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Originally Posted by Tod
Hi again my friends, I've been trying to go through a local supplyer to get my computer parts and put it all together for me.
Basically I've been talking to them on the phone and then they send me what they have to offer via email.
At any rate, this is what they've sent me so far and since I have no experience with this stuff and know nothing about it I thought some of you would know whether any of this is any good of not.
They've given me two choices for the Case: > Corsair CC9011014WW Carbide ATX tower 300R
> Antec Three Hundred Gaming Case No PS The mother board they propose: > Gigabyte 1150 GA-Z97X-SLI They've given me two choices for the PSU Power supply: > Corsair CP9020D60NA 600W
> Coolermaster RS500PCARA3US 500W They suggest a SSD Drv for OS: > Crucial BX100 250 DB Internal SSD Two choices for 32GB of Memory: > Crucial CT102464BA160B 8GB DDR3 (4Pc)
> Crucial 16GB KIT (8GBX2), 240-Pin DIMM, DDR3 (2Pc) There are other things like the CPU which is going to be the "Intel 1150 i7-479K 4.0/4.4 4/8 HD4600".
I'm a little discouraged with them since I've made it very clear that the computer has to end up being very quiet, but they haven't even mentioned the cooler for the CPU, even though I included that in my original spec that I gave them.
So I'm starting to wonder about these other parts and I'm hoping some of you folks can help me out here, as far as whether they're any good or not.
I appreciate any help you can give me.
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I have just built a new audio PC from scratch and I am very pleased with it.
A few things of note to say about your list;
I very nearly went with the Carbide case but changed at the last minute to the Fractal-design Define R4, It has sound proofed panels and is as quiet as can be. I also went with a corsair AIO water cooler with Noctua fans. I have yet to see the cpu temp go above 30 degrees C and it is VERY quiet. Well worth the extra few £ for the case and fans.
Can't really get a better CPU than you mention unless you pay enthusiast(silly) prices. The 4790
K is over-clockable. If you have no intention of over-clocking the CPU get the 4790 it should be about £30-40 cheaper.
Without pawing over the gigabyte specs pages I can't say for sure, but I went with a lesser motherboard than I would have chosen without thinking. Some specs like SLI are simply not needed as you will be using on-board graphics. All Asus boards have graphics built in now(supports 3 screens) and the BIOS is the industry leader IMO. Don't choose MB specs based on the 'upgrade in the future' thinking.
I have a Plextor-M.2e system disk which is silly fast, I can start spotify about 8 seconds after turning my PC on !
You only need a 500Watt PSU, no graphics card, Haswell CPU and SSD storage all add up to be nice power savers. Talking of which, I went with a slightly more expensive PSU from Corsair. Gold rating means in the long run you will save lots of money in electricity. I know my PC can be on for 16 hours a day sometimes. Plus less heat means longer lasting parts.
You don't need 32GB of Ram ! Unless you plan to have about 30 programs open at the same time. I have 8GB in this new machine and it is plenty. Just make sure to keep background bloatware programs to a stark minimum. Like none!
All my parts came to £830. I reused SSD's and HHD's from my previous machine so I will be spending a few hundred more on some Samsung Pro850's. I spent the best part of a saturday building it, probably 10 hours from opening the boxes to a fully updated REAPER beast. Thumbs up for the easy config file transfer system in REAPER !
If you need my shopping list in full or any advice in general on building a machine, give me a shout.