Ah, didnt know you were in sweden... I can imagine it would be a lot more if you didnt have access to a wholesale pc parts retailer like newegg or tigerdirect. Or at least, shipping costs would offset the difference. Id suggest looking on ebay, you may find a deal on a prebuilt system or parts. Im not sure what the swedish equivalent of newegg would be, but you guys have a good economy and import a lot of the electronics, so stuff is a lot more expensive. (my wife to be is swedish. We are getting married on midsummer!)

You could probably compromise on the liquid cooling, a bit less ram at 1600 mhz, the quad instead of hex cpu, and a single ssd for OS / cache. The ram especially can get pricey once you go over 32 gb of the fastest stuff. The secret is speed is less important than quantity, from my tests.

As for the gpu, its a tradeoff. The 580 has great cuda performance for the ae raytrace engine, and some gpu accelerated effects, however the 780 has much better opengl performance, which can be just as useful. That would dictate 3d viewport and performance in cinema 4d, maya or other full 3d packages. Or especially gaming. The 780 also supports more monitors, I believe.

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Simon Björk <bjork.simon@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for you suggestions Teddy. Seems like that would make a great machine. After a quick look it seems that it would be way higher than 1500 though, but I'll have another look.

Regarding the Gtx580 vs the 780 is there a big difference between the two regarding performance? I can't seem to find a 580 here in Sweden.

Best regards,

Simon

2014-04-08 17:00 GMT+02:00 Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>:

$1500 should be plenty for a great machine, especially if you already have monitors. Heres what id recommend

Either an intel i7 4930k six core or a 4770k quad for cpu

Corsair closed loop water cooling h100 or better (cheap and easy to install)

Asus motherboard for easy overclock

Gtx 580 3gb edition (better cuda performance than 780, and cheap)

32-64 gb ram - i use corsair vengeance 1800 MHz

1 250 gb ssd for os

2x 500 or 750 gb ssds in raid 0 for current projects

1 4 tb hdd for archive / storage

If you want it built for you I have used ironsidecomputers.com in the past, they do a great job without chargin too much over wholesale parts cost

Feel free to shoot me any questions

-TG

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Simon Björk <bjork.simon@gmail.com> wrote:

So, it's time for me to get a new workstation (PC) for my home office. Unfortunately I don't know what specs I need these days, and I would really appreciate some advice for the following:

- CPU/Motherboard - any particular models?

- Graphics card

- RAM - How much should I get (as much as possible I guess, but what would you recommend)?

My budget is somewhere around 1.500 USD, but it might need to get a bit higher? I'm thinking it's cheaper to build it myself, but I might be wrong about that.

Thanks for your help.

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