maymoonc Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Hello, I am planning to buy this for my daily work Intel i7 4930k Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 2X 8GB Kingstone 1600 Nvidia GTX 760 4GB 120 SDD + 2 TB Hard Drive do you think 16 gb of ram and 760 will be enough ??? thanks Edited June 12, 2014 by maymoonc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomasEsperanza Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Hi, I've been doing a lil' research in order to give a colleague a spec list for a new machine. I came up with the same CPU and GPU you've listed, so I reckon we've both done some homework Personally, I would go for a 250GB SSD (Samsung 840 EVO 250GB), but I guess if you know what your putting on there won't eat up much space... ' and maybe plump for 1866 ram? although some say there's not much in it so... Do you know how you're cooling the CPU? You might want to make sure it's low profile RAM so you have more choice of coolers. Noctua NH-D15 are supposed to be very good... or perhaps the older D14, that would be cheaper and still good. Is the power supply included in the case? The Corsair RM series are worth looking at if not. Happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 thanks, I am happy we get the same result lol what you said about SSD, you right I will give it a thought for for the case I might choose Aerocool Syclone II Black Mid or what might be available at the same store but the important is if I picked GTX 760 I will go with Corsair VS Series VS650M and if I picked GTX 770 i will make it higher a bit CORSAIR CX750M 750w 80 PLUS do you think that enough still not sure about the gpu ?! for the cooling I believe I will use Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo to fit the budget and I understand 16 GB of ram might be enough for now and easy to upgrade later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelmcwilliam Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 For your psu you can take a peek here: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/?category=Power+Supplies&manufacturer=&pp=25&order=date http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/page/power http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cases/ http://www.computerbase.de/thema/netzteile/tests/ If you find one you like, look at what kind of capacitors is used (google for a review). You want to have solid capacitors in your psu: http://shaddack.twibright.com/projects/badcaps/ To find more info about what kind of gpu you want look at older topics. All the info is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonstewart Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 250GB SSD for sure, it is the perfect size for Windows and all my software suites. The 4gb card may be overboard unless you think you will get into GPU rendering at some point but even then 4gb would be very limiting so I would probably put that extra money toward more ram and get the 2gb card. I have a Noctua D14 on my 4930k and was able to OC to 4.5ghz before it got too hot, a good cooler is a must if you plan to OC (why not 15% more processing for the same money). I would not cheap out on the PSU, make sure whatever you get is solid because it is possible that it can damage other components if it lets the magic smoke out. Bonus if it is 80+ gold or above so efficient and cool, my AX760 is great the fan hardly runs under "normal use" but kicks in when it is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Thanks Joel McWilliam Jason Stewart Well I guess I will go for 250 SSD 2 GB for GTX weather its 760 or 770 as you said And for now I will stay with 16 gb of ram ( or maybe go with 750 and add more Ram & disk space, still confusing) Thanks alot Edited June 15, 2014 by maymoonc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomasEsperanza Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 What kind of work you're doing may inform your decisions. If you work with high res textures you may prefer a 4GB GPU or, if you use lots of RAM hungry programs simultaneously, more RAM. For a responsive viewport with dense mesh, a faster GPU. I'd put as much money into GPU as possible, because when you upgrade, adding more RAM is more cost effective than replacing the GPU. Equally the HDD is secondary to the SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 you right I thought that from the beginning, upgrading ram & hdd is easier than gpu anyway I think i won't be dealing with more than 2000 pixels textures & most of my work is interior & exterior scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 socket 2011 needs 4 modules for quad channel and maybe 1866MHz RAM would be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 socket 2011 needs 4 modules for quad channel and maybe 1866MHz RAM would be better what about 2400MHz, is there a noticeable different even with 1600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 not for rendering or 2D-/ 3D-work. I think anything above 1866MHz is not needed. But as Thomas said, you should look for low profile modules to be more flexible with the cpu cooler (140-150mm fan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 right, thanks i will go with low profile 16 gb 1866 and upgrade if future if i have any troubles but I really still confusing between gtx 760 or 770 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomasEsperanza Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 right, thanks i will go with low profile 16 gb 1866 and upgrade if future if i have any troubles but I really still confusing between gtx 760 or 770 ! This review compares the two cards. