[Success] Power Efficient Build: GA-Z97-D3H + i3 4370 + GTX 750 Ti

[GribTT]

GribTT's Power Efficient Build:
GA-Z97-D3H + i3 4370 + GTX 750 Ti



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Components

Gigabyte GA Z97 D3H (Motherboard)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K2RQDLQ

Intel i3-4370 (Processor)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MOM88GK/

EVGA GTX 750 Ti (Graphics Card)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IDG3IDO/

Corsair Value Select 2x 4GB (Memory)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C8GQ12A/

Samsung EVO 850 500GB (SSD)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OBRE5UE/

Corsair VS450 (Power Supply)
[AMAZON-fr]http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00B693ZNI[/AMAZON-fr]


Already Owned

Intel 320 Series 120G (SSD)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004TFXBMG/

LG 29" 21:9 29EA93V (Screen)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BJSB69Q/

NuForce uDAC 3 USB (Audio DAC)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FG9MJ6I/

Microsoft Sculpt (Keyboard)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CYX26BC/

Logitech 570 (Trackball)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043T7FXE/


Comments

Here is my new build, I wanted something fast enough for everyday use (Safari, iPhoto, iTunes, SublimeText, Terminal, Ableton, VLC) and being able to play some video games without drawing too much watts (under windows).


After some research on GPUs and ended up with this chart :





Much disparities, and apparently not much efforts put into efficiency.
But I settled on a 750 Ti as the price is also to be taken into consideration.

On the CPU side it's much easier as Intel seems to have been working hard on power consumption for a while now.



Having an 8 core mac at work I know that having lots of cores does not necessarily means more comfort unless your applications are heavily optimized for multi-CPUs. So, I looked for something fast per thread, and at a decent price.
Finally choosing the i3 4370. This i3 customac feels more responsive (except when heavily loaded) than the MacPro at work (which does not support S-ATA 3). Photoshop CS4 startup on the customac

BIOS/UEFI

Nothing special

MultiBeast

Settings : View attachment Working.mb
System : MacPro 3,1
USB : USB 3.0 Universal or else it will freeze when some USB device gets plugged in.
Audio : not installed (external DAC has native support)
Ethernet : not installed (external USB-Ethernet has native support)

Chimera

Kernel Flags : nvda_drv=1
UseKernelCache : No

Benchmarks + Temperatures + Power consumption



CS:GO @2560x1080 maxed out (settings bellow) runs above 100fps under OSX and around 160fps under Windows 7.



Screenshots & photos



[video=youtube;upPQuciH9BY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upPQuciH9BY[/video]

 

[Stork]

[Success]Power Efficient Build: GA-Z97-D3H + i3 4370 + GTX 750 Ti

I am glad to see another GTX 750 Ti user as this nVidia card is great card for mid range computer systems.

BTW, your memory link is incorrect - it links to laptop memory.

 

[GribTT]

I am glad to see another GTX 750 Ti user as this nVidia card is great card for mid range computer systems.

I agree! Everything about this card is cool, decent performance, decent pricing, compact, quiet, and high efficiency.

Thanks, I fixed the link

 

[GribTT]

Update with the Dell U3415W 3440x1400



And a 4 Ghz overclock (stock voltage) on the i3 (105.2 Mhz on the bus, 16x multiplier on the RAM), now reaching 3605 points per thread on Geekbench same as an i7 4790 non-K. Doesn't seem to increase power consumption.

 

[MacXGamer]

Really awesome build I love it and I think I'm moving to something like this.

Saw the consumption of the individual parts

750 ti 60w
and 4370 60w

But how much wattage are you draining when you have it at the heaviest load?

Cuz I was looking foward to set it up with the http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001H0BA24/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20 that comes with the 250w

 

[anakin059]

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MultiBeast

Settings : View attachment 133006
System : MacPro 3,1
USB : USB 3.0 Universal or else it will freeze when some USB device gets plugged in.
Audio : not installed (external DAC has native support)
Ethernet : not installed (external USB-Ethernet has native support)

...

When he said audio and Ethernet native by that you meant no MultiBeast driver were needed, just plug and use?

 

[niclasc]

Whats the power consumption at the wall socket?

I have a Intel 3770K running with Intel onboard graphics 16GB of RAM and 2 120GB SSD. That system idles at 28w measured at the wall socket.

 

[GribTT]

anakin059 :
Yes, Apple USB to ethernet is supported without any specific kext.
External USB DAC are also supported without any specific kext.

niclasc :
I'll have to measure at the wall socket to give a precise wattage.