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[maxdepalma]

Hello. I have 1500€ to spend on a pc workstation for game programming, video/photo editing and animations. Can anybody help me out?

Also I live in Italy so amazon.it links would definitely be helpful!

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, maxdepalma said:

Hello. I have 1500€ to spend on a pc workstation for game programming, video/photo editing and animations. Can anybody help me out?

Also I live in Italy so amazon.it links would definitely be helpful!

Color Scheme? Peripherals? Will you need cuda? Monitor?

[maxdepalma]

5 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Color Scheme? Peripherals? Will you need cuda? Monitor?

- mainly black and white

-no peripherals

-yes cuda

-yes monitor 

[Stardar1]

5 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Color Scheme? Peripherals? Will you need cuda? Monitor?

Asking the real questions

also preferred case size

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, Stardar1 said:

Asking the real questions

also preferred case size

Leaving you to handle it, I gotta go to class.

[Stardar1]

16 minutes ago, maxdepalma said:

Hello. I have 1500€ to spend on a pc workstation for game programming, video/photo editing and animations. Can anybody help me out?

Also I live in Italy so amazon.it links would definitely be helpful!

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kL6Mqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kL6Mqs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 1.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£184.07 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 1.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£184.07 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus Z10PA-D8 ATX Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£300.63 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 32GB (1 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£138.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£129.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Armor 2X Video Card  (£399.94 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£73.99 @ Dabs) 
Total: £1523.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 16:36 GMT+0000

[Starelementpoke]

5 hours ago, Stardar1 said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kL6Mqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kL6Mqs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 1.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£184.07 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 1.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£184.07 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus Z10PA-D8 ATX Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£300.63 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 32GB (1 x 32GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£138.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£129.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Armor 2X Video Card  (£399.94 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£73.99 @ Dabs) 
Total: £1523.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 16:36 GMT+0000

I don't think this translates to his currency.

[brob]

All sourced from amazon.it. It is light on storage, but the 32GB of memory makes up for that. That amount of memory is a bit of overkill, but 16GB is too little if one is going to be running a vm or two.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (€398.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€37.89)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (€248.30 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€147.74 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (€317.22 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€81.82 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€107.10 @ Amazon Italia)
Monitor: Asus MX239H 23.0" Monitor  (€201.35 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €1590.41
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 23:12 CET+0100

[Stardar1]

17 hours ago, Starelementpoke said:

I don't think this translates to his currency.

Oh shit! I read that as pounds

 

My apologies. 

[Stardar1]

17 hours ago, brob said:

All sourced from amazon.it. It is light on storage, but the 32GB of memory makes up for that. That amount of memory is a bit of overkill, but 16GB is too little if one is going to be running a vm or two.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (€398.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€37.89)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (€248.30 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€147.74 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (€317.22 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€81.82 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€107.10 @ Amazon Italia)
Monitor: Asus MX239H 23.0" Monitor  (€201.35 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €1590.41
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 23:12 CET+0100

Dis one!

 

(I might go for 16 or 24 GB RAM and grab an SSD. )