Dad's New Workstation

[ninjabubbles3]

Sorry for posting a lot lately, but my dad needs a new workstation for 3D modeling, rendering, photoshop, RevIt, he's an architect. This is what I plan to build him

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FLzQLk

or an amd build

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/y89499

cooler is because people said it runs super hot

no budget as of now, just what is needed. Also, my dad wants a link to a similar prebuilt computer. Not price, just specs, to see how much he will be saving.

 

[Agent Smith]

You most likely want Intel as they are faster. Not sure if that GPU will be good for graphics design. They make specific GPUs for that sort of thing. A Caviar Blue drive isn't something I would get. You should look at a black or red drive. I would install the OS on a SSD though.

 

[Cisco001]

i7 4790K

Or there is no point getting Z97 chipset mobo if not overclock

Get a 250GB SSD drive if possible

GPU - May be GTX 970 4GB?

Corsair PSU is expensive...
EVGA is cheap
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g10650xr

Or Seasonic G750
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr750rm

 

[ninjabubbles3]

Maybe this
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YyMzHx

I hightly doubt im going to OC his system in case any problems happen, because this is for a coworker of his. And why is the K version .4 GHz faster? Is that just the Turbo boost speed?

 

[tylerjrb]

you can get away with a lower end cpu and gpu. If he;s using it for modeling and photoshop, solidworks etc then the 970/780ti is not really needed something like a 760/770 4gb would be fine And while the cpu is very good again something a little lower end will still do very well.

 

[ninjabubbles3]

I put a 760 in his other build and it works well, so should I just go with that?

 

[tylerjrb]

Yeah that should work well, it's much cheaper and as its for rendering you wouldn't really need a 970 or 780ti.

 

[ninjabubbles3]

Alright then, we'll go with that