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Yeah, but it cost more.  I tried that config:  http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr93804gbd5ppdhe

 

 

 

No HDD or SSD?  Do you have an old one?

 

That motherboard supports up to 1600MHz RAM.

I have a 1TD HDD and a 240 GB SSD

 

HDD Link => http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136767

SSD Link => http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721108

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I reworked it a bit.  Dropped the price by $25.

 

Since you went with the H97 motherboard, that allowed me to grab a slightly faster i5 (4460 - better thermals as well).

 

Make sure you get 1600MHz RAM.  That is the limit of this particular motherboard.

 

A GTX 960 or a R9 380... the choice is yours.

 

You should also get a dust filter for the intake fans.

 

 

 

$799 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.75 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: VisionTek Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($229.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.50 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F011-PL12BL-A 41.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.05 @ DirectCanada)  <<Front Intake
Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F011-PL12BL-A 41.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.05 @ DirectCanada)  <<Front Intake
Total: $774.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I reworked it a bit.  Dropped the price by $25.

 

Since you went with the H97 motherboard, that allowed me to grab a slightly faster i5 (4460 - better thermals as well).

 

Make sure you get 1600MHz RAM.  That is the limit of this particular motherboard.

 

A GTX 960 or a R9 380... the choice is yours.

 

You should also get a dust filter for the intake fans.

 

 

 

$799 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.75 @ shopRBC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ NCIX)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon Canada)

Video Card: VisionTek Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($229.99 @ Amazon Canada)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.50 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F011-PL12BL-A 41.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.05 @ DirectCanada)  <<Front Intake

Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F011-PL12BL-A 41.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.05 @ DirectCanada)  <<Front Intake

Total: $774.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Looks good, probably wait till a price decrease to buy the parts.

Do you have any recomendations on a good thermal compound?

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I reworked it a bit.  Dropped the price by $25.

 

Since you went with the H97 motherboard, that allowed me to grab a slightly faster i5 (4460 - better thermals as well).

 

Make sure you get 1600MHz RAM.  That is the limit of this particular motherboard.

 

A GTX 960 or a R9 380... the choice is yours.

 

You should also get a dust filter for the intake fans.

 

 

 

$799 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.75 @ shopRBC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ NCIX)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon Canada)

Video Card: VisionTek Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($229.99 @ Amazon Canada)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.50 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F011-PL12BL-A 41.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.05 @ DirectCanada)  <<Front Intake

Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F011-PL12BL-A 41.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($6.05 @ DirectCanada)  <<Front Intake

Total: $774.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I decided to gear it towards a workstation, here is what I have so far:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PxXpTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PxXpTW/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($175.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $693.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I would really appreciated your opinions.

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I decided to gear it towards a workstation, here is what I have so far:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PxXpTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PxXpTW/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($175.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $693.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I would really appreciated your opinions.

 

Okay... ready for the critique?  :lol:

 

1.  Going with a Xeon is fine, but you paired it with an overclocking board.  An H97 is what you should be looking at.  The RAM will have to drop to 1600Mhz.

 

2.  Kingston V300 is a bad choice in SSD.  The memory was switched out by Kingston AFTER they had all their original units tested.  Actual speeds are sometimes as low as mechanical drives.  It is very risky to go with this model.

 

3.  The GTX 960 is okay, but if you can find a 4GB R9 380 for a similar price it would be better.

 

4.  That is a low quality power supply.  Like as low as you can go without going "no-name".

 

5.  The price is in USD.

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I decided to gear it towards a workstation, here is what I have so far:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PxXpTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PxXpTW/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($175.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $693.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I would really appreciated your opinions.

If you can do this:

 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $862.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It'll be much better. 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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Okay... ready for the critique?  :lol:

 

1.  Going with a Xeon is fine, but you paired it with an overclocking board.  An H97 is what you should be looking at.  The RAM will have to drop to 1600Mhz.

 

2.  Kingston V300 is a bad choice in SSD.  The memory was switched out by Kingston AFTER they had all their original units tested.  Actual speeds are sometimes as low as mechanical drives.  It is very risky to go with this model.

 

3.  The GTX 960 is okay, but if you can find a 4GB R9 380 for a similar price it would be better.

 

4.  That is a low quality power supply.  Like as low as you can go without going "no-name".

Good points. Let me modify the list again and make it more appropriate. 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($61.20 @ SuperBiiz) 




Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 


Total: $750.26

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Canadian prices.

 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($75.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($286.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($110.16 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $853.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Ok. How does this look?

 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($75.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($286.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.45 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $827.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Its a fairly expandable build if he wants to do so later on. 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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Ok. How does this look?

 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($75.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($286.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.45 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $827.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Its a fairly expandable build if he wants to do so later on. 

 

 

Mine was cheaper and 520W, but yours is semi-modular and 450W is more than enough.

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If you can do this:

 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($232.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $862.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It'll be much better. 

 

Why 8GB?

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Ok. How does this look?

 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($75.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($286.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.45 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $827.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Its a fairly expandable build if he wants to do so later on. 

 

I heard that Xeon is better for CAD?

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whats the main use of vRam?

 

It depends on the application.  Multiple monitors, high resolutions, games (the sample pool above 2GB is small, but it is real). 

 

Overkill or not?  Well, if two cards are similar in price and processing speed... getting the one with more than 2GB would mean that if you wanted to run a game like Shadow Of Mordor properly, you could... assuming the graphics card can utilize the memory effectively.

 

It is practically free performance in today's market.  Prices do suck right now here in Canada though.

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It depends on the application.  Multiple monitors, high resolutions, games (the sample pool above 2GB is small, but it is real). 

 

Overkill or not?  Well, if two cards are similar in price and processing speed... getting the one with more than 2GB would mean that if you wanted to run a game like Shadow Of Mordor properly, you could... assuming the graphics card can utilize the memory effectively.

 

It is practically free performance in today's market.  Prices do suck right now here in Canada though.

Im planning to wait until price drop or when its cheaper to import.

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