Thank you for taking the time to take a look! I'll be buying the components over the next 2 weeks, so I have some time to tweak further and hope a deal or two come along.


Inspiration



Function:



  • Windows/OSx compatible

  • 40% photo editing, video editing, graphics, eventually 3D modeling

  • 40% basic work station and media consumption

  • 20% gaming (SC2, LOL, TF2, Diablo 3, Portal...) I haven't played any new games b/c have been on a dinosaur laptop from 2007 and did not want to ruin the experience with shitty graphics and lag. Open call for game suggestions!


Design Goals:



  • Compact - Unfortunately, I am not that into the RVZ01B's look. I would prefer an NCase M1/M2 or a Steam Machine case but alas... might use the CoolerMaster Elite 110 as a place holder instead until I can find or make my dream slim SFF case at max 7 liters, not that into cubes either :(.

  • Portable - Plug and play setup, durable.

  • Silent - Efficient thermal design, low power requirements

  • Tidy - Logical cable management.


Other ish:


Pretty firm on the $2k budget.


I am not experienced with over clocking and not currently interested, however, this build will ideally last me 5 to 6 years with out any significant upgrades (bump up to 2560×1600 display sooner?) - I might appreciate the over clock option later and consider a "k" cpu?


Important: On account that it needs to be OSx compatible I would prefer to not stray too far from this build.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks






































































































TypeItemPrice
CPU Intel Core i7-4770S 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor $302.98 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler $39.99 @ Newegg
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste $6.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard ASRock Z87E-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard $129.99 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $149.99 @ NCIX US
Storage Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk $139.99 @ Micro Center
Storage Hitachi Product Series:7K1000<br/>Product Line:Travelstar 1TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $76.24 @ Amazon
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB ITX Video Card $259.99 @ Amazon
Case Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case $84.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply $94.99 @ Amazon
Monitor Dell U2412M 60Hz 24.0" Monitor $268.99 @ Adorama
Monitor Dell U2412M 60Hz 24.0" Monitor $268.99 @ Adorama
Wireless Network Adapter Intel 62205AN.HMWWB 802.11a/g/n Half Mini-PCI-Express Wi-Fi Adapter $15.45 @ Amazon
Keyboard Cooler Master Storm QuickFire Rapid Wired Gaming Keyboard $69.99 @ Amazon
Mouse Cooler Master CM Storm Xornet Wired Optical Mouse $20.76 @ NCIX US
Other StarTech PEX16RISER PCI Express Riser Card - x16 Left Slot Adapter$16.99
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.$1947.30

Looking forward to the conversation. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! one love.



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