$5000 budget for school

[TexasGaint]

The budget for this is $5000. Only requirment is 2 ssd with os on them in raid zero and two hard drives and raid one for safe storage. This is for enginering courses so keep this in mind. Willing to go over said budget if it means getting what I need to run enginering programs on said computer. Just need one monitor so please include that, windows 8.1, and the windows student programing like word and what not. Never built a computer before so this is why I am asking for ya'lls help. Also have no case for it either. Need ya'll to include that also.

[Shd0w2]

Holy crapola... hopefully this isn't a troll.

Anyway, you could most likely easily get away with a 2k budget.

 

 

I would also like to say to others that are going to build a computer for him, maybe try slapping a minitx in it, due to constrained space in alot of places, you can also do a normal ATX for SLI and such.

[KamiKatze]

I'd spend 1.5-2k on the tower itself with a single GPU setup and said drive configurations and some good money on a nice large monitor for dem CAD works. and maybe a nice mouse and keyboaord aswell. Other's are better at the actual selection of the parts but this is what i would do.

[TexasGaint]

I'm not trolling ya'll, I just don't know anything about building computers or parts for that mater. I have a decent mouse that works fine, and any keybored will do. Not really picky about it. Can type fast on pretty much anything. Used to pudlic school computers never having the same keybored to the one next to it. Just need a good computer for school. I know I could go cheeper on the price I'm willing to spend but just want the best that I can get for the money I have.

[Speiner]

Lol are u gonna game or edit on this thing cuz I don't think u need 5k for ur aspirations.

[TexasGaint]

Mostly edit, some gaming but most of the time is either sleeping, in classes or college ROTC attivities so not very heavy gaming.

[Radxr3]

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 ($159.99)

Hard Drives: (2) Western Digital Black Series Hard Drive 1TB  ($159.98)

SSD's: (2) Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD's ($299.98)

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 ($249.99)

Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Hero LGA 1150 ($211.99)

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell Quad-core 3.4GHz ($309.99)

Power Supply: Corsair CX600, 600W 80 Plus Bronze Certified ($69.99)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 ($97.99)

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro Full Version 64 Bit ($199.99)

Optical Drive: Asus DVD reader/writer ($19.99)

 

Total Price: $1,779.88

All Prices/items are from Newegg

[TymmVonD]

If you have to 3D render what your engineering, I'd recommend dual Xeons, 6 core, 12 threads. My friend in India does CPU based 3D rendering, he's running 24 threads.

[TexasGaint]

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 ($159.99)

Hard Drives: (2) Western Digital Black Series Hard Drive 1TB  ($159.98)

SSD's: (2) Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD's ($299.98)

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 ($249.99)

Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Hero LGA 1150 ($211.99)

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell Quad-core 3.4GHz ($309.99)

Power Supply: Corsair CX600, 600W 80 Plus Bronze Certified ($69.99)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 ($97.99)

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro Full Version 64 Bit ($199.99)

Optical Drive: Asus DVD reader/writer ($19.99)

 

Total Price: $1,779.88

All Prices/items are from Newegg

Do ya'll think one graphic card can handle a 3d render program?

 

If you have to 3D render what your engineering, I'd recommend dual Xeons, 6 core, 12 threads. My friend in India does CPU based 3D rendering, he's running 24 threads.

Well the major I'm going to do is a master in industrial engineering so I think from looking at the classes required i will have to be 3d rendering a lot

[Radxr3]

Instead of the gtx 760 go with a GTX 780ti or 2 780ti's in SLI and a corsair hx 850 power supply. For the motherboard Get an ASUS P9X79 LGA 2011 and an Intel Core i7 4930k with 16 Gb's or 32 gb's of memory depending on the programs you will be using

[TexasGaint]

Instead of the gtx 760 go with a GTX 780ti or 2 780ti's in SLI and a corsair hx 850 power supply. For the motherboard Get an ASUS P9X79 LGA 2011 and an Intel Core i7 4930k with 16 Gb's or 32 gb's of memory depending on the programs you will be using

Will I need a specific cooling system for this and what would a good case be for something like this?

[Radxr3]

A cooler master haf 932 should be a good case and for the 780ti I would recommend the Gigabyte gtx 780ti since it is the Wind force edition which should make it run a little cooler

[vern021]

The budget for this is $5000. Only requirment is 2 ssd with os on them in raid zero and two hard drives and raid one for safe storage. This is for enginering courses so keep this in mind. Willing to go over said budget if it means getting what I need to run enginering programs on said computer. Just need one monitor so please include that, windows 8.1, and the windows student programing like word and what not. Never built a computer before so this is why I am asking for ya'lls help. Also have no case for it either. Need ya'll to include that also.

$5000 is a bit overkill. Maybe with $3000 you can get away with an excellent rig

[vern021]

Well if you really got money to burn. you can go with a i7-4930k and an asus rampage IV

[TexasGaint]

Well if you really got money to burn. you can go with a i7-4930k and an asus rampage IV

I could but the thing is the mother board that Radxr3 sujested I cant choose for some reason when all I've selected so far is the cpu

[TexasGaint]

What cpu cooler should I use?

[Radxr3]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131798

link for the ASUS p9x79 motherboard

[TexasGaint]

Do you mind if you put the hole thing together on http://pcpartpicker.com/ because I cant seem to find anything that is right with what yall are telling me what i should do.

[vern021]

Do you mind if you put the hole thing together on http://pcpartpicker.com/ because I cant seem to find anything that is right with what yall are telling me what i should do.

I'm gonna post a link of a build if you want to later. I'm still working glad to help a fellow college student with his studies

[TexasGaint]

I'm gonna post a link of a build if you want to later. I'm still working glad to help a fellow college student with his studies

Please? thank you so much, I have no idea what I'm doing on that website but have an idea what I need kinda.

[Radxr3]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qXv4YJ

[KPZ211997]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 V2 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor  ($1987.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($303.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($324.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($102.80 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($102.80 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Superclocked Video Card  ($1113.99 @ B&H) 

Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Dell U2414H 60Hz 23.8" Monitor  ($259.00 @ Adorama) 

Total: $4945.48

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Any comment on this guy?

[TexasGaint]

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

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

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($466.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Blue ATX Full Tower Case  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $2742.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

So this is what I got so far, need help finishing or changing things if yall feel like i need to

[KPZ211997]

 

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

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

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($466.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Blue ATX Full Tower Case  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $2742.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

So this is what I got so far, need help finishing or changing things if yall feel like i need to

 

I prefer a single GTX Titan Black for your rendering work over 2 SLI 770s, otherwise if you don't want to spend all 5000$ it's very good

[TexasGaint]

I prefer a single GTX Titan Black for your rendering work over 2 SLI 770s, otherwise if you don't want to spend all 5000$ it's very good

So instead of two cards I should just use one? and I plan on raiding the ssd in raid 0 and the hard drives in raid 1 so wouldnt the red series be better for that or no?