What do you think about this rig?

J

J B

I'm trying to build a PC for work and gaming. For work I'll need to
run finite element analyses, engineering CAD and virtual machines off
an encrypted hard drive.

Price:performance ratio is my priority, and not absolute performance.
Is the motherboard I chose a good chipset and with lots of room for
OCing?

Thanks.

From www.ebuyer.com

1 x AMD Athlon II X4 640 Socket AM3 3GHz 2MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed
Processor 242140 £66.68

1 x MSI 870-C45 AMD 870 Socket AM3 GB LAN 8 Channel Audio ATX
Motherboard 241003 £46.80

1 x Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600mhz Vengeance Memory Module CL9 1.5V Non-ECC
Unbuffered 248767 £47.10

1 x Inno3D GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card
226371 £97.49

1 x Xenta 800W 13.5cm Fan PSU - 80plus Certified 6x SATA 6x PCI-E
219542 £55.31

1 x Casecom Black/Silver Mid Tower Case - No PSU - Front Blue LED
120mm Fan - With Side Window 115480 £15.97
 
G

GT

I'm trying to build a PC for work and gaming. For work I'll need to
run finite element analyses, engineering CAD and virtual machines off
an encrypted hard drive.

Price:performance ratio is my priority, and not absolute performance.
Is the motherboard I chose a good chipset and with lots of room for
OCing?

Thanks.

From www.ebuyer.com

1 x AMD Athlon II X4 640 Socket AM3 3GHz 2MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed
Processor 242140 £66.68

1 x MSI 870-C45 AMD 870 Socket AM3 GB LAN 8 Channel Audio ATX
Motherboard 241003 £46.80

1 x Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600mhz Vengeance Memory Module CL9 1.5V Non-ECC
Unbuffered 248767 £47.10

1 x Inno3D GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card
226371 £97.49

1 x Xenta 800W 13.5cm Fan PSU - 80plus Certified 6x SATA 6x PCI-E
219542 £55.31

1 x Casecom Black/Silver Mid Tower Case - No PSU - Front Blue LED
120mm Fan - With Side Window 115480 £15.97


The core i3, i5 and i7 overclock more than athlons and if you are going for
Windows7, then you could consider more RAM for CAD work - doesn't it need as
much RAM as you can throw at it?
 
J

J B

GT said:
The core i3, i5 and i7 overclock more than athlons and if you are going for
Windows7, then you could consider more RAM for CAD work - doesn't it needas
much RAM as you can throw at it?

Problem is that the Core i7s start at £200 just for the CPU, and the
motherboards tend to be quite expensive.

You're right CAD needs lot of RAM, but I decided to get a mobo with
16GB max and 4GB per slot. So I'm buying 1x4GB DDR3-1600 module first
and have the option to buy up to three more in the future if need be.
 
G

GT

The core i3, i5 and i7 overclock more than athlons and if you are going
for
Windows7, then you could consider more RAM for CAD work - doesn't it need
as
much RAM as you can throw at it?

Problem is that the Core i7s start at £200 just for the CPU, and the
motherboards tend to be quite expensive.

You're right CAD needs lot of RAM, but I decided to get a mobo with
16GB max and 4GB per slot. So I'm buying 1x4GB DDR3-1600 module first
and have the option to buy up to three more in the future if need be.



Sensible approach on the RAM - I didn't notice your proposed configuration,
just the total.

With good cooling, the core i3 and i5 will reach over 4GHz - some even
manage 4GHz with the stock cooler.
 

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