Quick spec check

Ch3m1c4L

Ch3m1c4L

Ch3m1c4L

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Quick sanity check/anything better around?

Building a totally Silent PC for a client. Budget is ~1100, silence is top priority, used for audio production and 2d and 3d graphical design/rendering and the odd game.
Tower only, no OS required.

Fractal Design Newton R3 Smart Modular 800W PSU £121
Fractal Design Design Define Mini Black Mini-ITX Case £59
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK4/32) £199.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £175.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £109.99
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14CS CPU Cooler - Black £65.99
2 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - White - 120mm £9.95 (£19.90)
Total : £1133.44

 
 
You dont include the psu/case in your spec, but if we drop to 16gb ram, it fits into budget. There isn't anywhere else to save enough money to get back up to 32gb ram is there?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Fractal Design Newton R3 Smart Modular 800W PSU £121
1 x Fractal Design Design Define Mini Black Mini-ITX Case £59
1 x Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£20 Saving*** £479.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 960 EX OC "Black Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail (96NPH8DVD9XX) £163.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £125.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £109.99
1 x Scythe Mugen SCMG4 "PCGH Edition" CPU-Cooler £35.99
2 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - White - 120mm £9.95 (£19.90)
Total : £1115.83 (includes shipping : ).

 
I thought the case+PSU were separate and it was just 1.1K for those other bits.

I cant see anyway to get 32GB of RAM on X99, not even getting a Bgrade card will help.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-362-GI&groupid=595&catid=683

How about a cheaper PSU?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£20 Saving*** £479.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £269.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-225-MS) £119.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £76.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £74.99
1 x Scythe Mugen SCMG4 "PCGH Edition" CPU-Cooler £35.99
Total : £1,067.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
I was looking at lower models originally, but I want it to ideally run with the fan off for most loads, and then if it does spin, to be extremly quiet. The platinum efficiency isnt needed, but it obv helps with the running temp per load etc.
If you know of a better one that fits those requirements, then suggest away.
 
Its not the end of the world tbh, I just want to make him the best PC I can, he will be coming from 4 or 8 gb of ram, and just requested 16gb as a minimum, but its probably fine.

Will just give him both specs of a quad with 32gb or a hex with 16gb for similar money, and recommend the hex, since you can always upgrade the ram later.

The board won't support server Xeons for in a few years when they get sold off cheap will it? or is it just that it wont support overclocking on them (which he wont be doing)?
 
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=5221

Plenty of Xeons listed as supported, not sure about overclocking if Xeons have an unlocked multi like a K/X CPU.

BCLK/BCLK strap adjustment will be supported, so instead of 100MHz, you set the strap to say 1.25x which gives 125MHz times whatever the CPU multi is. But usually you have to actually reduce the multiplier to get the core speed back to something usable.
 
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