Desktop for CAD

[danpik]

Hi all,
This is mainly for 3d modelling, simulation and rendering, and maybe some gaming.
Your advice and views would be much appreciated, thanks!

Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Quad Core i7-4820K (3.7GHz @ upto 4.4GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 410MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 150Mbps PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

 

[mantadog]

Overall it looks fairly good, though why have you went for the 4820k over the 4790k? if you are going for the x79 platform I would have advised the 6 core 4930k which would be well suited to your planned work loads. presuming you have the budget obviously.

Rest looks about right, though with an overclock I would probably take the hit on the noise levels of the h100i to get better temps.

 

[danpik]

Thanks for the quick response.
I hadn't considered noise levels much-
Do you think the h100i would also be louder than the h60 at the same temperature? or just that it would allow the option of cooler temps at the cost of more noise?

 

[mantadog]

The H100i is a notoriously noisy bit of kit, even in 'quiet' mode people report it being annoying. That is however very subjective.

If you are in any way sensitive to noise you really should give some serious consideration to how much you need an overclock. The H60 should be quieter than the h100i though.