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/pc-components/3500795/gtx-760-vs-gtx-770-graphics-card-comparison-review/?tab=verdictTab#top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Battlefield and 3D apps are not exactly apples to apples =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomasEsperanza Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Battlefield and 3D apps are not exactly apples to apples =) Ha! Didn't see that bit, I just looked to the review's conclusion. Still, what d'you reckon Dimitris? Does he want the 760 or is the 770 worth the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Ha! Didn't see that bit, I just looked to the review's conclusion. Still, what d'you reckon Dimitris? Does he want the 760 or is the 770 worth the difference? I believe that there is little reason to go for a 770 as far as viewport acceleration goes. The 760 gets you similar results much cheaper. Games and perhaps GPGPU renderings are a different story, where the 770 might flex some of its muscle better than the 760 and justify the extra cost, but again, the 760 is a better value - that is normal, most mid-range offerings in any department (CPU/GPU/PSU/mobo etc) are usually of better value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 thanks Thomas Hope thanks Dimitris Tolios I might go with 770 because I am planning to learn Mari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomasEsperanza Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Don't forget RAM is 4x4 not 2x8! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Don't forget RAM is 4x4 not 2x8! I am surprised, I was planning to put 2X8 then in future add couple more am I gonna fill with 4X4gb ?! when I need more memory they gonna be worthless, am I right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I am surprised, I was planning to put 2X8 then in future add couple more am I gonna fill with 4X4gb ?! when I need more memory they gonna be worthless, am I right?? I would be in favor of the 2x8 option...quad channel RAM in theory gives more bandwidth, but there is nothing that really benefits from that. Maybe WinRAR will gain a couple of seconds when compressing/decompressing files. Less than 1% in cinebench (that's below statistical error), insignificant in Photoshop/Adobe stuff etc. I am currently running 2x8GB in my clocked @ 4.9GHz 3930K to see if I can do 2400 speeds (I cannot with 4x8GB 2400 Dimms, while maintaining the CPU o/c), and I have seen no difference in real life performance dropping to "dual channel". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I am surprised, I was planning to put 2X8 then in future add couple more am I gonna fill with 4X4gb ?! when I need more memory they gonna be worthless, am I right?? I'm not sure if mixing different RAM kits is the best choice on X79 boards. Therefore i said 4x4 or 4x8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Mixing is not good. Neither is 8x unregistered dimms (registered is a Xeon exclusive), thus if you are unsure of whether you want 32GB or not, it is "safer" to go 2x 8GB and leave the option of a second, identical kit for later on, than to go 4x4GB and then decide to go for 8x 4GB. If you get a 2x8GB RAM kit from a popular brand, e.g. Kingston / Corsair / G.Skill, most likely you will be able to get an identical kit 1-2 years down the road without issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelmcwilliam Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 look also at crucial ram http://www.hardware.fr/articles/920-4/memoires.html http://techreport.com/review/20377/exploring-the-impact-of-memory-speed-on-sandy-bridge-performance/2 http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/133 http://www.behardware.com/articles/814-6/ddr3-impact-of-channels-timings.html http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/4416/intel_x79_quad_channel_and_z68_dual_channel_memory_performance_analysis/index3.html http://www.overclockers.com/gskill-ripjaws-z-ddr3-2133-quad-channel-ram http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/ECC-and-REG-ECC-Memory-Performance-560/ http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Breaking-the-Hype-of-High-Frequency-RAM-142/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maymoonc Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Ok, l am gonna ask again in different way I might end up with millions polygons scenes would 760 & 16 gb ram enough only need viewport acceleration for gpu but I will have heavy scenes this is the last question, please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelmcwilliam Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 First, maybe this can help you instantly: (gtx 670 is similar to a gtx 760) You should be more specific with providing info, when wanting an answer . I mean look at your opening post. How the hell you expect to get a proper answer with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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