Hey,
I'm putting together a build in a Node 202 which will primarily be used for software development in Windows. I usually develop on Mac but we've been picking up more projects which have required Windows recently and I'm sick of running Windows in a VM - and bootcamp isn't practical as I flit between the two OSes.
Biggest everyday taxes on the system are going to be Visual Studio and occasionally Cinema 4D if I'm reviewing a 3D model. Will be pretty unusual for me to be doing the renders from C4D though so not overly concerned about performance there.
My priorities for the build are stability/low temps/low noise with enough grunt to run Visual Studio without keeling over.
Current build ideas are:
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £165.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard Asus - ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard £248.00 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory £129.40 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £121.63 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Mini Video Card £419.78 @ Amazon UK
Case Fractal Design - Node 202 HTPC Case £65.47 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair - SF 600 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply - Already Own
Case Fan Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan £17.69 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan £17.69 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan Noctua - NF-A9x14 29.72 CFM 92mm Fan -
Monitor Acer - H277HK smidppx 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor - Already Own
Total £1185.65
Notes:
I'm putting together a build in a Node 202 which will primarily be used for software development in Windows. I usually develop on Mac but we've been picking up more projects which have required Windows recently and I'm sick of running Windows in a VM - and bootcamp isn't practical as I flit between the two OSes.
Biggest everyday taxes on the system are going to be Visual Studio and occasionally Cinema 4D if I'm reviewing a 3D model. Will be pretty unusual for me to be doing the renders from C4D though so not overly concerned about performance there.
My priorities for the build are stability/low temps/low noise with enough grunt to run Visual Studio without keeling over.
Current build ideas are:
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £165.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard Asus - ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard £248.00 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory £129.40 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £121.63 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Mini Video Card £419.78 @ Amazon UK
Case Fractal Design - Node 202 HTPC Case £65.47 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair - SF 600 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply - Already Own
Case Fan Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan £17.69 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 54.97 CFM 120mm Fan £17.69 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan Noctua - NF-A9x14 29.72 CFM 92mm Fan -
Monitor Acer - H277HK smidppx 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor - Already Own
Total £1185.65
Notes:
- Asus MoBo is primarily because it's one of the few Ryzen mITX (only?) that has two M.2 slots.
- Mini 1070 ti because it'll give me enough GPU power if I do need to run any C4D renders and is small form factor allowing for a bit of extra airflow in the case. Might occasionally game at 1080p (on a 4K monitor). I'm not sure about this one - would I be better going full size as the GPU will have better cooling?
- Ryzen 5 2600 because it's a 65W TDP CPU which hopefully means I can keep temps/fan noise down - I plan on buying a Wraith Spire and adding the A9x14 fan as it'll be quieter than the OEM fan with the shroud removed.