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Espira
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Evening ladies & gents, 

 

I've asked for build suggestions in the past, however stuff happened and those builds couldn't come to fruition. However I now have a full-time gig and wanted to invest in a powerful workstation which I'll be doing Video and 3d editing/rendering, animation, programming and naturally gaming. Also have it be VR ready when I take that jump later down the line. Aesthetic wise I am going for white/black. 

 

This build is an early idea, and many parts will surely change around: Monitors, SSD's (2 for RAID), RAM, Keyboard, Mouse will inevitably change depending on sales when I buy this in about a month. I'm also aware that we're in a weird phase with GPU's as the new ones are just coming out of the gate, so 1070 or 480 is in the air right now. 

 

I'm comfortable spending a good amount on this PC, however I do still want to be a smart consumer.

Any suggestions to better the build? Note this is in CAD.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($411.60 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.95 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($195.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($85.60 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($609.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Glossy White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($138.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ NCIX) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid-i Wired Standard Keyboard  ($137.50 @ Vuugo) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($84.98 @ NCIX) 
UPS: CyberPower CP1350AVRLCD UPS  ($157.69 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $2596.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 14:13 EDT-0400

 

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11 minutes ago, Espira said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($411.60 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.95 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($195.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($85.60 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($609.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Glossy White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($138.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ NCIX) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid-i Wired Standard Keyboard  ($137.50 @ Vuugo) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($84.98 @ NCIX) 
UPS: CyberPower CP1350AVRLCD UPS  ($157.69 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $2596.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 14:13 EDT-0400

 

Inhales....... BOI

 

CPU Cooler : For that price, may swell get an AIO, like a Corsair H100i v2 (my fav)

 

GPU : DEAR GOD... I know the FE looks cool, but the cooling for them is terrible, and that is always the case for reference (blower) style cards. Get an EVGA ACX 3.0 card. The cooling is SOOOO MUCH BETTER. About 20 degrees lower when under full load

 

Case: Coolermaster Mastercase 5 Pro

 

Mouse : Logitech MX Master

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($496.25 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99P-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($298.98 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($89.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($609.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT H440 (Glossy White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($138.00 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.98 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid-i Wired Standard Keyboard  ($137.50 @ Vuugo)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($84.98 @ NCIX)
UPS: CyberPower CP1350AVRLCD UPS  ($157.69 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $2834.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 14:27 EDT-0400

 

The 5820K's rendering performance will be worth it.

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

Spoiler

Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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20 minutes ago, Espira said:

 

The 1070 is going to be a waste on 1080p displays, you'd be better off waiting for the RX 480s

and it's not a server with RAID, so you probably don't really need a UPS

 

also you should be going with a 5820K instead of a 6700K
 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XJFrJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XJFrJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($496.25 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($37.50 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4/3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($359.99 @ BestDirect)

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Espira said:

 

i dont know how bad the power is over there but i would save the money and leave out the ups.

i saved you some money and put a better cpu in there:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ytwycc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ytwycc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($496.25 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ BestDirect) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($274.28 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Patriot Extreme Performance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($68.53 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($143.99 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($609.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Antec Green 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ NCIX) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($182.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm QuickFire Rapid Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($84.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($84.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $2392.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 14:34 EDT-0400

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thinkpad l450, i5-5200u, 8gb ram, 1080p ips, 250gb samsung ssd, fingerprint reader, 72wh battery <3, mx master, motorola lapdock as secound screen

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59 minutes ago, Espira said:

I'm comfortable spending a good amount on this PC, however I do still want to be a smart consumer.

Any suggestions to better the build? Note this is in CAD.

Of course you can, of course you can be a smart consumer. ;)

Some parts I will be adding/changing after getting more information is the GPU and SSD.

You'll need to clear me on why you need to RAID those SSDs. And do you have an HDD already? I'm giving a standard 1TB HDD recommendation for now.

The R9 390 is a placeholder for the RX 480, or a recommendation if you want to buy now.

