Hi all,
I'm building our next range of PCs for our development team. Our last dev PC build was 2009: Phenom II, 8Gb RAM, 150Gb WD Raptor (later upgraded to Intel SSD 180Gb), DVD-RW, Antec Sonata III with 500 watt PSU.
I was tempted to go with laptops, but unless the developer needs mobility, a desktop PC offers better performance-per-dollar and better absolute performance too. But I still wanted to downsize the dev PCs this time around without compromising performance.
Anyway, enough rambling here is the spec I'm thinking of going with:
Fractal Node 304
Intel 4670K
Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI ITX
16Gb branded 1600Mhz DDR3 1.35v
Samsung Evo 500Gb SSD
PSU - undecided, a branded silver/gold rated unit?
This is mainly going to be used for development in Visual Studio, SQL Server, Mongo etc.
Thoughts?