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Hey there OCN,
I'm a senior software engineering student who is looking to build a small but powerful system to take with me to wherever my next job/or masters degree takes me.
I'm building a new system and the intended purpose is everything.
I do some music production (FL Studio), video editing, 3d modeling, CAD, programming, computer vision/machine learning, Linux programming, and of course gaming.
I know, I listed off basically everything there is. Gaming takes the least priority of them all.
I will be keeping some old items from my old build, and those items will be noted. I will be passing on my i7-2600K to my family, so I would hope whatever I choose will feel like a substantial upgrade.
My father wants a gaming machine for himself and it makes more sense for me to build a new system that might be better suited to the things I might do later on and pass on some older parts.
Budget: 1900CAD ~= 1300USD (excluding taxes)
Purchasing in Canada. (NCIX, Newegg, Amazon)
EDIT: BUILD MODIFIED 2016-01-03
Current concerns with the proposed build:
Motherboard:
Can I boot the MSI X99A MPower from an M.2 PCI-E x4 card? Can't seem to find anyone else who has.
Thanks!
I'm a senior software engineering student who is looking to build a small but powerful system to take with me to wherever my next job/or masters degree takes me.
I'm building a new system and the intended purpose is everything.
I do some music production (FL Studio), video editing, 3d modeling, CAD, programming, computer vision/machine learning, Linux programming, and of course gaming.
I know, I listed off basically everything there is. Gaming takes the least priority of them all.
I will be keeping some old items from my old build, and those items will be noted. I will be passing on my i7-2600K to my family, so I would hope whatever I choose will feel like a substantial upgrade.
My father wants a gaming machine for himself and it makes more sense for me to build a new system that might be better suited to the things I might do later on and pass on some older parts.
Budget: 1900CAD ~= 1300USD (excluding taxes)
Purchasing in Canada. (NCIX, Newegg, Amazon)
EDIT: BUILD MODIFIED 2016-01-03
Type | Item | Price (CAD) |
---|---|---|
CPU | Intel Core i7-5820K (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80648i75820k) | 529.99 |
Motherboard | MSI X99A MPOWER ATX (http://www.ncix.com/detail/msi-x99a-mpower-atx-lga2011-e7-107792-1257.htm) | 419.98 |
SSD | Samsung 950 PRO 512GB (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzv5p512bw) | 429.00 |
GPU | ASUS DC GTX 670 (https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/GTX670DC22GD5/) | N/A, HAVE |
Memory | Vengeance LPX 32GB (4x 8GB) DDR4 2400MHz(http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX54619) | 219.99 |
Cooler | Corsair H90 (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h90) | 134.99 |
PSU | Corsair AX850 (http://www.corsair.com/en/professional-series-gold-ax850-80-plus-gold-certified-fully-modular-power-supply) | N/A, HAVE |
Case | Corsair 550D (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-550d) | 189.99 |
--- | --- | |
Total | 1923.94 |
Current concerns with the proposed build:
Motherboard:
Can I boot the MSI X99A MPower from an M.2 PCI-E x4 card? Can't seem to find anyone else who has.
Thanks!