Expert's Opinion Required on Custom Built PC or, Brand PC

[Tonmoy Ajize]

Hello,

I am thinking about a custom build as mentioned below:

1x Corsair Graphite Series 760T White Full Tower Windowed
1x Cooler Master 850W 80+ Gold - Fully Modular 850W 80 PLUS Gold
1x Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 8 (rev. 1.0) Motherboard
1x Intel® Core™ i7-7700K (7th Generation) Processor
1x Corsair Vengeance® LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz
1x Corsair Force Series™ LE 480GB SATA 3 6Gb/s SSD
2x WD 2TB Internal Hard Drive (Blue) 3.5” SATA 7200RPM
1x Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Combo PCI
1x Corsair Hydro Series™ H110i GT 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler
1x Corsair Gaming K95 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Cherry MX Brown
1x Razer DeathAdder Elite - The Esports Gaming Mouse
1x NZXT HUE+ Advanced PC Gaming Lighting Control
3x NZXT Aer RGB Digitally Controlled RGB LED Fans

Note: I already have 3x 21.5 Inch HP Monitors and a NVIDIA GPU (4GB DDR5).
So please ignore monitor and GPU part & also if I wrote anything wrong.

First fo all I need your opinions on this build like if I should replace any of these with anything else or anything you wish to recommend. My budget is $2000 USD - $2300 USD maximum.

 

However, many suggesting me to go with brand PCs which built with Server grade processors (example HP Workstation Computers). I know I can't get whatever I like you Brand PCs still performance matters. I need your opinion again on this matter.

Please note that I am not a gamer and not building this PC for gaming either. It's just for heavy workload and a hobby:)

Thanks.

[pelark]

For workloads, get a ryzen cpu. 

[Droidbot]

First of all: is your workload multithreaded in any way? If so, go for a Ryzen 7 1700 and the same cooler you have and overclock the spit out of it (3.9/4Ghz). It's got 8 physical cores and 16 threads and trades blows with the i7 6900k, which is a $1000 USD processor. 

[Anghammarad]

And the PSU is a little over par. I don't think you'll need 850 Watts.

[Tonmoy Ajize]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

First of all: is your workload multithreaded in any way? If so, go for a Ryzen 7 1700 and the same cooler you have and overclock the spit out of it (3.9/4Ghz). It's got 8 physical cores and 16 threads and trades blows with the i7 6900k, which is a $1000 USD processor. 

 

I will be running Windows 10 Pro and Multiple VMs using VMWARE Workstation Pro. Should I really go with Ryzen CPU instead of i7-7700K?

[Sauron]

Buying server hardware for desktop use doesn't make sense, don't buy brand pcs if you can build your own.

 

I would suggest a ryzen 1700 over the 7700k if games are not a concern. The rest is fine, I wouldn't spend much on a mouse if you aren't going to play games though

[Tonmoy Ajize]

Just now, Anghammarad said:

And the PSU is a little over par. I don't think you'll need 850 Watts.

What do you recommend? 750 Watts?

[MooseKnuckles]

Just now, Tonmoy Ajize said:

What do you recommend? 750 Watts?

over 9000 all day

[pelark]

2 minutes ago, Tonmoy Ajize said:

I will be running Windows 10 Pro and Multiple VMs using VMWARE Workstation Pro. Should I really go with Ryzen CPU instead of i7-7700K?

How many vms, and what will they be doing?

[Tonmoy Ajize]

2 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Buying server hardware for desktop use doesn't make sense, don't buy brand pcs if you can build your own.

 

I would suggest a ryzen 1700 over the 7700k if games are not a concern. The rest is fine, I wouldn't spend much on a mouse if you aren't going to play games though

 

Should I go with Ryzen 1700 or, 1700x ?

[Anghammarad]

A 650 would be enough.

 

I currently run an older more power hungry config with Z77, Core I5 overclocked to 4.3 ghz, 2 harddrives, 1 ssd, 1 dvd burner etc with a 550 Watts Cooler Master without any problems. 

