Real time, Game Dev Build Desktop

[Patrizio]

Hello,

I used to travel a lot for work, and in the recent years I always used laptop.

But with the new year I'll be more stable or in the same continent at least so I though that I could buy/build a new desktop.

 

Old Laptop Spec:

 

Processor

4th generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz 1600MHz 6MB)

Operating System

Windows 8.1 64

Graphics

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 755M 2GB

Memory

8GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz

Hard Disk Drive

1TB 5400 RPM

 

My usual workflow consist of having more than one taxing program(Ps,Maya,Unreal,etc) open at time in order to have a quicker visualization of the final product.

Usual bottleneck are hard disk (5400 rpm suck) and cpu when processing lighting bake or render especially after a long day the cpu thermal throttle is always present.

 

I rarely Render or video edit  so a Nvidia Quadro is not on my radar, I had one a while ago but if I remember right for game development is straight better a consumer one.

 

Budget from 1000 to 2500 Dollar, this pc will be probably be done in 1-2 year maximum so I don't want to go all in with crazy build, but I don't want nickle and dine ether.

 

In the next few day I'll come out with a basic build but if you can suggest me a recent one that we can start to tweak it will be awesome! 

 

Thanks in advance to all the people that will help me.

 

 

[matjojo]

I'll wait for the build you come with and try to help from that. just don't forget to get a hella big SSD.

[Shimejii]

do you need monitor keyboard mouse ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.99 @ B&H) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($154.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($205.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($159.88 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($669.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1949.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 05:23 EST-0500

 

GPU Could use Any 980 TI from Gigabyte, Zotac, MSI, Evga. Up to you in terms of style

[Patrizio]

@Shimejii thanks for the build! it look's awesome.

and no I don't need monitor keyboard etc.. thanks I've already a color corrected one that I used to use with the laptop.

I start to cross check my main software if they are implementing some new hardware technology that is proprietary to one manufacturer and after probably some tweak I can be good to go