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Hello, I am in the process of building a new computer! So far I have 4 things for the computer. Graphics Card, Motherboard, Case, and RBG Controller. My question today is will it be good for rendering/streaming/gaming. What can I improve? What can I change? What will be better? Keep in mind the Case, Graphics Card, and Motherboard can not change!

 

Parts List: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nJsczy

 

1. Processeor: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor

2. CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

3. Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard

4. RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

5. Storage 1: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

6. Storage 2: Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive

7. Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card

8. Case: BitFenix Shinobi Window XL (Black) ATX Full Tower Case

9. PSU: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

 

1. The processor. Was wondering if there is a better alternative to the on I have selected. There is a lot of controversy between 4 core, 6 core, and 8 core CPUs. What are your thoughts?

2. CPU Cooler. I really dont know anything about these so any help is appriciated.

3. Motherboard is already purchased. Thoughts are still welcomed and appriciated.

4. RAM. I have selected these because I have always heard good things about these. What do you guys think?

5. and 6. Just picked ones that were high rated. Any way to improve them for little cost? or are they a good enough selection?

7. GPU is already purchased. Thoughts are still welcomed and appriciated.

8. Case already bought.

9. Just picked a high rated one lol.

 

I also would like to know. Should I grab another SSD and dedicate it soely to gaming files and streaming/video files?

 

All thoughts/suggestions/help are appriciated. Like I have said the Graphics Card, Motherboard, and Case are already purchased.

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1. Go with a X99 6-core.

2. If you plan on overclocking the Corsair H100i is a decent cooler, if you don't plan on overclocking go with air.

3. Good motherboard, no red love it.

4. I would go for G.SKILL, Crucial or Kingston ram. Corsair is overpriced, have a look at Avexir if you want bling-bling.

5. Good SSD. I would go for a 256GB though.

6. Upgrade to a  2TB after downgrading to a 256GB SSD then maybe have another for games. Games don't really need SSDs... my opinion.

7. Good GPU.

8. Cool case.

9. That 1200W PSU IS WAY WAY WAY TOO MUCH! Go for an EVGA G2 PSU that is under or at 850W.

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Hey there,
 
The plan seems pretty powerful and should work for you. The guys also gave you some good suggestions for improvements and changes.
One remark regarding the storage: WD VelociRaptor is a great, performance-oriented 10,000 rpm drive which should give you great speeds and good performance for your work. I believe rendering should take up lots of storage space on your build and you'd need more than 1.5TB. I could suggest also considering another HDD for massive secondary storage for all your files, folders and programs that don't need fast access times and transfer speeds so your other two drives have enough space for you to work on. I would suggest checking out WD Green: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=N8ZTMi
 
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Hey guys this is just to bump the thread so I can read the most at once, I appriciate all the replys, unfortunatly I can not really read them due to the power outage in my area due to the storm. I will not get it back until Saturday, maybe monday. We got hit really hard in New Jersey.

Will reply to everyone a soon as power is restored! Thanks again!!

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Hey guys this is just to bump the thread so I can read the most at once, I appriciate all the replys, unfortunatly I can not really read them due to the power outage in my area due to the storm. I will not get it back until Saturday, maybe monday. We got hit really hard in New Jersey.

Will reply to everyone a soon as power is restored! Thanks again!!

 

Stay safe and post back when you can. :)

 

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Go for X99 if you can instead of X79

 

@Mihemine the processor you are talking about  is this one right?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-N82E16819117402&gclid=CjwKEAjw8LOsBRDdub-swPW8riISJAAnmS01PIVM1rx_DfzeV2m1LPPWohSRAZwKDp-9BSpImyjX2xoCDRLw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Why the x99 over the x79? Thanks for the input!

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1. Go with a X99 6-core.

2. If you plan on overclocking the Corsair H100i is a decent cooler, if you don't plan on overclocking go with air.

3. Good motherboard, no red love it.

4. I would go for G.SKILL, Crucial or Kingston ram. Corsair is overpriced, have a look at Avexir if you want bling-bling.

5. Good SSD. I would go for a 256GB though.

6. Upgrade to a  2TB after downgrading to a 256GB SSD then maybe have another for games. Games don't really need SSDs... my opinion.

7. Good GPU.

8. Cool case.

9. That 1200W PSU IS WAY WAY WAY TOO MUCH! Go for an EVGA G2 PSU that is under or at 850W.

 

@Reece Leu Thanks for all the input! Just have a few questions! Just like I said to @Mihemine this is the processor you are talking about right?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-N82E16819117402&gclid=CjwKEAjw8LOsBRDdub-swPW8riISJAAnmS01PIVM1rx_DfzeV2m1LPPWohSRAZwKDp-9BSpImyjX2xoCDRLw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

1. Why the x99 over the x79? Because it has haswell instead if Ivy-Bridge? (No clue what those two are just see that that is the most mentioned difference.

2. Eh, I dont really want to mess with overcocking till I know more, But I will just get the water cooler just incase.

4. Any recommended speeds? I believe I have picked out 1886

9. I will downgrade the PSU, good to save some money ;)

 

Thanks!!!!