Tax is included in price. Peripherals not included.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($561.58 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D9L 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($76.27 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99M-GAMING 5 Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($316.26 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($80.96 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.94 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($423.42 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($56.48 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($107.32 @ NCIX)
Total: $1692.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-12 15:10 EDT-0400

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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1 hour ago, UberGamerKing said:

GPU : DEAR GOD... I know the FE looks cool, but the cooling for them is terrible, and that is always the case for reference (blower) style cards. Get an EVGA ACX 3.0 card. The cooling is SOOOO MUCH BETTER. About 20 degrees lower when under full load

It was moreso a placeholder for when the other GPUI's start coming up. But I'll take a look at your suggestion. 

 

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

The 1070 is going to be a waste on 1080p displays, you'd be better off waiting for the RX 480s

Right, I had figured the 1070 was better of for 1440p displays, however they are kinda expensive atm. What are the things to weigh when going red or green? I am more partial to team green since I see it being fanboy'd more often however I am open to waiting for the 480. 

 

1 hour ago, Energycore said:

The 5820K's rendering performance will be worth it.

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

also you should be going with a 5820K instead of a 6700K

1 hour ago, ChrisCross said:

i saved you some money and put a better cpu in there:

Is this due to having 6 cores instead of 4?

 

31 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

You'll need to clear me on why you need to RAID those SSDs. And do you have an HDD already? I'm giving a standard 1TB HDD recommendation for now.

I already have an HDD, which is why it wasn't included in my build. The SDD's are just for faster read and writes in general. More of a luxury expense than a necessary one. Although if the performance isn't hugely significant I can easily live without. 

 

I appreciate the input everyone btw, thank you!

 

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1 minute ago, Espira said:

Is this due to having 6 cores instead of 4?

Pretty much. It's 10% slower cores but 50% more cores, which means a 40% performance advantage while rendering.

 

On the topic of 1440p monitors, they're worth it. If you can afford a computer that drives 1440p, you can afford the display as well. You can tone down the graphics to make budget room (the RX 480 will come out at about $300 CAD, will give out playable 1440p performance unless rumors are way off).

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

Spoiler

Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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36 minutes ago, Espira said:

I already have an HDD, which is why it wasn't included in my build. The SDD's are just for faster read and writes in general. More of a luxury expense than a necessary one. Although if the performance isn't hugely significant I can easily live without. 

For that, just pick a single 250GB SSD. No need to RAID.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Energycore said:

 

It's only like 5% slower on the IPC side, Unless there's a heafty OC on the 6700K they should end up about the same for single threaded tasks

 

40 minutes ago, Espira said:

Right, I had figured the 1070 was better of for 1440p displays, however they are kinda expensive atm. What are the things to weigh when going red or green? I am more partial to team green since I see it being fanboy'd more often however I am open to waiting for the 480. 

 

Is this due to having 6 cores instead of 4?

Going with AMD saves you money on a free-sync display compared to a G-sync display

$350 CAD for 1080p 144hz TN free-sync

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/ZBZ2FT/aoc-monitor-g2460pf

$450 CAD for the G-sync monitor of the same specs
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/R998TW/aoc-monitor-g2460pg

 

and at $250 USD anyways, the RX 480 should have about the performance of a 390/X, which is currently under $400 CAD, and it'll have at least half the power consumption for easier crossfire if crossfire support improves, which I think AMD may just push more to compete with the 1080 until vega

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/P27CmG/sapphire-video-card-100382ntoc2l



and if your focus is productivity, you'd be best off investing in a 4k display potentially, though I've no idea how much those are going to be in canada, especially for like a 40" one

Also going with the 480 would save you enough money almost to afford this 27" 4k IPS free-sync display anyways at $550 CAD

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/JhkwrH/lg-monitor-27ud68w

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Hmm good points around. I've cut back an SSD, removed the UPS and have opted for the 5820K as suggested. As far as GPU goes, I'll definitely keep my options open, wait out the next few weeks and see what amd performance is like and what other cards come out from OEM's. 

 

Appreciate it everyone!

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