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CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($303.99 @ Amazon) 


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.19 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.19 @ Amazon) 



Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($694.42 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 


Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer  ($21.98 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor  ($283.99 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $3372.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

 

Buy anther card to use in SLI if necessary. 

PC SPECS: AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5Ghz (CPU) || MSI 970A-G43 (MB) || 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600Mhz (RAM) || MSI AMD 6870 1GB (GPU) || Aerocool 6th Element (CASE) || Sandisk 64GB SSD + Seagate 500GB HDD (STORAGE) || XFX 550w Pro Series (PSU) || ASUS MX239H 23" (MONITOR) || Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (COOLER) || Logitech G110 (KEYBOARD)

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So instead of two cards I should just use one? and I plan on raiding the ssd in raid 0 and the hard drives in raid 1 so wouldnt the red series be better for that or no?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K7XRYJ here's my spec and yes wd reds are optimized for raid 1

 

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What exactly is the difference between the gtx 780 ti and the gtx titen black? which would be better for a 3d render card?

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What exactly is the difference between the gtx 780 ti and the gtx titen black? which would be better for a 3d render card?

GTX Titan Black = GTX 780 ti + Double precision floating point + 3GB more VRAM

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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GTX Titan Black = GTX 780 ti + Double precision floating point + 3GB more VRAM

When you say double percision floating point what exactly is that?

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When you say double percision floating point what exactly is that?

Let's just put that it will help your rendering work, much like the quadro, while maintaining 780ti's gaming performance

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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well i mean if youre being for realsies here then go for it. one rule though, you gotta give us benchmarks :D : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kGqH7P

 

btw all of this is 100% unnecessary but hey ya know you said 5k

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4C6Qcf

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4C6Qcf/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($219.79 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($324.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.19 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($259.19 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.94 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.94 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card  ($999.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer  ($21.98 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor  ($283.99 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $3793.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

So anything else I can do to make this any better? or any other ideas yall want to give or change?

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well i mean if youre being for realsies here then go for it. one rule though, you gotta give us benchmarks :D : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kGqH7P

 

btw all of this is 100% unnecessary but hey ya know you said 5k

Well if all this is unessasary then what is the best cheapest computer yall can make specilized for 3d rendering for college enginearing courses?

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Well if all this is unessasary then what is the best cheapest computer yall can make specilized for 3d rendering for college enginearing courses?

The one you just made with the Titan

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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The one you just made with the Titan

So that is the cheapest that it can get? would having two titans help any or is that just more overkill?

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Well if all this is unessasary then what is the best cheapest computer yall can make specilized for 3d rendering for college enginearing courses?

i suppose this is something more reasonable for 3d renders and engineering work: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gKpKK8

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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So that is the cheapest that it can get? would having two titans help any or is that just more overkill?

No, it's just being more overpriced

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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i suppose this is something more reasonable for 3d renders and engineering work: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gKpKK8

I just made one with more for less money still with a titan tho.

 

No, it's just being more overpriced

and i guessed that would be the case, is there any real point to change to Samsung 840 Pro Series or are the evo ok?

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I just made one with more for less money still with a titan tho.

 

and i guessed that would be the case, is there any real point to change to Samsung 840 Pro Series or are the evo ok?

Yes, though it's not really that big difference in performance

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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I just made one with more for less money still with a titan tho.

 

and i guessed that would be the case, is there any real point to change to Samsung 840 Pro Series or are the evo ok?

i would go with a higher capacity psu just to be safe. 650w is kinda pushing it imo.

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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for 3d editing i would realy recomend a quadro card or something like a titan 

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

-Adolf Hitler 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mtnpzy

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mtnpzy/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: PNY Quadro 6000 6GB Video Card  ($1904.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 

Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($476.99 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg) 

Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 

Headphones: Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones  ($179.95 @ Newegg) 

Speakers: Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers  ($60.99 @ Best Buy) 

Total: $4154.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available


 

Quadro instead of a normal GPU. You can game on the side but it won't be amazing.


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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Yes, though it's not really that big difference in performance

Changed them anyway and do you think the stock case fans will be enough or do i need to get different ones. here is the list so far.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4bKqP6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4bKqP6/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($219.79 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($324.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($373.88 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($373.88 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.94 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.94 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card  ($999.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer  ($21.98 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor  ($283.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $4008.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mtnpzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mtnpzy/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY Quadro 6000 6GB Video Card  ($1904.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($476.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones  ($179.95 @ Newegg) 
Speakers: Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers  ($60.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $4154.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
Quadro instead of a normal GPU. You can game on the side but it won't be amazing.

 

the cpu i have is a six core tho, or are you talking about something cmpletely different?

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the cpu i have is a six core tho, or are you talking about something cmpletely different?

What's the CPU? Just get the motherboard that supports it instead of the ones I have chosen. Asus or Gigabyte preferred.


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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the cpu i have is a six core tho, or are you talking about something cmpletely different?

It's still viable for your work, if you want it cheaper, though the mobo should be Asus Z97 workstation. However, it uses Quadro K600. I prefer Titan for the best of both world

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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It's still viable for your work, if you want it cheaper, though the mobo should be Asus Z97 workstation. However, it uses Quadro K600. I prefer Titan for the best of both world

well what exactly is the Asus Z97 workstation optimized for exactly? like the school work im going to be doing or what?

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Just get an X79 motherboard and you're all good. Or:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/V6DjBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/V6DjBm/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 V2 2.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($1159.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($219.79 @ Amazon) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PNY Quadro 6000 6GB Video Card  ($1904.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($114.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($476.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones  ($179.95 @ Newegg) 
Total: $5018.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
8 core Xeon.

CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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