Editing/4k capable gaming PC (respectable budget)

[Recon-UK]

Hi all, i am in the market for something fast/ brash and just outrageously capable at 4k, though max settings will depend on software more than hardware due to incapable coders

 

 

I am set on an intel platform so that i get maximum GPU scaling, and a GCN based GPU for that Mantle goodness, although Direct3D 12 will provide the same thing across both GPU vendors, but AMD have the value/performance. I am more compelled by Nvidia's drivers, but that is off topic and nit picking.

 

 

I will start off on a budget of 2000GBP (pounds) can raise this if needed, will just need to be spread across a few months instead though.

 

Here is my desired websites of choice:

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

 

 

Please do share opinions which hold water to my wants, and do recommend products that you feel are better suited.

 

Cheers to all

 

 

[SAV1OUR]

your not going to be gaming in 4k on that budget 1440p is more likely but let me make something up

[Recon-UK]

The budget can go as large as 5k, but i do wish to spend as little as i can to have this.

[Izaya Orihara]

Here this is what i would do but keep in mind that I'm not insanely knowledgeable when it comes to workstation pc's. PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3sGKZ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3sGKZ/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3sGKZ/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£407.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£63.45 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  (£136.79 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£166.95 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£179.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£127.99 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£127.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£317.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£317.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£107.40 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £2033.49

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 12:30 BST+0100)

 

Also editing to what extend? Pro or Consumer? 

[SAV1OUR]

The budget can go as large as 5k, but i do wish to spend as little as i can to have this.

hows this for 3k?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£407.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£83.87 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard:  Asus P9X79-E WS SSI CEB LGA2011 Motherboard  (£322.20 @ Amazon UK)

Memory:  Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£103.86 @ CCL Computers)

Memory:  Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£103.86 @ CCL Computers)

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£99.90 @ Amazon UK)

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.59 @ Aria PC)

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£770.38 @ Dabs)

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£770.38 @ Dabs)

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply:  Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£129.50 @ Ebuyer)

Total: £2904.53

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 12:32 BST+0100)

[Freaky_spider]

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can the fractal R4 fit a CEB mobo? it doesnt support it out of the box

[Recon-UK]

Awesome builds, just give me 2 mins to go over them guys, cheers

[Willson94]

The GPUs just aren't there yet better off holding off a few years before spending a ton of money on a 4k rig

[Izaya Orihara]

can the fractal R4 fit a CEB mobo? it doesnt support it out of the box

It fits i was wrong.

[SAV1OUR]

can the fractal R4 fit a CEB mobo? it doesnt support it out of the box

it dose look at one of the builds using the motherboard and logans for tek syndicate

@lzayaorihara it dose  

[Izaya Orihara]

The GPUs just aren't there yet better off holding off a few years before spending a ton of money on a 4k rig

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290_crossfire_review_benchmarks,21.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290_crossfire_review_benchmarks,22.html

 

That's actually pretty good. 

[Izaya Orihara]

it dose look at one of the builds using the motherboard and logans for tek syndicate

@lzayaorihara it dose  

It fits i was wrong. 

[SAV1OUR]

can the fractal R4 fit a CEB mobo? it doesnt support it out of the box

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290_crossfire_review_benchmarks,21.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290_crossfire_review_benchmarks,22.html

 

That's actually pretty good. 

guys should have said this in the post but look at this build with it and the r4 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/Lfo

[SAV1OUR]

That's not native afaik. 

but it fits just requires removal of a part and its not like its not meant to be removed 

[Recon-UK]

 

Here this is what i would do but keep in mind that I'm not insanely knowledgeable when it comes to workstation pc's. PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3sGKZ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3sGKZ/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3sGKZ/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£407.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£63.45 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  (£136.79 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£166.95 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£179.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£127.99 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£127.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£317.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£317.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£107.40 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £2033.49

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 12:30 BST+0100)

 

Also editing to what extend? Pro or Consumer? 

 

Excellent build, it also incorporates a tonne of storage which is a plus, i also want to answer the other question about editing, i will only be doing video encoding/editing, and emulation, this calls for a fast memory subsystem and fast IPC.

 

The only thing i am a bit skeptical about is the motherboard choice and power supply, i do wish to have wiggle room with my PSU for expansion, i also enjoy great cabling, which Corsair seem to provide on certain classes of PSU. MSI have failed me with intel (P67) but have been extremely reliable for my AMD machines.

