Help with workstation build

Claytality · November 6, 2016

1. Budget & Location

Budget is $1500-2250 - Location Denmark

2. Aim

Used as a workstation for hobby photo/video editing and sound recordings.

Prefer small form factor and I need wifi either via expansion or motherboard.

3. Monitors

Only have room for 1 monitor and would like to have an IPS monitor.

4. Peripherals

All peripherals are needed. Will not need OS though.

5. Why are you upgrading?

Looking to replace my laptop

My proposed setup - http://pcpartpicker.com/list/zTGGxY

Claytality · November 6, 2016

Julian - Sadly this doesn't fulfill the small form factor wish

19_blackie_73 · November 7, 2016

11 hours ago, Claytality said:

Julian - Sadly this doesn't fulfill the small form factor wish

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.95 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Kingston Savage 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($173.87 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB 6GT OC Video Card ($249.00 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($84.93 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply ($87.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Dell U2414H 23.8" 60Hz Monitor ($228.99 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Logitech G610 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($94.02 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse ($59.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1699.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-07 02:43 EST-0500

I have optimized your partslist a bit. You may profit more from a faster quadcore than such a low end xeon with 2.1GHz. (+ you might be able to overclock the 6700k quite a bit.)

If you are not gaming that much, you might even consider a 1440p monitor or you even might be able to get a 1070 and a 1440p monitor. (sth like that: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/BpgPxr/dell-monitor-u2715h), but that depends on the prices you have in denmark

EDIT: put your wifi card back in, forgot about that part

Edited November 7, 2016 by 19_blackie_73

Claytality · November 7, 2016

Cheers blackie

Do you know of smaller cases than the Air 240 that could be used for this particular build? I would prefer an even smaller case if possible, but would like to stay within the somewhat same price range. The cooling solution doesn't have to be from noctua either.

Claytality · November 8, 2016

On 11/7/2016 at 8:47 AM, 19_blackie_73 said:

I have optimized your partslist a bit. You may profit more from a faster quadcore than such a low end xeon with 2.1GHz. (+ you might be able to overclock the 6700k quite a bit.)

Cheers blackie

Do you know of smaller cases than the Air 240 that could be used for this particular build? I would prefer an even smaller case if possible, but would like to stay within the somewhat same price range. The cooling solution doesn't have to be from noctua either.

19_blackie_73 · November 8, 2016

1 minute ago, Claytality said:

Cheers blackie

Do you know of smaller cases than the Air 240 that could be used for this particular build? I would prefer an even smaller case if possible, but would like to stay within the somewhat same price range. The cooling solution doesn't have to be from noctua either.

how small do you want to get?

I mean, any micro atx case you find will fit the components I chose. But I really like the idea of the air 240 and it's bigger brother, and you chose it too, so i thought why not. Additionally, as the 240 is limited to 120mm cooler height, I did not find a better cooler IMO. I just discovered a mistake in my previous partslist, the psu has sfx formfactor instead of atx. As you are in denmark, you should be able to get bequiet stuff, get the psu i put in the build below.

I mean, you probably could go to ITX, but then you have zero expansion possibilities. Here's a suggestion

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant