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 Okay I changed some things! 

 

Intel i7 5960X 
Asus X99-E WS Workstation Motherboard 
Corsair CMD16GX4M4A2666C15 Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 2666Mhz Desktop Memory Kit

WD 2 TB Hard Drive - Black 

Samsung 500 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive 
Cooler Master SILENCIO 652S Case
Corsair RM750 750W Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H100i 240mm Liquid Cooler 
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card x2
Corsair CO-9050006-WW Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm Low Noise High Pressure Fan Dual Pack x2
Asus Thunderbolt 2 Ports PCI Card

 

A powerful system! But also quite expensive i guess. But I will serve you well at least for 3 years. I you want to upgread the GPU to 3/4 way SLI in the future you may get a bigger PSU.

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I'm a Producer and I want to build a workstation. I wanted it to be very powerful and support 2 4k monitors in the future and be good for gaming as well. I don't know a lot about building computers so I thought this would be the right place to ask for help. These are the specs. I'm not too bothered about over clocking.
 
Specs:
 
Intel Core i7 i7-4790K
Asus Z97-PRO Motherboard

Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4x 8GB) 1600Mhz DDR3 Ram

WD 2 TB Hard Drive - Black 
Samsung 500 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive 
Cooler Master SILENCIO 652S Case
Corsair RM750 750W Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H100i 240mm Liquid Cooler 
EVGA Nvidia TITAN X Graphics Card
Corsair CO-9050006-WW Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm Low Noise High Pressure Fan Dual Pack x2
Asus Thunderbolt 2 Ports PCI Card
 
Please feel free to tell me to change anything! You guys know way more about this stuff then men  :)
Also is there a chance I could get OSX to run on this machine, on like a separate SSD? I use Logic X at school and it would be awesome to be able to edit projects at home! 

 

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Do you have a specific budget?

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Project Depravity: £850 / ????? (03/12/2015) Case: Phanteks Enthoo Primo SE Red Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB MX Red Monitors: 3* Asus PG279Q Stand: Ergotech Triple Desk Stand Webcam: Logitch C920

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RIP in kill: CPU: Single core Celeron M @1.73GHz RAM: 1GB (512MB x2) DDR2 SO-DIMM Motherboard: Asus MOCA-AR HDD: 160GB SATA2 5400rpm

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When the computer is mainly used as a workstation, you migth benefit from a CPU with more cores (as long as your application can use them). And 32 GB RAM is a lot. Do you have a special workload requiering that much? I recommend getting 16 GB and upgrade later when you need it.

Mineral oil and 40 kg aluminium heat sinks are a perfect combination: 73 cores and a Titan X, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Oil

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When the computer is mainly used as a workstation, you migth benefit from a CPU with more cores (as long as your application can use them). And 32 GB RAM is a lot. Do you have a special workload requiering that much? I recommend getting 16 GB and upgrade later when you need it.

 

Would you recommend I go for an X99 based system? Yes I think I will, It'll save me some money. 

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Do you have a specific budget?

Around £3,000 

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Would you recommend I go for an X99 based system? Yes I think I will, It'll save me some money. 

If you want to use a 8 core, you have to use a X99.

Also considering 2x GTX980 instead of an Titan. Yes the Titan ist the fastest single GPU, but it's extrem expensive!

Mineral oil and 40 kg aluminium heat sinks are a perfect combination: 73 cores and a Titan X, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Oil

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Around £3,000 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£455.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£167.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£189.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£476.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£476.34 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£106.74 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £2020.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This is somewhat of a rough template of what you should go for. The reason why I didn't include storage was because I don't know how much you'll use. If you aren't sure yourself, just go with a 240-512GB SSD, be it in the m.2 or 2.5 form factor and a 2TB+ HDD for mass storage. As for the GPU, for now, the SLI 980 will last you a fair bit, but with the 390X and 980ti coming up, it may be worth the wait to get a pair of them.

