We're about to pull the trigger on ordering these parts for a new PC for a friend.
He's a game dev and is struggling with his 4-year old i7-860 and 8GB of RAM. The thing that most kills him is disk performance and the difficulty of making promo videos for his game. So we're thinking of going with the quad-channel line of CPUs rather than the dual-channel Haswell-based CPUs.
We also figure that next year or so Intel will probably announce a better the -E processors, so instead of planning this build to last for 4 years, he's hoping to get one good year out of it and then build a more powerful rig maybe this time next year. He also needs Windows 8 right now so he can write for the Store on Windows 8. Or so he says.
You can see the entire planned build in this Newegg wishlist, but here's a summary:
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
Mobo: ASRock x79 Extreme6 LGA 2011
CPU: Intel Core i7-4820k Ivy Bridge-E
GPU: MSI Gaming N770 TF 4GDS/OC Geforce GTX 770 4GB
PSU: XFX P1-850B-BEFX 850W
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 32GB (4x8GB) 1866 DDR3
Cooler: Intel BXTS13X Liquid Cooling Thermal Solution for Socket LGA 2011
We don't plan to overclock this in any way and quietness was a factor in selecting some components.
Any inconsistencies or glaring errors, I'd appreciate a heads-up.
Thanks
He's a game dev and is struggling with his 4-year old i7-860 and 8GB of RAM. The thing that most kills him is disk performance and the difficulty of making promo videos for his game. So we're thinking of going with the quad-channel line of CPUs rather than the dual-channel Haswell-based CPUs.
We also figure that next year or so Intel will probably announce a better the -E processors, so instead of planning this build to last for 4 years, he's hoping to get one good year out of it and then build a more powerful rig maybe this time next year. He also needs Windows 8 right now so he can write for the Store on Windows 8. Or so he says.

You can see the entire planned build in this Newegg wishlist, but here's a summary:
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
Mobo: ASRock x79 Extreme6 LGA 2011
CPU: Intel Core i7-4820k Ivy Bridge-E
GPU: MSI Gaming N770 TF 4GDS/OC Geforce GTX 770 4GB
PSU: XFX P1-850B-BEFX 850W
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 32GB (4x8GB) 1866 DDR3
Cooler: Intel BXTS13X Liquid Cooling Thermal Solution for Socket LGA 2011
We don't plan to overclock this in any way and quietness was a factor in selecting some components.
Any inconsistencies or glaring errors, I'd appreciate a heads-up.
Thanks