Workstation programming build

[vinnie92]

Hi there, 

I'm planning to build a new workstation and I'm looking for any advice/suggestion.

 I will not play to any game but on the graphic side I will watch youtube videos, converting some audio/video from one to another format, and so on. On the other side, I will run multiple instances of virtual machines, compiling big projects and in general running software that requires a lot of RAM and CPU. The desired peripherals are built-in wifi, dual FHD monitor, DDR4,SSD and mechanical keyboard.

 

Build info:

Budget: 1500-1800€

Location: Italy

Use : Programming

Operating System required: Linux and Windows (I already have a windows license)

 

The following is the build I've done with the help of others on internet:

 

CPU: Intel i7-5820K, €399.99

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212EVO, €37.89 (It is really necessary to use a different CPU Cooler compared to use the CPU Cooler included with the cpu?)

Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme6/ac, €278.39

PSU: Corsair CX600, CP-9020048-EU, €79.54

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series - DDR4 2133MHz, €158.30

Case: Corsair (CC-9011023-WW) ATX 200R, €70.13

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire XT Cherry MX Blue Switch, €84.16

Mouse: HP X5000, €17.08

Monitor: 2x Benq GL2250HM, €243.90

Video Card: Evga VGA GT720 1GB, €45.99

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB, €294.70

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Total: €1710.07

 

 

[don_svetlio]

Get a decent PSU. With that budget there is no reason to buy CX

[vinnie92]

@don_svetlio What I should choose instead?

[don_svetlio]

Just now, vinnie92 said:

@don_svetlio What I should choose instead?

SeaSonic M12II EVO 520W if you aren't using a power-hungry GPU.

[Stefan1024]

If you are willing to tinker and sacrifice a bit singe core performance:

 

2x Xeon E5-2680 (8 core, 3.1 GHz boost on all cores): ~200$ per CPU on eBay

They where used in data centers and flood the market now as they get upgraded, so the price is extremly low.

Asus Z9PE-W D8: 500$ (new)

DDR 3, ECC, 1866MHz, 64 GByte: ~150$ on Ebay

 

total: ~1050$ + 200$ import tax / shipping

 

At least that's what I did. This combination scores about 2100 points on Cinebench what equals to a i7-5690x at 5Ghz.

 

Yes you lose a bit singe core performace, and it's some work to gather all the parts, but the multithreaded performance / $ is incredible.

[brob]

Better psu: http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=seasonic+360 More than enough capacity for the build.