I'm in the mood for a new setup and I'd like to base it on http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1422-page1.html
Planning to buy it sometime later this year. September or October.
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 Tray (or Intel Core i5-4590 Tray)
Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 (it has M.2 support and a good on-board soundchip)
GPU: GTX 980 ti (watercooled, I think... but I'll have to wait till August or later for the release and reviews)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (the white one, if available)
CPU cooler: Scythe Mugen 4, Scythe Kotetsu, Scythe Ninja 4, or Noctua NH-C14 (it seems the best choice depends on the memory and available space in the case)
Case fan: Antec True Quiet, 140mm (as per the article)
Memory: G.Skill F3-1600C7D-16GTX (lowest CAS for 1600)
PSU: Corsair CS650M (it has some good reviews)
SSD: Samsung SM951 256GB (maybe I'll need 512GB)
There is no HDD and no BluRay drive. I will not be watching movies, nor will I be doing any kind of work related tasks.
I have no specific game genre. I mostly go for multiplayer games, and most of my games are on Steam. Usually I go from one game to the next which is why I think 256GB should be enough.
One day I'd like to play on a 144Hz (IPS) monitor with 1440p resolution, but at the moment I am still on 60Hz with 1080p.
After reading a lot of conflicting forum posts (on other websites), I don't see any reason to wait for Skylake or Cannonlake. And Broadwell and Haswell-E do not seem to offer much in terms of price/performance. The GPU and SSD are going to provide the biggest performance boosts for me.
I am wondering if there are any arguments against the Xeon (besides the price), and if there's anything wrong with the memory. I've been reading about interference between memory and the CPU cooler? Just don't know yet how I can determine if that will happen. Is it by visual inspection of the memory? They should not be too wide, right? Also, supposing the memory is just fine, all of the coolers are recommended. Maybe I'll just flip a coin then
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With regards to the GPU I guess I will just have to wait a few weeks. All the variants are supposed to be rather quiet.
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/3 ... atercooled is what I am waiting for.
You've heard it before, but SPCR is a really great website. I would have liked to buy everything at an affiliated retailer but I'm not from the US... I'll just go for the Donate through PayPal option instead then
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Funny thing, three weeks ago I based my new setup on the i7-5820K and the NCASE M1. Couldn't find a decent mATX motherboard though.