New, quiet Build (800€) integrating existing parts

[ItsJustMidnight]

Hello Guys,

 

I am looking to build myself a new rig, since my old one died on me.

 

Budget & Location

My budget is at 800€. I'm located in the North of Germany, www.caseking.de is a shop that I have used many times, however they don't always stock all the mainboards and graphics cards on the market. An alternative (oh, the Iron E) would be www.alternate.de or mindfactory.de

 

Aim

This rig will be used for a number of different things, which makes it so hard for me to choose the parts.

It should be a quiet gaming rig, that is also capable of running rendering oriented (CAD) software like Solidworks (nothing too complex, I'm a student of Aerospace Engineering), but I would also like to be able to do video recording (Fraps) and editing (no SFX, just Sony Vegas) as a hobby.

Another factor is that not all parts from my old PC are dead:

 

-126GB SSD for the OS,

-RAID 0 array of 3 1TB disks for games,

-2TB drive for storage and

-DVD drive

 

survived, which I want to use in the new Build wherever possible in order to cut the cost.

 

Monitor & Peripherals

These do not have to be included in this budget. Currently I am using two 24" 1080p screens, however the idea of surround gaming sounds quite tempting to me. Also it looks awesome. So maybe a third monitor will join the group, although this will not be in the very near future.

 

I grew up with PC containing Intel CPU's and nVidia GPU's so I'm a bit biased towards the blue and green. But does that really matter in this context? The current market situation with Haswell and the nVidia 700 series recently being released confuses me quite a bit. Is it worth going for the next generation?

 

All in all I'm looking for recommendations for a quiet, yet small and easy to transport case, CPU, GPU, RAM, Mobo, PSU, case fans and CPU cooling solution. I'm unsure, if overclocking would give a viable performance increase in this case, but I am not afraid of doing so.

 

I know, that I'm probably looking for a egg-laying-cowpigsheep, but if you guys could help me out, it would help a lot.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

ItsJustMidnight

[Masfiras]

Will you use this rig for gaming or 3D rendering only (no games at all) ?

[WoodenMarker]

Here you go: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/1pY1j

Crossfire ready.

[ItsJustMidnight]

It will be used for both gaming and rendering. Games will mostly be First-Person oriented (Borderlands 2, Metro Last Light, Crysis 3) with the occasional RTS inbetween.

 

 

WoodenMarker, that looks like a good start. Is there another processor in the same price range that would support Hyper-Threading? I haven't read that much into AMD'S CPU's lately.

 

But already, thanks for your efforts!

 

ItsJustMidnight

[WoodenMarker]

WoodenMarker, that looks like a good start. Is there another processor in the same price range that would support Hyper-Threading? I haven't read that much into AMD'S CPU's lately.

Hyperthreading is Intel's thing and not AMD's. 

There isn't really a cpu with hyperthreading that would do better than the 8320 around the same price. The closest in price would be an i3.

If you need more power with hyperthreading, you'd be looking at the 4770k. 

 

The 8320 is a great cpu with 8 cores and would have no problem with your usage case. It should perform like a 3570k but with 8 cores instead. 

Hyperthreading is only 4 physical cores and 4 virtual cores and isn't anything special. 

[ItsJustMidnight]

Hyperthreading is Intel's thing and not AMD's. 

There isn't really a cpu with hyperthreading that would do better than the 8320 around the same price. The closest in price would be an i3.

If you need more power with hyperthreading, you'd be looking at the 4770k. 

 

The 8320 is a great cpu with 8 cores and would have no problem with your usage case. It should perform like a 3570k but with 8 cores instead. 

Hyperthreading is only 4 physical cores and 4 virtual cores and isn't anything special. 

Great, thanks for your explanation. A 4770K would be overkill, that's right.

 

I guess, this is going to be the setup then. Thanks a lot for your help,

 

ItsJustMidnight

[WoodenMarker]

Great, thanks for your explanation. A 4770K would be overkill, that's right.

 

I guess, this is going to be the setup then. Thanks a lot for your help,

 

ItsJustMidnight

No problem. Glad to help.