Ok, the latest round of pre-launch info has finally convinced me to drop all pretenses at living long enough to see the 5775C sold in North America and hold on for another month or so for a 6700K system. The octocore is moving to the office so the old trusty 2600K is going to go to the wife's craft room. Therefore I need a workable Skylake for my room. I'm starting from a blank sheet of drafting paper on this system so I want something that suits my needs to a T as it's likely going to be a system that has to be effective, reasonably up-to-date, and fully utilizable for at least three years.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
I don't game (anything but city-building). I do a lot of Photoshop work with huge multi-GB sized files. I don't watch high quality media, but do watch 2.5 hours a week of a "regular HD" series from Britain. Otherwise, it's all just garden variety MS Office and a ton of conventional web surfing.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
I really want to keep the whole thing below CDN$2K (USD$1500) all in (tax, shipping, etc.) including monitor and all other bits.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
British Columbia, Canada. (Until the forest fires drive me into the ocean.)
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
System: 6700K. I can't have any noise in my computer room so instead of building yet another "silent" system, I am going to punch a hole in the wall and keep the entire system in the laundry room on the other side where it can make as much freakin' noise as it wants to.
Memory/Drives: Need 32GB for the Photoshop, and I want a 120GB-class SSD for C drive and a 250GB-class SSD for D drive. Standard SandForce or similar controller is fine as I don't need supertransferspeeds... now anyway... I can upgrade later. No optical.
Cooling: I really want to go with a Noctua NH-D15 as ambient temps in that room can reach the low 80Fs. Talk me out of it if possible as I'd like to save around $50 by going with a smaller/cheaper model.
GPU: Completely split on whether to rely on the internal Skylake or go with a reasonable card such as a GTX 960 or maybe a 750?
Other bits:I need an AC powered 4 port USB hub; I want no less than a 80 Gold PSU but around the mid 400s in wattage will do; Case is irrelevant and I can go with a supercheapie as it's just going to live on a shelf in the laundry room; I listen to streamed music nonstop all day but at fairly low volumes and I don't like or need huge bass-y woofers that take up the space where my legs go; I already have keyboard/mouse. That's about it...
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
All new system.
6) Will you be overclocking?
A bit would be nice (4.2, 4.3 or so) but it's a workstation system so I'm not going to stress it too much.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
The jury's out on 4K and when it really comes down to it I can live without it for now so I can settle for a conventional, basic 27" IPS. I'm myopic so I'm going to keep the monitor about 30" from my eyes as I have a separate set of glasses that I'm currently using to keep my 32" BenQ literally 6" from my nose and I'm tired of switching glasses constantly.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
The same day I can get my hands on the first retail 6700K in the country.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Superbasic mobo with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s is enough. I won't use RAID or Thunderbolt, etc. I like the ASUS UEFI but any graphical BIOS UI will do.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
The system will be running Win10 Home 64bit which I have to buy new.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
I don't game (anything but city-building). I do a lot of Photoshop work with huge multi-GB sized files. I don't watch high quality media, but do watch 2.5 hours a week of a "regular HD" series from Britain. Otherwise, it's all just garden variety MS Office and a ton of conventional web surfing.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
I really want to keep the whole thing below CDN$2K (USD$1500) all in (tax, shipping, etc.) including monitor and all other bits.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
British Columbia, Canada. (Until the forest fires drive me into the ocean.)
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
System: 6700K. I can't have any noise in my computer room so instead of building yet another "silent" system, I am going to punch a hole in the wall and keep the entire system in the laundry room on the other side where it can make as much freakin' noise as it wants to.
Memory/Drives: Need 32GB for the Photoshop, and I want a 120GB-class SSD for C drive and a 250GB-class SSD for D drive. Standard SandForce or similar controller is fine as I don't need supertransferspeeds... now anyway... I can upgrade later. No optical.
Cooling: I really want to go with a Noctua NH-D15 as ambient temps in that room can reach the low 80Fs. Talk me out of it if possible as I'd like to save around $50 by going with a smaller/cheaper model.
GPU: Completely split on whether to rely on the internal Skylake or go with a reasonable card such as a GTX 960 or maybe a 750?
Other bits:I need an AC powered 4 port USB hub; I want no less than a 80 Gold PSU but around the mid 400s in wattage will do; Case is irrelevant and I can go with a supercheapie as it's just going to live on a shelf in the laundry room; I listen to streamed music nonstop all day but at fairly low volumes and I don't like or need huge bass-y woofers that take up the space where my legs go; I already have keyboard/mouse. That's about it...
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
All new system.
6) Will you be overclocking?
A bit would be nice (4.2, 4.3 or so) but it's a workstation system so I'm not going to stress it too much.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
The jury's out on 4K and when it really comes down to it I can live without it for now so I can settle for a conventional, basic 27" IPS. I'm myopic so I'm going to keep the monitor about 30" from my eyes as I have a separate set of glasses that I'm currently using to keep my 32" BenQ literally 6" from my nose and I'm tired of switching glasses constantly.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
The same day I can get my hands on the first retail 6700K in the country.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Superbasic mobo with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s is enough. I won't use RAID or Thunderbolt, etc. I like the ASUS UEFI but any graphical BIOS UI will do.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
The system will be running Win10 Home 64bit which I have to buy new.