Very soon i am gonna start a build for gaming and productivity. I play a lot of different stuff, mostly not extremely demanding stuff but i was hoping to be able to run future games like Witcher 3, DayZ and GTA 5 (hopefully with mods) at high settings at 1080p and 144hz when possible. Besides gaming i use a variety of 3d CAD software, daylight and electrical lighting simulations and 3d rendering as well as matlab coding and compiling.
The build is gonna start a bit frankenstein-ish with some new expensive parts and some cheap stuff i currently got laying around. The idea is to gradually upgrade with time and hopefully end up with something really solid.
I was hoping to get a second opinion on my component choices in case of any incapability or alternatives i should consider.
So here is my component list (none-bold components i've already got):
Corsair Carbide 330R
Corsair RM650
Asus Z97-A
Core i7 I7-4790K
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 760 OC - 2GB GDDR5
Intel 320 series SSD
An ancient HDD for storage
2x4GB Kingston Hyber blu X 1600hz ram
Old acer 24 inch monitor
Asus VG248qe
Later on i wanna add some aftermarket cpu cooling, more case fans, a second GPU, more and better RAM, more SSDs for raid configuration.
Feel free to leave tips, tricks, recommendations.
Thanks in advance
Edit: The machine is gonna run win 8.1 and eventually win 10 as well as win xp and some linux distros in virtualbox
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UPDATE:
Hello everyone who helped me out here. I hope you actually see this as i wanted to thank everyone for you input and let you know that i finally finished my build.
I took a bit slow with the shopping part and finally got some pretty good deals so i ended up with an Asus Z97-AR, i7 4790K and a MSI GTX 970 Gaming. The MB and CPU where an easy choice in the end as i got it a lot cheaper then the Xeon and cheap MB alternative. The gpu was still a though call and i which i could have tested the 970 and the r9 290 for a few weeks before my final purchase. I am quite impressed with my MSI GTX 970 however. Its cool, quiet and quite the beast.
If you can, spare a small amount of money to get a hyper 212 evo or another cheap heatsink ASAP. The stock Intel cooler isn't even suitable to run a 4790k at stock.
Instead of buying a second GPU I would sell the 760 and get a better single graphics card like a 980 so you don't run into issues down the line with SLI.
Thank you for for all the great input. I am not completely set on the GPU yet and on that note i have no idea if i actually need CUDA or not. I live in Denmark and the pricing here seems a bit different than the US. But it seems the R9 280 can be acquired quite cheap from Germany even shipping taking into account. There is a Sapphire Radeon TRI-X R9 290 on sale right now which seems like a really good deal, but the difference in price is 100 USD (converted from local price and currency). I guess i have to put some more research into the graphic cards. The GTX 770 might be an option as well as i could got about 10%-15% discount on a Palit GTX 770. Again thanks for the input. I will do more research.
An R9 290 will destroy a 770 in gaming as well as any application that uses OpenCL acceleration. So I'm not sure what the price difference is but if they are pretty close then I'd definitely go for the 290 unless you need CUDA. An R9 290 is faster than a 780. Plus the 4GB of VRAM really comes in handy.
I've done some reading and i think the R290 is not for me. The performance for its price seems absolutely amazing but i dont think i can deal with the high noise,heat and power consumption. The Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC seems somewhat reasonable in terms of noise and heat, but it is so power hungry. I am not sure what to do.
I run this exact card overclocked alongside a pretty power-hungry CPU with a hefty overclock on a 750W PSU. Before that I even had 2 overclocked 7950s running on that same PSU. 650W should be absolutely fine.
Regarding your build I'd definitely go with a different SSD. Those Intels 320s have shitty read/write speed compared to let's say the Samsung 850 PRO which only costs a couple of bucks more, has crazy speed and comes with a 10 year warranty.
The whole CUDA/OpenCL-thing really depends on the software you use for your productivity-work.If CUDA is not crucial, the R9 290 is for sure the better bang for the buck. If you are looking at 144Hz gaming, an R9 290(X) or a 780(ti) is more what you should be looking at. Games like GTA V will definitely appreciate the 4 GB of VRAM of the AMD cards.
just get a 780 or 970 and be done with it. at that point you will be able to do anything you need. I finally did and it hurt at first but its a buy once, cry once kind of deal and i only have a 8350. the thing does everything i could want right down to streaming arma III on ultra at 1080 30fps.
The reference R9 290s are loud and hot. The non reference, especially the Tri-X, isn't. It really won't go over 70 even with a crazy OC. Power consumption? You won't even notice it. Really. People make a big deal about power consumption but at the end of the day it will cost you maybe $1 a year extra.
Well, I would probably save money on the CPU and go for a Xeon 1231v3, forget about overclocking, and get a much faster GPU like a 290, 290X, GTX 970 or something similar. Forget dual gpus too.
This will be way faster in games and it's hyperthreaded for your productivity.
Interesting. Haven't thought about that at all as i kinda thought Xeons where overpriced. This is actually a significantly cheaper CPU which leaves me with some extra coin for the GPU. If i choose to go the xeon route, shouldn't i be looking at another motherboard? A lot of the functionality of the Asus Z97-A seems irrelevant if i am not going to OC. Any suggestions?
Edit: Also should i worry about aftermarket cooling from the get-go with the Xeon?
Ok i think i am finally set on the graphics card. The Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC 4 GB seem just to good to be true. Price to performance is amazing and it does handle the noise issue fairly well (according to anandtech benchmarks). I don't think there is anything getting close to this card considering local pricing. To further strengthen this decision my research showed that more or less none of the programs i use on a regular basis support CUDA anyways.
I think i am going with the Xeon 1231v3 as Logan suggested.
My initial thought on the MB is to go with a Asrock B85 Pro4. What do you think about that?
Edit: On a side note I don't care much about the sound features of the motherboard as I am using a Fiio E10K dac/amp
Try to shoot for a H97 board as the Xeon E3-1231 V3 is a relatively new chip and if the UEFI on the B85 board isn't updated, you'll have to find a way to get a older haswell chip to update the UEFI. It'd probably be a lot less hassle if you went with H97.