 

 

hows this for 3k?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£407.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£83.87 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard:  Asus P9X79-E WS SSI CEB LGA2011 Motherboard  (£322.20 @ Amazon UK)

Memory:  Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£103.86 @ CCL Computers)

Memory:  Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£103.86 @ CCL Computers)

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£99.90 @ Amazon UK)

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.59 @ Aria PC)

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£770.38 @ Dabs)

Video Card:  Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£770.38 @ Dabs)

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply:  Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£129.50 @ Ebuyer)

Total: £2904.53

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 12:32 BST+0100)

 

 

GTX TITAN.... not the most pocket friendly cards, but they do offer a larger frame buffer, though i doubt this makes hardly a difference in most cases, even at 4k.

 

 

In regards to platform and CPU choices, they are both what i had in mind, though i did think about Z87 too.

[JoshM]

Lol please don't get an R4, they are so common, do @SAV1OUR build but just get another case!

[JoshM]

Excellent build, it also incorporates a tonne of storage which is a plus, i also want to answer the other question about editing, i will only be doing video encoding/editing, and emulation, this calls for a fast memory subsystem and fast IPC.

 

The only thing i am a bit skeptical about is the motherboard choice and power supply, i do wish to have wiggle room with my PSU for expansion, i also enjoy great cabling, which Corsair seem to provide on certain classes of PSU. MSI have failed me with intel (P67) but have been extremely reliable for my AMD machines.

 

 

 

 

GTX TITAN.... not the most pocket friendly cards, but they do offer a larger frame buffer, though i doubt this makes hardly a difference in most cases, even at 4k.

 

 

In regards to platform and CPU choices, they are both what i had in mind, though i did think about Z87 too.

You will want titans for 4k 

[Willson94]

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290_crossfire_review_benchmarks,21.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290_crossfire_review_benchmarks,22.html

 

That's actually pretty good. 

I'd like to know the minimum frame rates from what I've seen in the past they get pretty unplayable

[SAV1OUR]

Lol please don't get an R4, they are so common, do @SAV1OUR build but just get another case!

ARE YOU PLEASED NOW

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011022ww

[Recon-UK]

You will want titans for 4k 

Please explain as much as you can

[JoshM]

Please explain as much as you can

4k for gaming needs VRAM and a lot of it, 290's would be my second choice but if you have the money, go titans. Also they double as a workstation card, which may benefit you. 

You have the money, why settle for second best? 

[Izaya Orihara]

Excellent build, it also incorporates a tonne of storage which is a plus, i also want to answer the other question about editing, i will only be doing video encoding/editing, and emulation, this calls for a fast memory subsystem and fast IPC.

 

The only thing i am a bit skeptical about is the motherboard choice and power supply, i do wish to have wiggle room with my PSU for expansion, i also enjoy great cabling, which Corsair seem to provide on certain classes of PSU. MSI have failed me with intel (P67) but have been extremely reliable for my AMD machines.

Honestly you can't generalize by the manfacteur. MSI is a decent brand and the motherboard would go well with the overall back look i choose. (Except for the ram but what ever it's cheap) And you do have headroom in therms of wattage. You'll not be able to add another R9 290 but you have about 150 Watts of headroom for little upgrades such as extra HDD's, SSD's, Fans and so on. And since Maxwell is here and shows us how efficent GPU's can/ will be we don't need 1000 Watt PSU's anymore. 

[JoshM]

ARE YOU PLEASED NOW

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011022ww

Nah 750D, 900D is a stupid case, overkill and build quality is questionable (coming from a corsair fanboy) 

[Izaya Orihara]

4k for gaming needs VRAM and a lot of it, 290's would be my second choice but if you have the money, go titans. Also they double as a workstation card, which may benefit you. 

You have the money, why settle for second best? 

Because they are more than twice the price? 

[Recon-UK]

4k for gaming needs VRAM and a lot of it, 290's would be my second choice but if you have the money, go titans. Also they double as a workstation card, which may benefit you. 

You have the money, why settle for second best? 

Second best and a few pints, and luxury perhiphirals sound a much better rounded package than just 2 of the best GPU's for a 5% improvement in a certain operation

 

I do however fully take into consideration what you are typing