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Hey there,
 
The plan seems pretty powerful and should work for you. The guys also gave you some good suggestions for improvements and changes.
One remark regarding the storage: WD VelociRaptor is a great, performance-oriented 10,000 rpm drive which should give you great speeds and good performance for your work. I believe rendering should take up lots of storage space on your build and you'd need more than 1.5TB. I could suggest also considering another HDD for massive secondary storage for all your files, folders and programs that don't need fast access times and transfer speeds so your other two drives have enough space for you to work on. I would suggest checking out WD Green: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=N8ZTMi
 
Captain_WD.

 

@captain_WD Thanks for the comment you left, everything is well, power is restored alot earlier then it was said to be back on, so that is good :D I've just read your post now and I had a question to ask before I ask anything else. Is it possible to seperate a HDD into different partitions? like divide 1TB into (4) seperate 250gb drives? Like on my laptop now I highly doubt that there is 4 hard drives in here. But it does have 1TB but there are 4 sectors that have 250gb. After I get the reply on this it will make my next idea eaiser to understand.

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@Reece Leu Thanks for all the input! Just have a few questions! Just like I said to @Mihemine this is the processor you are talking about right?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-N82E16819117402&gclid=CjwKEAjw8LOsBRDdub-swPW8riISJAAnmS01PIVM1rx_DfzeV2m1LPPWohSRAZwKDp-9BSpImyjX2xoCDRLw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

1. Why the x99 over the x79? Because it has haswell instead if Ivy-Bridge? (No clue what those two are just see that that is the most mentioned difference.

2. Eh, I dont really want to mess with overcocking till I know more, But I will just get the water cooler just incase.

4. Any recommended speeds? I believe I have picked out 1886

9. I will downgrade the PSU, good to save some money ;)

 

Thanks!!!!

 

1. The i7-5820K will perform better than the i7-4930K for the same cost essentially since you need DDR4. (you'll be on the latest platform)

2. Overclocking is great free performance, if you're scared just overclock it without messing with the voltage.

3. 1886Mhz is good, anything higher is a waste and will only perform good with APUs.

4.  :P

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1. The i7-5820K will perform better than the i7-4930K for the same cost essentially since you need DDR4. (you'll be on the latest platform)

2. Overclocking is great free performance, if you're scared just overclock it without messing with the voltage.

3. 1886Mhz is good, anything higher is a waste and will only perform good with APUs.

4.  :P

Thanks so much! just one more questions.... I want DDR4? Thought DDR3 was the top atm...  I was told the technology is to new to be "good/efficient"  for the DDR4

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Thanks so much! just one more questions.... I want DDR4? Thought DDR3 was the top atm...  I was told the technology is to new to be "good/efficient"  for the DDR4

 

Oh no, DDR4 is now the top. Honestly, the difference between DDR3 and DDR4 performance wise is almost nothing. DDR4 had been out for a good amount of months now and is stable. The cooler part about X99 is you can have a whole buttload of ram and some motherboards run in quad channel instead of dual channel.

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Oh no, DDR4 is now the top. Honestly, the difference between DDR3 and DDR4 performance wise is almost nothing. DDR4 had been out for a good amount of months now and is stable. The cooler part about X99 is you can have a whole buttload of ram and some motherboards run in quad channel instead of dual channel.

Dont mean to bother you with all the questions but you have been realy helpful so far.. haha.... Mind explaining the quad channel and dual channel? I know it has something to do with the positoning of the ram in certain slots? lol and I will get the x99

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Oh no, DDR4 is now the top. Honestly, the difference between DDR3 and DDR4 performance wise is almost nothing. DDR4 had been out for a good amount of months now and is stable. The cooler part about X99 is you can have a whole buttload of ram and some motherboards run in quad channel instead of dual channel.

never mind the top but theres a problem with the x99..... You said The i7-5820K will perform better than the i7-4930K for the same cost essentially... but the 4930 is 500$ and the 5820 is only 330$.... how is that possible?

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never mind the top but theres a problem with the x99..... You said The i7-5820K will perform better than the i7-4930K for the same cost essentially... but the 4930 is 500$ and the 5820 is only 330$.... how is that possible?

 

4930 costs more because it is on the z97 platform. They will both equal out to the same price since DDR4 costs more than DDR3.

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@captain_WD Thanks for the comment you left, everything is well, power is restored alot earlier then it was said to be back on, so that is good :D I've just read your post now and I had a question to ask before I ask anything else. Is it possible to seperate a HDD into different partitions? like divide 1TB into (4) seperate 250gb drives? Like on my laptop now I highly doubt that there is 4 hard drives in here. But it does have 1TB but there are 4 sectors that have 250gb. After I get the reply on this it will make my next idea eaiser to understand.

 

Sure, you can partition a drive however you like. Here's a short description on how to do it: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-format-hard-disk-partition#create-format-hard-disk-partition=windows-7
You can also read some additional info here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=QjcKkW
Basically different partitions shouldn't have any noticeable influence (except if you are doing it specifically for short-stroking a drive which might improve the lower borders of the read/write speeds). :)
 
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