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I made a oversized desk and now I cant bear looking at the empty gap. So I decided to make a budget workstation computer. Its gonna be used for GFX and Rendering, and also Video Streaming at times.

Specs (p.s im still planning it)

cpu: Intel Xeon E5620

mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC

ram: Corsair-Vengeance-4x8GB DDR3 Memory
cpu fan: CRYORIG M9i
gpu: EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB

case: Cooler Master COSMOS II
psu: EVGA 1000 GQ 80+ Gold

With some Cooler master RGB Fans and LED strips.

 

is this a good build or not?

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Bro.... You have a perfectly fine pc already. 

 

 

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CPU: Ryzen 3 1300x RAM: 8gb ddr4 2666 MT/s Mobo: ASRock A320M HDD: 1tb WD GPU: Gtx 1050ti 4gb

 

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What is your budget? Do you have any of the parts already?

“Security is always excessive until it’s not enough.”

– Robbie Sinclair, Head of Security, NSW Australia 

 

“Have you tried turning it off and on again?” - Every Tech Rep Ever

 

If you need help with your build please tag me.

 

 

 

Main PC:

CPU: Ryzen 3 1300x RAM: 8gb ddr4 2666 MT/s Mobo: ASRock A320M HDD: 1tb WD GPU: Gtx 1050ti 4gb

 

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P.s. if you can tell me what reference my location I will follow you. 

Bonus points if you can tell me the names of the people there. 

 

 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, 6thOntheLeft said:

I made a oversized desk and now I cant bear looking at the empty gap. So I decided to make a budget workstation computer. Its gonna be used for GFX and Rendering, and also Video Streaming at times.

Specs (p.s im still planning it)

cpu: Intel Xeon E5620

mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC

ram: Corsair-Vengeance-4x8GB DDR3 Memory
cpu fan: CRYORIG M9i
gpu: EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB

case: Cooler Master COSMOS II
psu: EVGA 1000 GQ 80+ Gold

With some Cooler master RGB Fans and LED strips.

 

is this a good build or not?

So this pc has not been built yet, and you're trying to build one? 

PC: CPU: i5-9600k - CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 - Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 - RAM: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB DDR4-3000 - PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 TG

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No I'm ordering parts. (p.s it'll use a 1TB Samsung SSD, a 2TB WD Black, and a 1TB Samsung SSD). Also I'm using it as a secondary PC as you would call it because it'll help if im downloading drivers without internet, troubleshooting, and encoding.

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Just now, 6thOntheLeft said:

No I'm ordering parts. (p.s it'll use a 1TB Samsung SSD, a 2TB WD Black, and a 1TB Samsung SSD). Also I'm using it as a secondary PC as you would call it because it'll help if im downloading drivers without internet, troubleshooting, and encoding.

What's your budget? 

PC: CPU: i5-9600k - CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 - Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 - RAM: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB DDR4-3000 - PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 TG

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1 minute ago, 6thOntheLeft said:

No I'm ordering parts. (p.s it'll use a 1TB Samsung SSD, a 2TB WD Black, and a 1TB Samsung SSD). Also I'm using it as a secondary PC as you would call it because it'll help if im downloading drivers without internet, troubleshooting, and encoding.

why such a slow cpu then. Id get a 6 core chip atleast on that platform or get something a bit newer.

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alright,

 

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actually making a whole new PC Part Picker list.

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Just now, 6thOntheLeft said:

alright,

 

It seems like you're choosing older parts, which makes me assume its a low budget build? But if its not, I would go with a ryzen processor, such as the r5 2600x or r7 2700x (include a wraith spire cooler), because they are 6 core/12 thread which is much better for what you're trying to do with it. You could also switch the gpu to a radeon rx 580, since its newer and a b450 motherboard. Maybe look to switch the ram for some DDR4, and a 1000w psu is way overkill. Even with the parts I listed, it wont use more than 350, unless overclocking.

PC: CPU: i5-9600k - CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 - Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 - RAM: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB DDR4-3000 - PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 TG

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p.s my budget is about 5k cad

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and its a workstation so i need more than 1 cpu 

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AKA My new main PC. I need goods or bads and I need replacement parts for the "Bads". I'm gonna use this PC for heavy rendering, heavy editing (since im starting up a youtube channel), I'm also gonna use this PC to stream (by playing the game on my Gaming PC and then getting transferred to my Workstation.

PC Part Picker: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/T7pFCb

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Why the mismatched CPU coolers? Also what's the deal with the Titans?

CPU: Core i9 12900K || CPU COOLER : Corsair H100i Pro XT || MOBO : ASUS Prime Z690 PLUS D4 || GPU: PowerColor RX 6800XT Red Dragon || RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance (3200) || SSDs: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB (Boot), Crucial P2 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB (x2), Samsung 850 EVO 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM850 || CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini || MONITOR: Acer Predator X34A (1440p 100hz), HP 27yh (1080p 60hz) || KEYBOARD: GameSir GK300 || MOUSE: Logitech G502 Hero || AUDIO: Bose QC35 II || CASE FANS : 2x Corsair ML140, 1x BeQuiet SilentWings 3 120 ||

 

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bump i mnfemgermgergergre

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what programs?

