Bjernhart

Buy any old 1080Ti, remove the cooler and strap a fanless NH-D15 to it with zipties?

I would go for an AIO watercooled version or a custom loop for ultra silent expirience. The FTW3 is also a very silent air cooled option

Having good airflow, a larger heatsink on the gpu, or living in a cold place will make any GPU quieter as it will not have to spin the fans as fast.

If you are just looking for a quiet GPU, then you should look at EVGA's cards.
They are the only ones to use 3 phase / 6 slot motor designs for their fans, which reduces motor noise.
 
Also with the relatively open 3 fan design on their 1080Ti you can get pretty good results.
 
But if it needs to be truly quiet you won't get around watercooling or mounting noctua or be Quiet fans to the GPU heatsink.
 
Edit: I just remembered that Arctic makes those giant aftermarket GPU coolers.
These are a really good option at only 50-60 bucks and are better than any out of the box GPU air cooler, but they require a lot of space:

If you can afford it and if you're not very experienced with computers, a NAS from e.g. Synology or QNAP would be the way to go. You can still run virtual-machines, Plex and stuff like that on them, but they make it all easy to do and offer a nice UI for it all. My recommendation is to go with such a box. On the other hand, if you want to  do it yourself, FreeNAS would be one way, for example.

WD has an excellent lineup of ready made NASs. https://www.wdc.com/products/personal-cloud-storage.html
I can personally say the My Cloud line is easy enough to configure. You just plug it in to your router and do a little setup and boom. You can also access the unit from anywhere through the my cloud site. Use them to store all my backed up DVDs and Blu-Rays.
 
You can go for a dual drive unit if you are looking for redundancy, but my 2 single units are still working fine from 2015. The only caveat with the single units is if the drive inside dies, the unit is tricky to get going again with a new drive.
 
-Single drive models range in capacity from 2-8TB
-Dual drive models range in capacity from 2-16TB

behold the powah......:)

I'm currently using a PWN splitter and I can confirm that it does not affect fan speed. You can manualy change the fan curve within the BIOS if you like.

Have you tried checking disk management to see if it's got a drive letter assigned?

They should work fine together if they have the same specs. Getting all of them from one kit is the ideal, but it's not necessary for them to work. My Dominator Platinums were from 2 different kits and worked fine together. If you can order two of the same kit, you shouldn't have any problems. 

It's perfectly possible and intended to be used that way if you want to. 
 
In a dual channel (channels are not the same as slots BTW) motherboard with 4 slots, you can populate all 4 slots but it will still run it dual channel mode. Performance will be the same whether you use 2 larger sticks or 4 smaller sticks. Stability shouldn't be an issue if you're buying a kit of 4 sticks as they will have been tested and confirmed to work together well. You can also run sticks from different kits together just fine, but it's generally best to go with a single kit to ensure they'll work well together. 

Depends if your board supports quad channel or not. If it does, 4 will give the best performance (provided you put them in the correct slots to utilise quad channel). If not, there's not really any difference in performance, but you may want to consider how many free slots you have if you want to upgrade to more in the future. 

Well if you want to upgrade 2X16 but if you are planning to stay on this build and looks use 4

No need for 2 systems. You can return the 7700k and mobo or use them for now and then get an 8700k in a month with a Z370 chipset motherboard, once theyve launched. 8700k will be perfect for gaming and video editing.

Launch date for Coffee Lake is still unknown. Also, the cpu are expected to require motherboards with a new chipset. So if you are returning the cpu, return the motherboard.

I sure hope so as I want a 56  

Ah thank you. You mentioned the 8700k, I guess I'm going to wait and see if that one might be worth getting over Ryzen.
Let's hope the prices on both Vega 56 and 64 will be lower in a few months!

Vegas likes more cores and amd GPUs, I don't know about premier elements, premier pro sometimes like cores and sometimes likes clock speed, and afaik as long as you have a gpu premier pro is happy.
 
So this is what I came up with.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AX370-Gaming K5 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($151.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($285.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($117.60 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1077.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-07 09:41 EDT-0400
 
Add another $400 or $500 for a Vega 56 or 64 (shouldn't matter that prices are high right now since you aren't building yet)
 
It is still worth mentioning though that the formerly mentioned 8700k may be worth going for, especially as certain parts of premier (warp stabilization for example) are very single threaded.

Honestly I can't say for certain what components you should get if you aren't building it for another 3 months. The market IS gonna change by then, especially with coffee lake coming soon.
 
However, I think that for your build an Intel based pc is probably going to be the best option. Specifically the upcoming i7 8700k, a 6c 12t CPU.
 
When OCed I would guess that an 8700k's multi core performance will come very close to that of a 4 ghz 1700 while having 25% better single threaded performance. Plus it probably won't be that much more expensive, the CPU itself would probably be $50 more and the mobo $20-$30 more.

need it to be small? or just a regular tower will do?

no stock.

Any 1070 would do. The Zotac 1070 Mini is in stock for $20 more

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.28 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-D3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($116.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C with Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 DirectX 12 GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card  ($523.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1169.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-06 03:33 EDT-0400

This is overpowered, but it is what $1200 can do.
 
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dQTbJV
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dQTbJV/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.28 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($116.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.97 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($518.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1155.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-06 03:31 EDT-0400
 
1080p ultra settings for at least 3, maybe 5 years?
 
If you only want to beat a console then this is enough
 
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4yvwBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4yvwBP/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($116.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.97 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($204.98 @ Newegg)    <--- not a 1060 6gb when it costs nearly 30% more
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $717.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-06 03:33 EDT-0400
 
 

You can add a hard drive and a 250GB SSD instead of the 500GB SSD. Ignore the cooler incompatibility. You may have to request a bracket, though
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.28 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9a 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($38.11 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($116.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($404.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone - RVZ02B HTPC Case  ($75.46 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1171.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-06 03:23 EDT-0400