The 5-year rig

[Deeds]

Hello, I'm new here so I'll try to not make this long. As the first thread states:

• Where are you located? - Romania
• What is your budget? - 1900-2000 Euro
• Will you need a monitor, keyboard, and/or mouse included in that budget? - No
• Shall you be requiring an OS? - No
• What will you be using this rig for? - Everything from 3D animation, video edit to everyday use
• If gaming, what resolution will you be playing at? 1920 - 1080 and higher
• Will you be overclocking? - Probably
• Do you need a full build or will you be reusing some old parts? - full build

I need this to keep me all good for about 5 years, mostly because this is a budget a lot over what I can afford (by this i mean I have an income of about 200 euro ) so I need this to be as good as it get's in that price range.

With that said this is what I think is ok, please help me with advice, pros, cons, anything that you think is acceptable.

CPU:​

i7-4930K​

CPU Cooler:​

Xigmatek CAC-SXHH6-U02 Aegir SD128264​

Motherboard:​

Asus Rampage IV Extreme (maybe Black Edition)​

RAM:​

G.SKILL - DDR3 16GB ( 4x4GB ) RipjawsZ 2133MHz CL9 XMP​

Hard-drive:​

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive​

Video Card:​

EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 Superclocked 2GB​

Case:​

NZXT Phantom 630 (Matte Black)​

Power Supply:​

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850 V2, 850W, [80 Plus Bronze]​

All the best,
Deeds

 

[looz]

I'd downgrade to 4770k or even 4670k, and then get a beefier GPU. I reckon the 4770k might be ideal. You could even fit in a 780 Ti.

 

[Deeds]

If I change the cpu I'll need to change the motherboard too. Would that be better?

 

[SparkleDJackson]

yea if you go a little lower on the cpu mobo you can free up funds elsewhere for proper cooling better gpu etc

 

[Seb.F]

Try and get a solid state in there too with that budget. It would be rude not to.

 

[Deeds]

but is this a good idea considering that I want something that will last, also that I can upgrade easily ?

 

[Seb.F]

The 4930K is the last processor in that 'line' as Haswell-E comes next year, which is the same pin config but afaik completely different motherboards, so you won't be able to go anywhere else with that CPU/motherboard configuration.

 

[Deeds]

Try and get a solid state in there too with that budget. It would be rude not to.

That will be the next step, SSD, then maybe more ram, then wait for money to appear so I get the titan

The 4930K is the last processor in that 'line' as Haswell-E comes next year, which is the same pin config but afaik completely different motherboards, so you won't be able to go anywhere else with that CPU/motherboard configuration.

Now this is exactly why I started this thread, Thank you! ^_^

 

[looz]

Also, since there has been no competition from AMD in the high end market during last 5 years, CPUs have evolved rather slowly, ~15% per generation.

As such my current CPU is 5 years old and I still don't really see a reason for replacing it.

 

[Deeds]

So are you saying that either way 4930k vs 4770k it will still be good 5 years from now?

 

[SparkleDJackson]

Its impossible to know for certain. Sone people can gt away with it if they are willing to compromise on graphics on new games. The 2500k is still going fairly well and thats bwwn a good while its been out. Who knows in 3 year time you may have a good job and be able to get a chance to update sooner.

 

[alpenwasser]

So are you saying that either way 4930k vs 4770k it will still be good 5 years from now?

Its impossible to know for certain.

^This, you really can't say for sure. For example, I sincerely doubt anyone could have predicted
five years ago that the CPU market would be progressing as slowly as it has been doing.
I mean, the rig I'm putting together is using CPU technology from 2010 and will still be faster
than most more modern machines in many tasks (not in all of course, but in many, and
certainly in those fields which matter to me).

On the other hand, maybe something very exciting is going to happen two years from now
that will blow our socks off and everything out today will be utterly obsolete one year later
(I think that's not likely, but it is possible). I mean, who would have known that the GK110
from Nvidia would be as much better than the GK104 as it has turned out to be?

Best thing you can do (at least IMHO) is to put together a reasonable machine and
hope for the best. The really high-end stuff does not even remotely have proportional
benefits over its slightly lesser siblings when you consider how much more it costs. You
pay a lot more money for those last few percentage points of performance.

Anyway, just my personal view on the subject. As for the rig itself, I would agree that with
money being an issue, I would definitely recommend a 4770k or something similar over
the LGA2011 system.