Quiet but powerful on budget

kyd · Jun 2, 2010

Hey everyone,

Looking to build a quiet, but powerful desktop for development, to run db servers and such. So, would like to stick with intel, I think I7 ...

Please recommend quality motheboard/CPU-heatsink/memory/HD (thinking of solid state). Also, video card should be great for business graphics and apps, maybe for some home image/video editing too.

Staying quiet and on budget, below $1K or less, is important.

Thanks so much

johan851 · Jun 2, 2010

If you want quiet, powerful, and on a budget, I would look at the i5 series or (maybe, depending on the budget) Core2Quad. You want to run db servers AND business graphics and apps? What kind of apps and graphics?

kyd · Jun 2, 2010

johan851 said:
If you want quiet, powerful, and on a budget, I would look at the i5 series or (maybe, depending on the budget) Core2Quad. You want to run db servers AND business graphics and apps? What kind of apps and graphics?

Looking to run Oracle DB server, SQL server, My SQL. Also BI/ETL platforms like Cognos, Oracle, Pentaho, Informatica. Not looking to load a lot of data, just purely for small proof-of-concept setup. Going to dedicate a virtual machine per configuration of the DB server/BI/ETL platform.

Thanks!

johan851 · Jun 2, 2010

You said your budget is less than $1000. Would you like to spend about $1000 per machine, or are you going for the biggest bang for your buck?

kyd · Jun 2, 2010

johan851 said:
You said your budget is less than $1000. Would you like to spend about $1000 per machine, or are you going for the biggest bang for your buck?

lol Def not looking to exceed $1K for this, at least for now. But quality components are important, next would be the biggest bang for the buck.

thx!

Brutal-Force · Jun 3, 2010

Does this include Monitor/keyboard and such?

wingman99 · Jun 3, 2010

For SSD I would go for OCZ Vertex 2 it has vary good performance and reviews.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150636 50001550&name=OCZ Technology

GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128425

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150447

Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242001

kyd · Jun 3, 2010

Brutal-Force said:
Does this include Monitor/keyboard and such?

No monitor is not included in the $1k budget.

thank you

kyd · Jun 3, 2010

wingman99 said:
For SSD I would go for OCZ Vertex 2 it has vary good performance and reviews.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150636 50001550&name=OCZ Technology

GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128425

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150447

Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242001

cool thanks for the options!

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