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My current pc sucks balls ... and so running the adobe creative cloud apps (after effects, audition, premier etc) is killing me...

 

I dont want to just go balls to the wall and buy kickass parts if the adobe software does not use those pieces of hardware efficiently.  Do I invest more in a GPU or spend that extra in the processor and ram - should i run for 12 cores or can adobe CC only use 6?  questions like this...

 

so an optimized PC build with one endpoint in mind - adobe CC use

 

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cpu and ram and SSD are your best options for your use

gpu as well...but not as much

probably a nvidia card so it can use CUDA processing

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NVIDIA GPU, probably an i7 processor (xeon works too), 16GB of RAM, and an SSD + HDD (separate, not one of those bs hybrid drives)

 

Not sure how many cores it can use :/

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($372.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz) 


Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.98 @ OutletPC) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 


Total: $1570.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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This is going to be your best friend for intensive Adobe Suite work .The 290x's OpenCL capabilities absolutely shred through rendering and such in Premiere and After Effects, and the CPU makes amazing strides in rendering, as well as in-progress work. You're going to have a tonne of RAM to work with across the suite, and the entire build will have a nice aesthetic. The 290x is natively supported in the Adobe Suite, where Maxwell isn't. (No 960, 970, 980, 980 Ti, or Titan X. :/) 

 

If you're to go all-out, this is definitely what I'd recommend, aside from maybe a different motherboard. It will do what you want it to, work with all of your hardware, and not break the bank. Just seems silly to have an SLi board for a 290x, is all! 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($372.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1570.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-11 22:27 EDT-0400
 
This is going to be your best friend for intensive Adobe Suite work .The 290x's OpenCL capabilities absolutely shred through rendering and such in Premiere and After Effects, and the CPU makes amazing strides in rendering, as well as in-progress work. You're going to have a tonne of RAM to work with across the suite, and the entire build will have a nice aesthetic. The 290x is natively supported in the Adobe Suite, where Maxwell isn't. (No 960, 970, 980, 980 Ti, or Titan X. :/) 
 
If you're to go all-out, this is definitely what I'd recommend, aside from maybe a different motherboard. It will do what you want it to, work with all of your hardware, and not break the bank. Just seems silly to have an SLi board for a 290x, is all! 

 

As a quick mention after effects doesn't use gpu's(only for raytracing and it needs cuda for that). And i would argue a h100i is overkill but i don't overclock and am loving my stock cooler.

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As a quick mention after effects doesn't use gpu's(only for raytracing and it needs cuda for that). And i would argue a h100i is overkill but i don't overclock and am loving my stock cooler.

Yes, it does use it for Raytracing, you are correct. However, when encoding your files, you can use OpenCL for outputs. Specifically, this is done in Adobe Media Encoder. It doesn't support Maxwell, and therefore you cannot use CUDA whatsoever. Plus, you can do CPU-based raytracing. 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($372.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1570.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-11 22:27 EDT-0400
 
This is going to be your best friend for intensive Adobe Suite work .The 290x's OpenCL capabilities absolutely shred through rendering and such in Premiere and After Effects, and the CPU makes amazing strides in rendering, as well as in-progress work. You're going to have a tonne of RAM to work with across the suite, and the entire build will have a nice aesthetic. The 290x is natively supported in the Adobe Suite, where Maxwell isn't. (No 960, 970, 980, 980 Ti, or Titan X. :/) 
 
If you're to go all-out, this is definitely what I'd recommend, aside from maybe a different motherboard. It will do what you want it to, work with all of your hardware, and not break the bank. Just seems silly to have an SLi board for a 290x, is all! 

 

umm...adobe cc uses cuda

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Recommended AMD and NVIDIA video adapters for GPU acceleration
Windows CUDA:
 

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
NVIDIA Quadro 2000
NVIDIA Quadro 2000D
NVIDIA Quadro 2000M
NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
NVIDIA Quadro 4000M
NVIDIA Quadro 5000
NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
NVIDIA Quadro 5010M
NVIDIA Quadro 6000
NVIDIA Quadro K1100M
NVIDIA Quadro K2000
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
NVIDIA Quadro K2200
NVIDIA Quadro K2000M
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
NVIDIA Quadro K4000
NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
NVIDIA Quadro K4100M
NVIDIA Quadro K4200
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
NVIDIA Quadro K5200
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
NVIDIA Tesla C2050
NVIDIA Tesla C2070
NVIDIA Tesla C2075
NVIDIA Tesla M2050
NVIDIA Tesla M2070
NVIDIA Tesla K10​
Mac CUDA:
 
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 675MX
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 680MX
GeForce GT 650M
GeForce GT 750M
GeForce GT 755M
GeForce GTX 775M
GeForce GTX 780M
Quadro CX
Quadro FX 4800
Quadro 4000
Quadro K5000
Windows OpenCL:
 
