless you're planning a custom loop in the very near future. 

-If you plan to overclock, get a h80i or h100i, not an H60. For non-OCing the H60 is fine.

-You should probably be looking at a PSU in the range of 550-650W, depending on if you're overclocking or not.

      

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Wait....Is that the standard version of the 290 with the blower fan? If so I'd recommend you get the asus,msi version.

I was thinking about getting the sapphire TRI-X R9 290

 

wait, someone equally read the sticky? amazing!

 

i'd recommend the RM550 or RM 750 if you want to CF in the future (thats a PSU btw made by corsair)

 

also, where are you buying this? alternate? tones?

Yeah that's what the sticky is for, right? :P

 

I am probably buying this on Alternate.

 

Thoughts:

 

-don't get a reference R9 290 unless you're planning a custom loop in the very near future. 

-If you plan to overclock, get a h80i or h100i, not an H60. For non-OCing the H60 is fine.

-You should probably be looking at a PSU in the range of 550-650W, depending on if you're overclocking or not.

I'm not planning on overclocking too much, just a little bit.

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Get non-reference R9 290

PSU of at least 550W

If you do want to overclock get a Z87 board

2TB HDD, 1TB might not be enough for 3D work, my steam library alone takes up 400GB

Not a necessity but 16GB would be optimal for 3D work, 8 will be fine though

- i7-2600k @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1070 8GB Gaming X - ASUS Maximus V Formula AC3 Edition - 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws @ 1600Mhz - Corsair RM1000 - 1TB 7200RPM Seagate HDD + 2TB 7200 HDD + 2x240GB M500 RAID 0 - Corsair 750D - Samsung PX2370 & ASUS ROG SWIFT -

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Get non-reference R9 290

PSU of at least 550W

If you do want to overclock get a Z87 board

2TB HDD, 1TB might not be enough for 3D work, my steam library alone takes up 400GB

Not a necessity but 16GB would be optimal for 3D work, 8 will be fine though

The Photoshop and C4D are just a hobby, and I do want to overclock, just not too extreme overclocking. I'll think about the more memory

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1. Budget & Location

 €1500& Belgium

2. Aim

Gaming and photoshop, sony vegas, Cinema 4D, illustrator,...

3. Monitors

2 monitors, I was thinking about the Acer G246HLBbid.

4. Peripherals

I do still need to buy a keyboard and the monitors above.

5. Why are you upgrading?

My laptop is getting old, and not meant for gaming.

 

I was kinda thinking about this build:

CPU: Intel core i5 4670K

CPU cooler: Corsair hydro Series H60

GPU: AMD Radeon R9 290

RAM: 8GB Crucial ballistix CL9

Optical drive: LG GH-24NS

SATA HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB

SSD: 120GB samsung evo

Motherboard: don't know yet

Case: don't know yet

Power supply: don't know yet

If you want to save some money, this build will work for you very, very well:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wznV

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

Benchmarks: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wznV/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€193.90 @ Caseking)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€33.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€80.27 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€59.90 @ Caseking)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (€57.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€48.98 @ Pixmania DE)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (€417.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (€52.90 @ Caseking)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€57.77 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor  (€173.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €1176.67

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 22:37 CEST+0200)

 

If you want to fully utilize your 1500 Euro budget, then we can go with a few upgrades to make the graphics programs you run a little bit faster.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wzwW

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

Benchmarks: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wzwW/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€279.90 @ Caseking)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€33.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€80.27 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€136.85 @ Hardwareversand)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (€57.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€48.98 @ Pixmania DE)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (€417.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (€52.90 @ Caseking)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€57.77 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor  (€173.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €1339.62

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 22:44 CEST+0200)

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If you want to save some money, this build will work for you very, very well:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wznV

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

Benchmarks: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wznV/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€193.90 @ Caseking)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€33.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€80.27 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€59.90 @ Caseking)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (€57.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€48.98 @ Pixmania DE)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (€417.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (€52.90 @ Caseking)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€57.77 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor  (€173.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €1176.67

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 22:37 CEST+0200)

 

If you want to fully utilize your 1500 Euro budget, then we can go with a few upgrades to make the graphics programs you run a little bit faster.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wzwW

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

Benchmarks: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/3wzwW/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€279.90 @ Caseking)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€33.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€80.27 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€136.85 @ Hardwareversand)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (€57.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€48.98 @ Pixmania DE)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (€417.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (€52.90 @ Caseking)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€57.77 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor  (€173.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €1339.62

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-22 22:44 CEST+0200)

I'll probably go with the cheaper one, because you didn't calculate a 2nd monitor in your build. Thanks for your help :)

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