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Hardware / Re: Advice on new Workstation for beginner

« on: 2015-10-14, 18:25:59 »

Graphic Card : EVGA GeForce GTX980 Ti Superclocked - 710E - Good, but if you want to save on something a 970 is enough for work.
Processor Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V ver.2 - 55 E - Better get a good air cooler like Noctua nh-d14(d15) or spend more on a better AiO unit. Just triple check for sizing, as it can be a problem to fit some of them.

Ok, I might go for 970 then, With EVGA which one should I pick, SC, SSC or FTW? I have read some forums and I can't decide because I don't really understand, just that FTW has some kind of a backplate for better heat distribution, the price is more or less the same SC -380E, SSC - 400E, FTW+ 430E
And about Noctua cooling, on the site I am checking the socket 2011-3 is not listed, or is it the same with 2011?
Also, they offer Cooler Master Hyper 103 with the most of the motherboards, is it crap or it should do fine ? And maybe I can upgrade it to Noctua one later

Ok so so far I am here:


What do you think about it ? Anyway, now I might have some space for upgrading processor to 5960X , + 600 Euro approx. , or do you think I should stick with this one for now and maybe
upgrade it later on?:)
As you can see I also went for only 16gb of RAM for now(with higher frequency and lower CL) and I will upgrade it when needed. The price is now €1 550, I might be able to decrease it to €1300 without tax on my brother's company.

Thanks for your comment anyway:)

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Hardware / Re: Advice on new Workstation for beginner

« on: 2015-10-14, 16:55:29 »

Hey guys,

thank you very much for your replies, very much appreciated. I took some notes:) And also Stephen, thanks for that website, I am currently in Denmark so I will think about it. The prices seem decent, considering double priced on similar "build your PC" websites. But I think I wanted to have that feeling when you build your PC and it runs smoothly and you are proud of it :D

I would like to ask one more thing, about the wifi adapters. Is it better to buy more expensive motherboard with wifi slot and PCI adapter, or simple use Usb one?
I have not much experience on this, as I have only had laptops for now. Is there a big difference in signal power ?

Thank guys:)

Kind regards,
David

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Hardware / Re: Advice on new Workstation for beginner

« on: 2015-10-01, 17:35:53 »

Ok, so I spent some time and tried to make some setup. So far I've configured this (I think it is a bit too expensive and powerful maybe ... but well at least it will last longer)

Power-source: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 - 120E
Motherboard: MSI X99S XPOWER AC - 310E
Processor: Intel Core i7-5930K - 640E
Processor Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V ver.2 - 55 E
Graphic Card : EVGA GeForce GTX980 Ti Superclocked - 710E
RAM: Kingston 32GB KIT DDR3 2400MHz CL11 HyperX Savage Series - 230E
Harddrive for OS: SSD disk Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB 7mm : 51,90E
Harddrive Storage: WD Red 2000GB 64MB cache - 100E

With Box and Wifi card it's rounded at 2300E ..

It is a bit over what I expected, maybe too powerful for me now.. What do you guys think?

Thanks

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Hardware / Advice on new Workstation for beginner

« on: 2015-10-01, 16:23:19 »

Hey guys,

As I am new to this forum and also to PC hardware I would like to ask for advice with "low" budget Workstation.
I am freshly graduated architect, and because I found most joy in visualization part of the industry, I would like to focus on that for now.
I use mostly Revit, 3dsmax and Corona(have to learn vray though for the basics), and also Adobe package.

The problem is, that my laptop is crazy slow even for "learning" part, so I am looking for and advice on workstation for about 1000-2000 E(of course the cheaper the better).
 I think you guys here have pretty good opinions on hardware and also are pros from the industry (juraj - btw I love your work:D).
 From the threads I have already searched through, quadro and xeon decisions might be too expensive for my budget and intention.
Also, I have no experience on overclocking whatsoever, but I am free to hear any advice on that.

Anyway, I will be thankful on any comment.

Thank you for your time,

Kind regards,
David