Just to begin, what're you aiming for with this pc? You're going to work in 3D Design or something like that? If the answer is no I'd recommend getting less ram to either get an ssd or 4770k/with it's mobo (remember that haswell doesn't need an "OC" mobo, so you'll find nice mobos with extra features like included wifi).
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I need quite a bit of ram for Photoshop work and eventually Illustrator down the road. I'm willing to pay the extra $100 to get 32 gigabytes instead of 16. Even in general use I tend to need more ram than I have because I run quite a few applications simultaneously. There are days when I literally have nearly a hundred tabs open in just Google Chrome.
I was considering getting a small ssd for a Windows installation but I was told it gets complicated when installing everything onto a different drive separate from Windows. I could have been told wrong, but I'm likely going to stick with a larger traditional hard drive to make things easier for myself. I don't have much experience with ssds to be honest and it worried me that they have a set number of possible writes.
I looked at a bunch of different processors and I am a little lost because of the naming schemes. The 3770k looked like a pretty good processor but I'm willing to swap it and the motherboard for something else of at least equivalent power.
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If you've got the money to spend on it and it's for work, it's fine. I'd still recommend getting a 4770k with hasswell and a ssd, an intel or samsung pro are the most recommended usually. It'll make a lot of difference for the boot and if you work on photoshop with tons of layers, it'll save you time.
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If I was to go the 4770k route, would you have any specific motherboard recommendations?
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I haven't read much about it, give me a day to do some research. But in the 100-200 bracket price you'll find most of them similar, as the OC is not an exclusive addition for mobos anymore. You may tell me what you're looking for, either built in wifi, more sockets, better sound card, etc.
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I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to motherboards and hardware in general. Integrated wifi would be nice but I don't know if it performs better than an external adapter. I'd prefer a decent sound card if possible. The motherboard itself needs to be atx in order to fit into the case that I picked out. I would like to have support for usb 3.0 because of the great speeds. At some point I'd like to have a few hard drives for storage and backup purposes. The board would need 4 ram slots and support of at least 32 gigabytes of ram.
If I think of more I'll either edit this post or reply.
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Ok, after reading a bit in tomshardward and anandtech forums I'd vouch for either AsRock z87 Extreme 6 or Asus z87 pro. Both have good HD Audio Codec (but of course it's not much compared to dedicated sound cards like asus xonar, but they're getting closer). The main difference would be price... as the asus has more stuff like integrated wifi-bluetooth and 6 usb3 instead of 4 of the AsRock, making the last one a bit cheaper. If you have any question, do ask.
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SSD is "MUST HAVE" .. man... mechanical HDD is slowest part of new PC's
RAM is too expensive man... there is not big difference between normal ram and these high frequency ones. Beside the price
CPU.... buy a new one Haswell there is not big price difference (OC is not that good as on Ivy bridge but without water cooling you cant get too high on anyone of these.
MOtherboard good... and this should have build in wifi.... so another wifi adapter not needed
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I looked at ssds but I am worried about the limited number of writes on them.
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As long as you don't use it as cache, it'll last a couple of years.
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SSD burnout is largely a non-issue if you're going to be replacing it a few years later. Just remember to never defrag it, download torrents onto it, or anything else that constantly rewrites.
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Since it's for college use and for digital use (photoshop) I recommend buying 3 different hard drives. 2x500gb hard drive and Raid-0 them, that will be sufficient enough as scratch drives. Then one main hard drive for windows and installations.
I have experience with photoshop, premiere and after effects and you can definitely work without having a SSD. Multi-tasking depends on your RAM. Adding more RAM vs acquiring an SSD is more cost efficient when it comes to performance (although 32GB is already enough and maxed out for you). I kinda want to suggest to switch to AMD processors/gpu since they are now starting to catch up with adobe products (but I wouldn't atm since it's at it's infancy. Currently loving the performance boost for adobe premiere atm, 80% speed improvement with gpu acceleration 7870x2)
No comments on your parts, you already picked the best ones, maybe downgrade to Win7 instead?
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I have a 4 terabyte Hitachi Touro external hard drive that's barely been used (looks exactly like this). Do you know if it would be possible to take out the drive and use it as internal storage?
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quick google tells me you most definitely can. But the casing would be rendered useless after disassembling it.
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