 

Those chips really aren't great, esp at that price. Your much better off single socket with something like threadripper or ryzen

 

Why a black hdd? Get a bigger drives. Bigger drives are also normally faster.

 

Why 2 1tb ssds? Id get a boot ssd and edit drive.

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Just now, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Why the mismatched CPU coolers? Also what's the deal with the Titans?

A) The cheapest and the best Titans for workstations. Can't have a 1060 with the same price
B) PC Part Picker picked that for me lol I'm gonna change it.

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4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what programs?

 

Those chips really aren't great, esp at that price. Your much better off single socket with something like threadripper or ryzen

 

Why a black hdd? Get a bigger drives. Bigger drives are also normally faster.

 

Why 2 1tb ssds? Id get a boot ssd and edit drive.

Lots of Adobe Programs, Blender, SketchUp, Audiacity, Book-Keeping and taxes, Presentations for University, Video Rendering, Camtasia, Elgato, VMWare, MySQL, V-Ray, CS6 for GFX and things. And I'm gonna multitask on pretty much ALMOST all of them.

 

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Setup: Intel core i5-8400 (OC'd), MSI Z-370-A Pro, Crucial Ballistix 8GB, Be Quiet! Pure Slim, Cooler Master Masterbox Lite 5 RGB, TP-Link Wifi Adapter, ASRock RX580, Artic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste, Logitech G105, Logitech M310, Razer Sphex V2 (Mat), EVGA 500W 80+ Silver, 1TB WD Blue, 240gb Kingston Digital

 

 

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Save a bit. Simplify the system. Get newer tech. Improve performance.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1920X 3.5GHz 12-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Memory Express) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S TR4-SP3 140.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard  ($370.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($391.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($519.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) 
Case: Corsair - Obsidian 500D RGB SE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($319.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA T2 1600W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($443.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $2865.90
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-08 15:31 EDT-0400

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47 minutes ago, 6thOntheLeft said:

and its a workstation so i need more than 1 cpu 

No you don't. Threadripper and i9 cpu are awfully powerful cpu, more powerful than a lot of Xeon cpu and designed for workstations.

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1 minute ago, brob said:

No you don't. Threadripper and i9 cpu are awfully powerful cpu, more powerful than a lot of Xeon cpu and designed for workstations.

i mean, if i got an i9 in canadian price 1 would almost cost me 1k, so 800 dollers for 2 xeons are better (p.s im not an amd guy). and I wanted to cheap out on my ram sticks instead of getting 32gb ddr4 modules

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39 minutes ago, 6thOntheLeft said:

Lots of Adobe Programs, Blender, SketchUp, Audiacity, Book-Keeping and taxes, Presentations for University, Video Rendering, Camtasia, Elgato, VMWare, MySQL, V-Ray, CS6 for GFX and things. And I'm gonna multitask on pretty much ALMOST all of them.

 

Then get that threadripper build abovce, those dual xeons will be very slow for those tasks.

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hmm, I might get that one and swap the mobo for a core i9. Actually, Thanks! I'll use that build as a plan for my new workstation, 

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Setup: Intel core i5-8400 (OC'd), MSI Z-370-A Pro, Crucial Ballistix 8GB, Be Quiet! Pure Slim, Cooler Master Masterbox Lite 5 RGB, TP-Link Wifi Adapter, ASRock RX580, Artic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste, Logitech G105, Logitech M310, Razer Sphex V2 (Mat), EVGA 500W 80+ Silver, 1TB WD Blue, 240gb Kingston Digital

 

 

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40 minutes ago, brob said:

Save a bit. Simplify the system. Get newer tech. Improve performance.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1920X 3.5GHz 12-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Memory Express) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S TR4-SP3 140.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard  ($370.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($391.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($519.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) 
Case: Corsair - Obsidian 500D RGB SE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($319.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA T2 1600W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($443.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $2865.90
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-08 15:31 EDT-0400

I had a bit more money to shell out so i went for 4.3k option

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/pksjvn

good or nah?
if not ill get a threadripper build (even though amd is a nope for me)

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Setup: Intel core i5-8400 (OC'd), MSI Z-370-A Pro, Crucial Ballistix 8GB, Be Quiet! Pure Slim, Cooler Master Masterbox Lite 5 RGB, TP-Link Wifi Adapter, ASRock RX580, Artic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste, Logitech G105, Logitech M310, Razer Sphex V2 (Mat), EVGA 500W 80+ Silver, 1TB WD Blue, 240gb Kingston Digital

 

 

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