>Desktop:
>6700k
>gtx1070
>32GB DDR4 2400MHz
>1TB 850 Evo
I know it's massively overkill for me. I mostly code websites and apps and do a decent amount of video encoding as well as a lot of mySQL work. The only games I play are Witcher 3, Diablo 3, and Overwatch. The idea of this thread is to get a general consensus of what a user such as myself, who does a little bit of everything, really needs. Stock photo of the case I use
>>55084897
should be fine
You could alternatively get a smaller SSD for OS only and mechanical for storage
What resolution are you gaming at?
>>55084925
I have a dual monitor setup 1920x1080 on the side and I do mostly everything on my 2560x1080 ultrawide. The side monitor usually just runs putty windows so I can get quick status updates when I'm pushing changes to servers
>>55084925
I use the SSD as a main because I'm lazy with personal file management and don't like to move things to my NAS as they accumulate on my drive
>>55084975
>>55084925
What I should probably do is just make a .bat file to move over my unimportant folder to my NAS every week or so, but, again, I'm lazy
>>55084948
>>55084975
>>55085005
script your shit out, I use powershell personally, task scheduler your script (cd C:\yourfolderlocation, then "get-childitem '.\foldername' -recurse | Move-Item -literalpath D:\location)
upgrade to a SM950 on storage for speed and and maybe dial the RAM back to 24GB if you aren't a heavy RAMdisk user.
All my shit is in Amazon now so 20GB of my RAM is a stupid RAMdisk that I usually keep whatever game I'm playing on.
>>55085253
That would put RAM into single channel mode, wouldn't it?
>32GB DDR4 2400MHz
Unless you're running particle simulations or similar, you don't need that much for an average power user.
>>55085445
not that I know of
>>55085488
Not OP but I run linux as a host and then have a VM for Windows and a second VM for OSX. I am constantly using 40+ GB of RAM.
>power user
>mainline i7
"No."
>gaymen GPU
Oh. You mean wannabe #hardcore gaymer faggot. Yeah that's fine.
>>55085526
That's nuts (OP here). With two VM's running during the work day, my peak usage is roughly 26
>>55085549
I was using a 960, but I'm glad I switched to the 1070 as I have multiple workloads I can use GPU acceleration on. That thing /g/ seems to forget exists. This rig is one I use for work and personal so it needed to be capable of just about everything and I don't feel as if more cores would really benefit me cost wise at this point so i7 fits perfect
>>55085550
Well on them I am running simulators/IDEs. For OSX I run the iphone simulator to test my app's peer to peer ability with the android emulator on my linux host.
>>55085584
>>55085549
I may upgrade the CPU/MOBO in a year when prices on the 5930k drop more
>>55084925
>You could alternatively get a smaller SSD for OS only and mechanical for storage
>Let me just put all the file I use regularly onto a slow ass hard disk which is more unreliable than an SSD, but at least my OS is fast!
>>55085598
I can see how that eats the shit out of your RAM
>>55085549
Not everyone needs a $2000+ professional GPU that can calculate down to thousandths of a pixel
>>55085610
Why 5930k unless you're running a huge RAID array or have 3 or 4 GPUs.
The literal ONLY advantage to the 5930k over the 5820k is the increased PCIe lanes, if you aren't going to use those lanes you're just wasting your money.
The 5820k is identical for 95% of users. and the 5820k can be had for $310 at microcenter and has been as low as $285.
>>55085722
I actually didn't realize that. I appreciate the wisdom!
>>55085722
>>55085782
What's the best MOBO to pair with the 5820k?
>>55085782
No problem, I notice a lot of people just avoid the bottom SKU because they dont want to get something gimped or whatever, but in the case of the 5820k and 5930k unless you are running 3 or 4 GPUs you'd be pretty stupid to get the 5930k as they are identical silicon besides those PCIe lanes.
For reference the X99 chipset provides 8 PCIe 2.0 lanes.
The 5820k provides 28 PCIe 3.0 lanes
The 5930k provides 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes
Two GPUs in SLI would be x16 and x8 (x24 total PCIe lanes), an M.2 SSD would be another x4. For x28 total lanes used. That still leaves 8 more PCIe 2.0 lanes for a wifi card, SATA controller/RAID card, or other PCIe devices.
>>55085797
There really is no "best". Just get one with the features you need/want and with decent reviews if possible. Be sure to look up any professional reviews if there are any.
I personally use an MSI X99A MPower
A 3770k and soon a 1070.
I'm Bretty comfy, battlefield 1's graphics looked sweet so I ditched the 290x
>>55085935
>>55086835
>buying battlefield: sjw edition
Get a Xeon and a Qaudro
Quadros would not be cost effective for the work I do. I still think they are mostly a gimmick
>>55084897
I dont think its overkill at all, drop that ram to 16Gb and its a perfectly fine build. Consider getting a 950 Pro (PCIe drive) tho if you do a lot of video editing.
>>55090070
Not the editing portion usually. More often than not, I am just converting formats for customers and myself when I get new movies to put on my NAS