 

So even 550 might be enough, to be on the safe side for some upgrades, a second gfx card perhaps, 650 will be ok.

[Droidbot]

5 minutes ago, Tonmoy Ajize said:

I will be running Windows 10 Pro and Multiple VMs using VMWARE Workstation Pro. Should I really go with Ryzen CPU instead of i7-7700K?

Definitely, the extra cores will help out a bunch when running multiple VMs.

As long as you're not doing GPU passthrough or similar, VT-D on ryzen will work fine.

[Tonmoy Ajize]

1 minute ago, pelark said:

How many vms, and what will they be doing?

3-5 will be turned on most of the time and some will run Windows and Some Linux as OS. I will be doing different type of works on these VMs depending on different things. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Tonmoy Ajize said:

Should I go with Ryzen 1700 or, 1700x ?

Do you plan on overclocking it? If not then 1700x is worth it if its not more than 30 dollars more (I forgot how much) but if you will overclock it then it might not be worth it

[pelark]

Just now, Tonmoy Ajize said:

3-5 will be turned on most of the time and some will run Windows and Some Linux as OS. I will be doing different type of works on these VMs depending on different things. 

Then you really shouldn't get the 7700k, get a 1700

 

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, Tonmoy Ajize said:

3-5 will be turned on most of the time and some will run Windows and Some Linux as OS. I will be doing different type of works on these VMs depending on different things. 

However, if it's just a hobby R7 will be good, but if you can go for 6800k or 6900k - they're bloody expensive but Intel has the superiority in virtualisation. Or wait for the new versions of these processors to come soon. 

[Tonmoy Ajize]

1 minute ago, Abyss Gaming said:

Do you plan on overclocking it? If not then 1700x is worth it if its not more than 30 dollars more (I forgot how much) but if you will overclock it then it might not be worth it

I am not really thinking about overclocking any of the processors. But what If I think about gaming in near future  

[Sauron]

4 minutes ago, Tonmoy Ajize said:

Should I go with Ryzen 1700 or, 1700x ?

the 1700x is just a 1700 with a higher clock speed, if you are comfortable with overclocking you can spare a few bucks with the 1700 and get the same performance.

[Tonmoy Ajize]

Just now, Droidbot said:

However, if it's just a hobby R7 will be good, but if you can go for 6800k or 6900k - they're bloody expensive but Intel has the superiority in virtualisation. Or wait for the new versions of these processors to come soon. 

 

I can get i7-7700K, then why i7-6800K or, i7-6900K?

[Droidbot]

Just now, Tonmoy Ajize said:

I can get i7-7700K, then why i7-6800K or, i7-6900K?

7700k is 4 cores 8 threads

6800k is 6 cores 12 threads but slightly slower and older

6900k is 8 cores 16 threads and ^

[Tonmoy Ajize]

Should I totally ignore Brand PCs?

[Tonmoy Ajize]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

7700k is 4 cores 8 threads

6800k is 6 cores 12 threads but slightly slower and older

6900k is 8 cores 16 threads and ^

 

So i7-6900K is should what I get ... right?

[Droidbot]

Just now, Tonmoy Ajize said:

So i7-6900K is should what I get ... right?

yes, but it's really, really expensive for what it is and the architecture is apparently being replaced soon, so hold on. 

[Anghammarad]

Brand PCs might be nice to look at on the spec sheet, but you really never know what they actually put in for a Mainboard, PSU, GFX Card etc. So usually you have a hard time upgrading them, even swapping parts. And usually they are more expensive for the same workload than a self build.

[Tonmoy Ajize]

15 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

yes, but it's really, really expensive for what it is and the architecture is apparently being replaced soon, so hold on. 

For me, i7-7700K costs the same as AMD Ryzen 1700 ... don't know why it's like this ... based on price, what should I get then?