Game PC review specification

[roghow]

Hi
I am primarily using my PC for programming/photoediting/number crunching and the GTX970 looked like the most cost effective for power consumption and price. My concerns are whether this configuration will be fairly quiet as the only case quoted as beiing silent will not cater for extra fans and wont take the 52 in 1 card reader I was going to get the DDR4 3000MHz memeory but that does not seem to be available any longer.


Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-6700k Quad Core (4.00GHz @ upto MAX 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® Z170 PRO GAMING: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
32GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2666MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, mDP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
2TB WD BLACK WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SAMSUNG SM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2150MB/R, 1550MB/W)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11 AC1200 867Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 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 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) Professional DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Promotional Item
FREE RAINBOW SIX OR ASSASSINS CREED with select GTX 9 Series GPUs!
Quantity
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[ihavenoideawhatiamdoing]

Looks good but 32GB of ram is overkill for anything other than vms. Also the silent cases have worse airflow which is bad for gaming, so just turning down the fan rpms would do the same with a less permanent side effect

 

[GeorgeHillier]

What's your budget?

 

[roghow]

What's your budget?

Budget was pushed up to £1681 by required hardware. 32GB is neccessary as I will be using vmware for virtual machines. Original thought was to get the 3000MHz DDR4 but only 16Gb and upgrade later. I have seen some reviews that suggest adding more DDR4 later as an upgrade may not always work.

 

[ihavenoideawhatiamdoing]

If you are runing enough vms to require 32GB of ram do you not need more cores/threads on your processor (I find my number of threads is the limiting factor in how many vms I can have open) and adding ram later is the easiest thing to do on a pc.

 

[LFFPicard]

If you are runing enough vms to require 32GB of ram do you not need more cores/threads on your processor (I find my number of threads is the limiting factor in how many vms I can have open) and adding ram later is the easiest thing to do on a pc.

Most VM's can run on a single core/thread depending what your doing. Most of the time the requirement for VM's is ram.
Ram may be easy to install layer but ideally you want exactly the same ram, so there is every chance your model will be obsolete or discontinued by the time you want more.

 

[roghow]

Thanks for the comments. I have ordered the PC with 32GB ram and 2 extra fans. Better that the fans run slow and quiet and plenty of cooling capability in reserve, the case quoted can take 2 extra 120mm fans or 1 200mm fan. I will contact PCS to check what they are actually fitting. Usually only run 1 VM machine but with this spec I should be able to run more.