programming Programming pc build

[pekh]

Hello Everyone,

Budget & Location

INR 90k, INDIA.

Aim

I'm going to build a pc for programming. All other usual stuff like web browsing etc, but importantly I'll also use this for very basic photo editing. I want to be able to play games in the future adding a graphics card (certainly not now).

List of components

intel 6700
asus z170 pro gaming
kingston hyperx fury black series 8gb 2133 MHz DDR4
samsung 850 evo 256GB or seagate 1tb (but not both)
corsair vs 550w
deepcool tesseract
lg 25um65
windows 10 pro

The concerns I've with above list of components

1) Intel skylake cpus freezing with prime 95.

2) The motherboard has some fair amount of complaints on newegg, so I'm open for suggestions.

3) Mechanical HDDs aren't reliable these days (I'm looking at seagate sshd (online customer reviews), never had a WD but my friend's WD failed so), so I thought why not ssd. But I want to run linux on vm, so please suggest if there is a reliable hdd with good warranty (tried and tested).

4) Also reports that Intel skylake cpus are bending with aftermarket coolers.

These above concerns made me come up with a new list of components

The new list of components

intel 4790k
asus microatx b85m-g

corsair hydro series h80i gt
corsair vengenance 8gb DDR3
samsung 850 evo 256GB or seagate 1tb (but not both)
corsair vs 550w
deepcool tesseract
lg 25um65
Windows 10 pro

The concerns I've with above list of components

1) Haswell is already couple generations dated, so would it serve me well going two years into the future.

2) Issues with mechanical hdd, same as above.

The reason for going with lg 25um65 is being a programmer, I would like to see more on the screen side by side (suggestions welcome). Also was considering if I should go with the OEM version of windows rather than full, just to lower the cost little bit, if not buy windows 8.1 or windows 7 and then upgrade for free (would there be any issues) .

[Paralectic]

So you want a gaming build, programming doesn't need alot .

[stealth80]

8 minutes ago, pekh said:

Hello Everyone,

Budget & Location

INR 90k, INDIA.

Aim

I'm going to build a pc for programming. All other usual stuff like web browsing etc, but importantly I'll also use this for very basic photo editing. I want to be able to play games in the future adding a graphics card (certainly not now).

List of components

intel 6700
asus z170 pro gaming
kingston hyperx fury black series 2133 MHz DDR4
samsung 850 evo 256GB or seagate 1tb (but not both)
corsair vs 550w
deepcool tesseract
lg 25um65
windows 10 pro

The concerns I've with above list of components

1) Intel skylake cpus freezing with prime 95.

2) The motherboard has some fair amount of complaints on newegg, so I'm open for suggestions.

3) Mechanical HDDs aren't reliable these days (I'm looking at seagate sshd (online customer reviews), never had a WD but my friend's WD failed so), so I thought why not ssd. But I want to run linux on vm, so please suggest if there is a reliable hdd with good warranty (tried and tested).

4) Also reports that Intel skylake cpus are bending with aftermarket coolers.

These above concerns made me come up with a new list of components

The new list of components

intel 4790k
asus microatx b85m-g

corsair hydro series h80i gt
corsair vengenance 8gb DDR3
samsung 850 evo 256GB or seagate 1tb (but not both)
corsair vs 550w
deepcool tesseract
lg 25um65
Windows 10 pro

The concerns I've with above list of components

1) Haswell is already couple generations dated, so would it serve me well going two years into the future.

2) Issues with mechanical hdd, same as above.

The reason for going with lg 25um65 is being a programmer, I would like to see more on the screen side by side (suggestions welcome). Also was considering if I should go with the OEM version of windows rather than full, just to lower the cost little bit, if not buy windows 8.1 or windows 7 and then upgrade for free (would there be any issues) .

Haswell (DC which you linked) is only just replaced with Skylake. You are listing a 4790K with a non Z97 board, meaning you cant overclock it. Have you considered a Xeon?

[pekh]

I can't overclock it, I can live with that (budget compromises). I've not particularly looked into xeon but sure would like some help.

[pekh]

14 minutes ago, Paralectic said:

So you want a gaming build, programming doesn't need alot .

Primarily for programming. Vms, IDEs, photo editing, blend, heavy browsing etc.

[DioOmicida]

If you are worried about the 4790k falling off the charts (it wont), look at instead going with a 5820k on a x99 MB.
If you aren't going to overclock, then you don't need a K series, though.

[pekh]

1 minute ago, DioOmicida said:

If you are worried about the 4790k falling off the charts, look at instead going with a 5820k on a x99 MB.
If you aren't going to overclock, then you don't need a K series, though.

I considered going with a 5820k but then I've to get an aftermarket cooler, also a graphic card which would be higher than my budget, not to mention the price of mobos (typically higher). Yes I could get a non-k cpu but the price difference is very low like some $10.

[Stefan1024]

21 minutes ago, pekh said:

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Based on my experience, compilers have very poor multithreading support. So you need:

 

- High, IPC and clock, but not many cores: i7-6700k is good

- super fast storage (IOPS not bandwith) as you read and write a lot of smal files:

The RAM speed is ok, but faster is better. 16 Gbyte and up recommended especially if you use VMs.

An SSD is a must for compillation.

 

[pekh]

6 minutes ago, Stefan1024 said:

Based on my experience, compilers have very poor multithreading support. So you need:

 

- High, IPC and clock, but not many cores: i7-6700k is good

- super fast storage (IOPS not bandwith) as you read and write a lot of smal files:

The RAM speed is ok, but faster is better. 16 Gbyte and up recommended especially if you use VMs.

An SSD is a must for compillation.

 

What do you think of the motherboard choice?

[Stefan1024]

2 minutes ago, pekh said:

What do you think of the motherboard choice?

If you OC it's fine, otherwise you can save some money.

[pekh]

1 minute ago, Stefan1024 said:

If you OC it's fine, otherwise you can save some money.

Any recommendations?

[Stefan1024]

Just now, pekh said:

Any recommendations?

I haven looked a lot at Z170 boards as I have Z97 and upgreading now is silly. But Asrock has pretty good price to performance usually.