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What I will be using it for: Adobe AE, Illustrator, Premiere, some cinema4D, and 1080p gaming (not too much)

Possible upgrades: H100i water cooling; second monitor;

 

 


 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€311.79 @ Home of Hardware DE) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€66.34 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€145.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€74.90 @ Caseking) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (€210.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€98.81 @ Hardwareversand) 

Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart SE 530W  (€55) 

Monitor: Asus VX239H 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  (€173.07 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €1136.03

 

Sticking with stock cooler until I get water cooling. Is this power supply any good? I don't want huge electricy bills so I need one with good efficiency.. Also will this motherboard enable me to overclock 4790k? (I'm not a serious overclocker but I would like to do it in the future).

 

This is pretty much my max budget.. Thanks to everyone who tries to help:)

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no overclocking on that board, you should get an i5 rather than an i7, and spend that money on a better GPU

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Looks pretty good, although i recommend not getting an i5, but getting a Z87 board later on so that you would still benefit from Hyperthreading since it's very useful for the stuff you're doing and be able to OC that CPU to squize a but more performance, as for the GPU, i had a single GTX 760 before i got a second one since i switched to 1440p but it did pretty well at 1080p, so yeah 

 Crust : Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz 1.45v  |  Motherboard : MSI Z97 MPower  |  Fruity Filling : MSI GTX 960 Armor 2Way-SLI |  Cooling : Noctua NH-D15  |  RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz | Storage : 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500GB SSDs Raid-0  |  Power Supply : Seasonic X-Series 1250W 80+Gold  |  Monitor : Dell U2713HM 27" 60Hz 1440p  |                                                                                                                                           

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What I will be using it for: Adobe AE, Illustrator, Premiere, some cinema4D, and 1080p gaming (not too much)
Possible upgrades: H100i water cooling; second monitor;
 
 
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€311.79 @ Home of Hardware DE) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€66.34 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€145.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€74.90 @ Caseking) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (€210.49 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€98.81 @ Hardwareversand) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart SE 530W  (€55) 
Monitor: Asus VX239H 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  (€173.07 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1136.03
 
Sticking with stock cooler until I get water cooling. Is this power supply any good? I don't want huge electricy bills so I need one with good efficiency.. Also will this motherboard enable me to overclock 4790k? (I'm not a serious overclocker but I would like to do it in the future).
 
This is pretty much my max budget.. Thanks to everyone who tries to help:)

 

 

You're gonna need a Z97 board to overclock, and possibly switch out the PSU. I haven't really heard much of that version so I can't say for sure. PSU is probably the most critical thing in a build and you shouldn't cheap out of it.

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Looks pretty good, although i recommend not getting an i5, but getting a Z87 board later on so that you would still benefit from Hyperthreading since it's very useful for the stuff you're doing and be able to OC that CPU to squize a but more performance, as for the GPU, i had a single GTX 760 before i got a second one since i switched to 1440p but it did pretty well at 1080p, so yeah

2GB or 4GB variants as i wanna do the same.

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2GB or 4GB variants as i wanna do the same.

2GB since he's gonna stay with 1080p, so no need for larger frame buffer, but if it can be squized into the budget, than why not 

 Crust : Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz 1.45v  |  Motherboard : MSI Z97 MPower  |  Fruity Filling : MSI GTX 960 Armor 2Way-SLI |  Cooling : Noctua NH-D15  |  RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz | Storage : 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500GB SSDs Raid-0  |  Power Supply : Seasonic X-Series 1250W 80+Gold  |  Monitor : Dell U2713HM 27" 60Hz 1440p  |                                                                                                                                           

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Go for an xeon e3 1230 v3 and get the 1866mhz ram if it isnt too much more expensive. Also get a better power supply like the EVGA supernova 650w or a Corsair CXM power supply

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.83 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.34 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($92.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($298.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.99 @ NCIX) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($116.00 @ shopRBC) 

Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($23.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($114.99 @ NCIX) 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($76.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset  ($78.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $2074.22

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