Building a Super Workstation

[sakibsadmanshajib]

Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME, Extended ATX x99 Motherboard , LGA 2011-V3 Socket, DDR4 3300Mhz+(OC)

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)

RAM: 2 x Corsair Dominator Platinum 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) DDR4 3300 MHz Desktop Memory Module Kit - Black  i.e. 32 GB DDR4 3300 MHz

GPU: ASUS GTX TITAN X 12 GB DDR5

Monitor: 4K (suggest me the best 4K with G-SYNC enables)

SSD: M.2 SSD 512GB

​HDD: NAS (suggest me the best 2 TB NAS drive) 

Power Supply: Suggest me something which have enough capacity to add another Titan X through SLI.

Accessories: Mouse, Mouse Pad, Keyboard and Speakers (Suggest me some from ASUS Gaming accessories)

CPU and GPU must be liquid cooled.. cause I am a fan of Overclocking…

​Chassis: Suggest me something from ASUS ROG or something better..

​and suggest me other things I need to build a Custom PC.

​and is all the configuration compatible to each other?? CAN I BUILD MY DREAM WORKSTATION?

​#asklinus

or suggest me a better system.. but not the one with XEON processor..

[DannyRyu]

 

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Why no Xeons? what is this for? Rendering or Some sort of Server?

[ThinkWithPortals]

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Won't work, can't use an X99 board with a 6700K

GTX 980 Ti is much better value for money than the Titan X.

 

Also, don't create more threads to advertise this one. The thread's been up 5 minutes, be patient.

[Guest]

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What's your budget?

Do you need CUDA for any of your work?

What is your typical workload?

Have you ever done any liquid cooling before?

[Guest]

X99 won't work with Skylake CPU, sorry. 

 

Titan X is an overkill.

 

You seriously want to use NAS as your main storage? Do you have proper network infrastructure in place? Otherwise your performance is going to suffer bigtime. 

 

Liquid cooling - sorry, if you were experienced with LC, you wouldn't have to hear suggestions on LC parts. It's your money, you'll do whatever you want, but liquid cooling without experience is asking for trouble. Especially since you don't really know what you're doing even as far as PC building is concerned.

[TheRandomness]

A Xeon or i7 extreme would be better for workstation purposes

[Extingquish]

What will this be used for specifically? Budget? 

 

Also, "workstation" and "liquid cooled so I can overclock" generally don't go together

[sakibsadmanshajib]

What's your budget?

Do you need CUDA for any of your work?

What is your typical workload?

Have you ever done any liquid cooling before?

There is no budget.. Its unlimited..

and the workload is rendering videos. Hosting multiple VMs.. Hosting SQL Servers and FTP Servers.. Gaming all at eh same time...

[sakibsadmanshajib]

What will this be used for specifically? Budget? 

 

Also, "workstation" and "liquid cooled so I can overclock" generally don't go together

 

There is no budget.. Its unlimited..

and the workload is rendering videos. Hosting multiple VMs.. Hosting SQL Servers and FTP Servers.. Gaming all at eh same time...

 

and liquid cooling and overclocking is for the moments when I will do gaming or video rendering..

[sakibsadmanshajib]

A Xeon or i7 extreme would be better for workstation purposes

 

is there any sixth gen i7 extreme yet??

[FixedDevice]

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

 

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use this to ensure part compatibility and prioritize your options.

[Guest]

There is no budget.. Its unlimited..

No it isn't , I can build a $1,000 system or a $25,000 system without a given budget

Again, do you need CUDA?

Have you done liquid cooling in the past?

[skyress3000]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($346.25 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($739.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case ($117.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer Predator X34 100Hz 34.0" Monitor ($1299.98 @ NCIX US) - not 4k, but curved ultrawide with G-Sync
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($166.94 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Mionix Castor Wired Optical Mouse ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $3960.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-15 10:13 EST-0500

 

*note: some of this stuff is more expensive than it needs to be (mobo, RAM) and was just based off your suggestions, so it could be changed.

[skyress3000]

There will be, but it won't be X99

Yeah, it'll still be X99. Go watch the latest WAN show.

[TheRandomness]

There will be, but it won't be X99

Broadwell-E is coming out soon on X99. i7-6950x with 10 cores ftw!

[Extingquish]

 

There is no budget.. Its unlimited..

and the workload is rendering videos. Hosting multiple VMs.. Hosting SQL Servers and FTP Servers.. Gaming all at eh same time...

 

and liquid cooling and overclocking is for the moments when I will do gaming or video rendering..

What's good for games is generally not good for servers/workstations, and vice versa. Eg, lots of cores in a workstation is good since the applications will generally use all of the cores, while in games only 3 or 4 cores would get used, so you'd want fast cores.  Also when you're overclocking those servers will go down, and instability could mean you lose data when the PC crashes. 

 

Since budget is unlimited, get 2 systems. 1 server/render box/workstation and 1 gaming/overclocking machine.

 

@skyress3000 has suggested a really good gaming build, (apart from the WD red drive, which is meant for use in NASes/servers ) so I'll tackle the workstation/server part of the specification:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 V3 2.6GHz 14-Core Processor  ($2549.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock X99 WS-E EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($414.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Samsung 16GB (1 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory  ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Samsung 16GB (1 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory  ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Samsung 16GB (1 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory  ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Samsung 16GB (1 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory  ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($994.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($994.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $5909.65

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-15 10:39 EST-0500

that and add a raid card for the hard drives to ensure you won't lose any data if a drive dies

 

So there you have it, if you do want to blow $10k on computer parts, there's an option for you

[TheRandomness]

I bet there will be a 6960X or 6970X that has slightly better performance for the same price, but with a different chipset. Will the 6950X be the same socket type too?

It's Broadwell-E so same socket (LGA2011-3) And no, the 6950X appears to be the top of the line chip at $999.

[TheRandomness]

Now I know that X99 is sold to me- before I was doubtful because I thought for the 6 series they'd release a new chip set, thanks for that.

Intel's naming scheme for i7 extremes is confusing... Haswell-E was i7-5xxx and Broadwell-E will be i7-6xxx so Skylake will be i7-7xxx... They should make it a little clearer

[TheRandomness]

You're right. What happened to the i7 5770K, or 5790K...

They were called the i5-5675c and i7-5775c, only 2 desktop Broadwell CPUs were ever released And I want a 5775c

[sakibsadmanshajib]

X99 won't work with Skylake CPU, sorry. 

 

Titan X is an overkill.

 

You seriously want to use NAS as your main storage? Do you have proper network infrastructure in place? Otherwise your performance is going to suffer bigtime. 

 

Liquid cooling - sorry, if you were experienced with LC, you wouldn't have to hear suggestions on LC parts. It's your money, you'll do whatever you want, but liquid cooling without experience is asking for trouble. Especially since you don't really know what you're doing even as far as PC building is concerned.

I'm gonna use it for SQL Database and FTP Server.. I'll need the NAS drive.. but it wont be primary.. the primary drive will be the SSD.

 

No it isn't , I can build a $1,000 system or a $25,000 system without a given budget

Again, do you need CUDA?

Have you done liquid cooling in the past?

I need CUDA.. coz I will do heavy gaming, video rendering and other stuffs..

nd I haven't done liquid colling in the past..

nd the system needs to be build within 3000 USD

[Extingquish]

Before we go any further, what'll you be using the FTP servers and SQL servers for? Can you have downtime of them? Will you be getting paid for hosting them? 

 

The build will sort of depend on these things