AMD FirePro M2000
AMD FirePro M4000
AMD FirePro M5950
AMD FirePro M6000
AMD FirePro S7000
AMD FirePro S9000
AMD FirePro S10000
AMD FirePro V3900
AMD FirePro V4900
AMD FirePro V5900
AMD FirePro V7900
AMD FirePro W2100
AMD FirePro W4100
AMD FirePro W5000
AMD FirePro W5100
AMD FirePro W7000
AMD FirePro W7100
AMD FirePro W8000
AMD FirePro W8100
AMD FirePro W9000
AMD FirePro W9100
AMD FirePro W4170W FireGL V
AMD FirePro M5100 FireGL V
AMD FirePro M6100 FireGL V
AMD A10-7800 APU
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
AMD Radeon HD 6750
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
AMD Radeon HD 6770
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
AMD Radeon HD 6950
AMD Radeon HD 6970
AMD Radeon HD 7480D
AMD Radeon HD 7510M
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
AMD Radeon HD 7540D
AMD Radeon HD 7550M
AMD Radeon HD 7560D
AMD Radeon HD 7570
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
AMD Radeon HD 7590M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
AMD Radeon HD 7630M
AMD Radeon HD 7650M
AMD Radeon HD 7660D
AMD Radeon HD 7670
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
AMD Radeon HD 7690M
AMD Radeon HD 7730M
AMD Radeon HD 7750
AMD Radeon HD 7750M
AMD Radeon HD 7770
AMD Radeon HD 7770M
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD Radeon HD 7970
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 8470
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
AMD Radeon HD 8570
AMD Radeon HD 8570M
AMD Radeon HD 8670
AMD Radeon HD 8670M
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
AMD Radeon HD 8740
AMD Radeon HD 8750M
AMD Radeon HD 8760
AMD Radeon HD 8770M
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
AMD Radeon HD 8870
AMD Radeon HD 8950
AMD Radeon HD 8970
AMD Radeon R7 265
AMD Radeon R7 APU
AMD Radeon R7260X
AMD Radeon R7M260
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Mac OpenCL:
 
ATI Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Radeon HD 6770M
AMD FirePro D300
AMD FirePro D500
AMD FirePro D700
AMD Radeon HD 7950
GeForce GT 650M
GeForce GT 750M
GeForce GT 755M
GeForce GTX 675MX
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 680MX
GeForce GTX 775M
GeForce GTX 780M
Quadro K5000
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
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Adobe CC uses CUDA and OpenCL. Both. Not one or the other. The 900 cards do not work with CC. The 290x is, however, supported. Natively. 

actually they do

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actually they do

Actually they don't. I have a 970. It is unsupported in After Effects and Premiere. You can force-enable it, but it doesn't function with the raytracer. Please don't just assume. I know what I'm talking about.

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Premiere rendering can easily use up to 32GB memory so I would get 32 as a minimum - possible 64GB if you multitask heavily.

There's no set number of threads that CC tops out at. It's all dependent on how CC optimizes your workload. I've had as few as 6 threads to 24 threads being utilized - never anything close to 100% though.

CUDA works for some but not all effects and is a cost effect way of accelerating some of your workload compared with the cost of getting an expensive Xeon or higher end i7 but in the end getting a more capable CPU will be more reliable for the most wide variety of workloads you might work with.

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Actually they don't. I have a 970. It is unsupported in After Effects and Premiere. You can force-enable it, but it doesn't function with the raytracer. Please don't just assume. I know what I'm talking about.

Have you tired the raytracer_supported_cards.txt hack with AE? I don't know if it works with the 970.

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Yes, it does use it for Raytracing, you are correct. However, when encoding your files, you can use OpenCL for outputs. Specifically, this is done in Adobe Media Encoder. It doesn't support Maxwell, and therefore you cannot use CUDA whatsoever. Plus, you can do CPU-based raytracing. 

The new version lets you use any gpu that has 1Gb or vram and supports open cl or cuda, so the maxwell chips would work.

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Technically two R9 290s should work just fine too (and possibly be better than a single 290) in Windows you can use Crossfire so in gaming that would be rather good though if you were to hackintosh, Crossfire is not supported but both cards would be able to share the load. Though in Adobe most of the processing is CPU side. Adobe might have some performance benefits with CUDA but it'll work with OpenCL perfectly fine.

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Have you tired the raytracer_supported_cards.txt hack with AE? I don't know if it works with the 970.

Yes. Upon enabling the raytrace mode, it simply spits out errors, and stutters a lot, and ultimately crashes.

 

The new version lets you use any gpu that has 1Gb or vram and supports open cl or cuda, so the maxwell chips would work.

No, no they wouldn't. I have the latest drivers for the 970, and the latest version of all of the Adobe software. The 970 doesn't work with any of it. 

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So this is what I have my hands on right now:

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core 3.0 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75960X Desktop Processor

GRAPHICS:  ASUS GeForce GTX 970 TURBO-GTX970-OC-4GD5 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

MEMORY:   G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2800 (PC4 22400) Intel X99 Desktop Memory Model F4-2800C15Q2-64GRK

 

I need to fit in the missing pieces:

MOTHERBOARD - good MOBO with sturdy bios - easy overclocking and RAID

SSD - wanted to run 2 512GB pci to run system with a basic HD for storage of finished projects

CASE - dont care about looks - want space and ease of build

COOLING - no idea

 

Expecting to spend between 3-4k

 

Primary purpose is running adobe after effects - video rendering - 3d animation programs - all of which are CPU and RAM heavy - they use the CUDA cores but not as much as people would assume.

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10 cores-20 threads, crossfire 290x for adobe, raid evo's

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W V3 3.1GHz 10-Core Processor  ($2019.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 67.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($38.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($239.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($172.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($172.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($195.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tr-X OC Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($327.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tr-X OC Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($327.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $3995.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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