Friend's 3D modeling rig

Hey there,

Friend recently asked me to build him 3D modeling for 1200 €, which basically translates to 1200 $. He plans on running it for long periods of time, which is to be expected, so I didn't even try to save on cooling.

When asked what software he will be using he posted me this list: Catia, Keyshot, Photoshop, Corel, InDesign, Autocad, Cinema, V ray. So I went out, did a little bit of research and came up with this rig:

  • CPU       Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3                                        295,09 EUR
  • Cooler   NOCTUA NH-U12S                                                58,73 EUR
  • MB         ASUS GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION             162,46 EUR
  • GPU      HP Quadro K2200 4GB, J3G88AA                      375,16 EUR
  • RAM      HP DDR3 16GB 1600MHz ECC Reg A2Z52AA   134,39 EUR
  • SSD      Samsung 850 Pro 128GB                                   105,58 EUR
  • HDD      Seagate Desktop SSHD 2000GB                        115,70 EUR
  • Case     Fractal Design Define R5 Black                          108,67 EUR
  • FAN       NOCTUA NF-P14s redux 1200 PWM                    13,38 EUR
  • PSU       Bq Quiet! Straightpower 500W                             86,49 EUR

Which unfortunately adds up to 1455,65 €. So I went and tried to meet the price tag and came up with this:

  • CPU       Intel Core i5-4690                                               229,10 EUR
  • Cooler   NOCTUA NH-U12S                                                58,73 EUR
  • MB         ASUS GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION             162,46 EUR
  • GPU      ASUS STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5                  234,90 EUR
  • RAM      Kingston 16GB KIT DDR3 1600MHz CL9 HyperX134,39 EUR
  • SSD      Samsung 850 EVO 120GB                                    74,22 EUR
  • HDD      Western Digital AV Green Power 2000GB             90,14 EUR
  • Case     Fractal Design Define R5 Black                          108,67 EUR
  • FAN       NOCTUA NF-P14s redux 1200 PWM                    13,38 EUR
  • PSU       Bq Quiet! Straightpower 500W                             86,49 EUR

This one adds up to 1195,68 €, great! The problem is I don't really know, how well the Core i5 and GTX760 will be able to cope with these programs? Is it any good for this software? Should I drop the quadro from first build and just go for more RAM? I don't even work with these programs, so I have no idea, outside of the little research I did. So I figured out I'll go out and ask you guys for advice. And if by any chance you are from Slovakia, that would be great, just post me direct link to the stuff.

Thanks in advance.

As far as being worried about the i5, I'll say that the i7-3770k's price has come down quite a bit. See if you can't find it somewhere comparable. Firstly it scores higher in benchmarks at it's base clock than the 4690, and can be overclocked to 4.6 GHz easily and can get you another 10-15% worth of performance.

Thanks for advice, but unfortunately not in Slovakia :/ . Cheapest it can be found here for is 312.40 EUR which pretty much equals to 4790K lol. The problem with our shops is that they never have these crazy sales, they much rather hold stuff in their shelves than sell it for less.

http://procesory.heureka.sk/intel-core-i7-3770k/