CPU/Memory question

Mightyashy

Mightyashy

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Sorry if daft question, but im bit baffled as to which is the better option. What would be better for gaming and photoshop work:

Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail
TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-20800C10 2600MHz Dual/Quad (or similar, Avexir etc)

or

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel (or similar, Avexir etc)

Both options overclocked etc.

Cheers :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
How much photoshop do you do?

How intence is the type of work you do with it? How big are the files, how many to you have open/working at once?

Even by looking at them i can see theres a MASSIVE price difference between the two.. I feel that the extra money spent WON'T be worth it
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yeh there is, that's the thing I dont get the difference with quad/dual channel etc so not sure what would see real world difference. I dont benchmark or anything just FPS gaming and lot of photoshop stuff. 300dpi to web, do everything
 
Doomedspeed said:
Do you do a lot of those photoshop tasks at the same time though, like multi-tasking, or is it just 'a simple job one day and a big job the next day'...

The main price difference comes from the fact the CPU in the top spec is a Hex core and the bottom is a quad core..aswell as the RAM speed, 2400Mhz is pretty mainstream but 2600mhz-3000mhz is extreme benchmarking realm... The prices rise massively there..

The difference between daul channel and quad channel is negligible as its difined by what CPU you go for as Ivy-E uses Quad channel and Haswell uses daul channel, performance wise the difference is small..(RAM wise)
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im always working in photoshop so multiple PSDs etc of varying size. im guessing here that I'm not going to see much difference going to quad/hex core am I? if so I think I'll go with the haswell unless anyone can give a reason to go ivy-e?
 
Doomedspeed said:
Thats a healthy budget. :D

Do you want us to do a spec for you?

What requirements do you have?

Do you need a monitor? Do you want to go SLI/Xfire? Are you up to watercooling? COlour scheme? Any case/component prefernces?

:D
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:D

I've knocked an initial spec up, its changed several times haha! Its for gaming at 1080p and above (looking at getting bigger monitors at some point) and lot of Photoshop/design work with the odd film/TV viewing thrown in for good measure.

One ive thought about is something like:

Intel Core i7-4770K
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87
Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" 16GB 2400MHz Dual Channel
Corsair Obsidian 750D
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO in RAID 0
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb
Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W

Cooler not sure of and cant if I need a soundcard either.

Want to try and keep it fairly quiet if possible so dont know about those gfx card and dont know about going SLI either. Currently got 2 6950s in xfire and its been a pain with stuff not working and microstutter so little wary.

What do you think? happy to take suggestions as I've basically cobbled this together looking at other specs and not entirely sure if I'm doing the right thing :)
 
Thanks for the suggestions :)

Never done watercooling and want low maintenance so hesitant to go down that route.

Would need 16gb RAM mate, Photoshop CC chomps through loads!

Had AMD cards for years now but fancied the change to Nvidia, was pondering waiting on the 780ti. Are the R290X's the way forward, looked at benches but seemed to not be much in it. Also current xfire setup puts me off slightly although I believe there are framepacing drivers out? The new nvidia monitor thing looked tempting too. What are your thoughts?

Edit: I'm in no rush to get this, sometime in November is basically when I want it for so can hold on for gfx cards if its worth it
 
Doomedspeed said:
Fair enough, watercooling isn't for everyone.

Yes you do need 16GB.. Updated my spec again with 16GB. :D ( i knew that, was just to into speccing. :))

The 290X is a bit better than the 780/TITAN but comes in under what the 780's were at (price-wise) £500.. With some good offers they will be more competitive.. Either way, you won't regret what decison you make (just don't go with TITAN's)..

Its best if you hold on for you GPU's.. COme back in November and we'll proper spec you then...

Do you like the look of my spec though? :)
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The benefits of watercooling definitely appeal to me, I would love a silent system but nervous of having no experience at all, needing the PC for work so any catastrophes would be very bad haha!

Think waiting until next month may be the best thing, any idea what the pricing/availability is on the 780ti's?

Spec looks good mate, not getting a monitor just yet, I've got 2 dell u2410's at the moment but will add a gaming monitor somewhere down the line or switch them to 2 27" 1440p ones, struggling to decide at the moment.
 
hmm looking at the benchmarks it would appear I would be very silly going for 780sli over 2 of the 290x's wouldnt it? still not convinced on xfire though. saw anandtech saying its much improved though? :confused:
 
Doomedspeed said:
That would be cooler and quoted but with the fans it'll take up 3 if not 4 slots, making xfire impossible...

If you can wait ones wirh aftermarket coolers will be much better value.. Something like a windforce or twin frozr. :)
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had a feeling it was massive haha! getting twitchy now, funny how happy to wait soon turns to I must have it now :D
 
Well, after much deliberation and telling myself to just get one card I think this is what I'm going for :)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9624/1xa0.png

Mouse is an acquired taste :D got one at work and love it, wired though.

Basically I was going to get ocuk to build whatever I got but cant get a bespoke build through finance, easiest way is to get the overclocked bundle and then sort the rest myself as I dont know jack about overclocking
 
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