Hi, I want to build a new PC workstation for Altium Designer and MinGW compiler toolchain.
I do gaming, but I'm not a serious gamer. Portal 2 is the most demanding game I'll run.
I suffered from bizarre memory problems alot, so I WILL buy something with ECC memory ONLY.
Here are my chioces:
a. C226 mobo+Xeon E3-1271 V3+DDR3 1866 (Memory Controller OC) ECC 8G*2+GTX 750 Ti
b. X99 mobo+Xeon E5-1630/50 v3(Quad/Hex core)+DDR4 2133 ECC 4G*4+GTX 750 Ti
Prices for C226 and X99 is close (X99 is $50 more expensive), prices for E3-1271 V3 and E5-1630 is very close.
DDR4 is a little more expensive than DDR3, but quad channel offers much more bandwidth compared to DDR3.
The only drawback is X99 platform consumes much more idle power (80+W vs 40+W).
I want to put everything into a small form factor case, both C226 and X99 have uATX mobos.
So, what you guys may suggest me to buy?
I want to buy things from newegg or superbiiz.