My current primary system (see sig) has been a bit of a lunchbag letdown. It's noisier than a Justin Bieber concert (even though I yanked the HD fan), the Alienware OS add-on is buggy and unstable, it runs at least 10C hotter than my somewhat similar 2600K (which has the world's greatest cooler bar none), the video occasionally flashes to full bright then turns off for a couple of seconds, and the damn thing refuses to stay in Sleep mode, waking itself up whenever the #$%& it feels like. By far the most disconcerting thing is that every once in a while I hear a sound like running water coming from the rig. I've checked everything and it's normal, but it still sounds sometimes like I've left the bathroom tap on. Yes, I've done everything including reinstalling everything from zilch twice and it doesn't help. This is definitely my last Dell buy. It will soon be time to dump this lousy excuse for a PC on some unsuspecting sucker... er... lucky enthusiast on eBay.
So the only hope I have on the horizon is a Haswell-E build. I'm willing to shell out a grand for the octocore in the hope that I can create a better system than this POS I have now.
Basic requirements:
I know it's too early and there really isn't much info out on Haswell-E but I'd like to hear some input from you guys about the best configuration you'd see for this system. It's a NON-GAMING system. It's basically a workstation that runs Photoshop, Office, that sort of boring stuff.
So the only hope I have on the horizon is a Haswell-E build. I'm willing to shell out a grand for the octocore in the hope that I can create a better system than this POS I have now.
Basic requirements:
- 64GB RAM
- Thunderbolt 2
- 4K Display
- 2 x 256GB SSDs
- SILENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know it's too early and there really isn't much info out on Haswell-E but I'd like to hear some input from you guys about the best configuration you'd see for this system. It's a NON-GAMING system. It's basically a workstation that runs Photoshop, Office, that sort of boring stuff.