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Project Depravity: £850 / ????? (03/12/2015) Case: Phanteks Enthoo Primo SE Red Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB MX Red Monitors: 3* Asus PG279Q Stand: Ergotech Triple Desk Stand Webcam: Logitch C920

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RIP in kill: CPU: Single core Celeron M @1.73GHz RAM: 1GB (512MB x2) DDR2 SO-DIMM Motherboard: Asus MOCA-AR HDD: 160GB SATA2 5400rpm

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Current System: CPU: Intel i5-4690K Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 1866MHz GPU: Gigabyte Windforce 960 4GB SSD: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M Case: Corsair 200R Windowed Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ 22" IPS + HP w19 Mouse: Roccat Savu Keyboard: Corsair Raptor K30 Mouse Pad: Perixx DX-1000XXL Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 

 

 

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If you want to use a 8 core, you have to use a X99.

Also considering 2x GTX980 instead of an Titan. Yes the Titan ist the fastest single GPU, but it's extrem expensive!

 

If you want to use a 8 core, you have to use a X99.

Also considering 2x GTX980 instead of an Titan. Yes the Titan ist the fastest single GPU, but it's extrem expensive!

 

 Okay I changed some things! 

 

Intel i7 5960X 
Asus X99-E WS Workstation Motherboard 
Corsair CMD16GX4M4A2666C15 Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 2666Mhz Desktop Memory Kit

WD 2 TB Hard Drive - Black 

Samsung 500 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive 
Cooler Master SILENCIO 652S Case
Corsair RM750 750W Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H100i 240mm Liquid Cooler 
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card x2
Corsair CO-9050006-WW Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm Low Noise High Pressure Fan Dual Pack x2
Asus Thunderbolt 2 Ports PCI Card
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 Okay I changed some things! 

 

Intel i7 5960X 
Asus X99-E WS Workstation Motherboard 
Corsair CMD16GX4M4A2666C15 Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 2666Mhz Desktop Memory Kit

WD 2 TB Hard Drive - Black 

Samsung 500 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive 
Cooler Master SILENCIO 652S Case
Corsair RM750 750W Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H100i 240mm Liquid Cooler 
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card x2
Corsair CO-9050006-WW Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm Low Noise High Pressure Fan Dual Pack x2
Asus Thunderbolt 2 Ports PCI Card

 

I think you sould swap out the case for a Fractal Design Define R4 or Define R5. In my opinion they look better than the Silencio.

Main Rig - Case: Corsair 200R   Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-GAMING-K3  CPU: Intel i5 7600 RAM: Corsair H55 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 3000MHz SSD: Crucial MX500 1 TB 

HDD: 2TB WD Green  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti 6GB Windforce  PSU: Corsair CX 600W  

HTPC - Case: CiT MTX-007B   Motherboard: Biostar H61MGV3, CPU: Intel i5 2400  RAM: Patriot 4GB 1333MHz SSD: 240GB Toshiba SSD PSU: 180W CIT (Came with case)

Corsair 200R Front Bezel Mod

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 Okay I changed some things! 

 

Intel i7 5960X 
Asus X99-E WS Workstation Motherboard 
Corsair CMD16GX4M4A2666C15 Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 2666Mhz Desktop Memory Kit

WD 2 TB Hard Drive - Black 

Samsung 500 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive 
Cooler Master SILENCIO 652S Case
Corsair RM750 750W Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H100i 240mm Liquid Cooler 
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Graphics Card x2
Corsair CO-9050006-WW Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm Low Noise High Pressure Fan Dual Pack x2
Asus Thunderbolt 2 Ports PCI Card

 

A powerful system! But also quite expensive i guess. But I will serve you well at least for 3 years. I you want to upgread the GPU to 3/4 way SLI in the future you may get a bigger PSU.

Mineral oil and 40 kg aluminium heat sinks are a perfect combination: 73 cores and a Titan X, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Oil

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I think you sould swap out the case for a Fractal Design Define R4 or Define R5. In my opinion they look better than the Silencio.

Sorry man I don't like the case hahah the SILENCIO has its problems but it does it for me! :) 

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A powerful system! But also quite expensive i guess. But I will serve you well at least for 3 years. I you want to upgread the GPU to 3/4 way SLI in the future you may get a bigger PSU.

Yeah it is I've been saving for a very long time haha! i will do thanks for the help :) 

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