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Slimez
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So my uncle asked me to build a pretty sick workstation for simple video editing and music/video capture. He also wanted a lot of storage and some other stuff.
I will ofc play around with this myself but i'm not that super knowledgeable when it comes to stuff like xeon processors, etc and I have a lot of work to do the following days so i'm asking you guys to make some build suggestions as well.
Budget is around 20,000 SEK (around 2,400 USD) (can go over budget if it's worth it) for the computer itself.

It dossn't have to have any super fancy custom water cooling or looks but should have audio in (some kind of audiophile input to the sound card. He was a bit unclear of what he meant there) and obviously high end workstation CPU, GPU and RAM.

So go nuts, bring on the suggestions and I will look into it. Arguments for chosen parts are also welcome!
Thanks! :D

Meow.

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Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.75 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.75 @ Amazon) 



Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Micro Center) 


Total: $2259.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-14 19:15 EDT-0400


 

a 10 core xeon with 16 GB of ram with a gtx titan black (because of the double floating point performance) all for a beefy workstation

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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basicly this makes my work redundant.

 

i'd maybe add a sound card and capture card in for video capturing, and extra audio I/O (i'm not an audio guy myself, but i'd use the heck out of an extra sound card)

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The 6-core/12-thread cpu with 32GB of memory should provide enough power for video editing and music/video capture.

 

The 4-lane PCIe M.2 drive provides storage performance up to 4 times faster than SATA III drives. Storage requirements were rather vague so I have included two 4TB hdd. The case has enough room for much more.

 

The X99-Pro/USB 3.1 motherboard has excellent sound. If it does not offer required connectors, there are numerous USB devices and add-on cards available that will.

 

The cpu cooler and case are intended to provide quiet operation.

 

Depending on the software used, the gpu should provide decent acceleration of editing and rendering tasks while managing multiple displays.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($559.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Value 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung SM951 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($372.99 @ Mac Mall)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($678.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2655.85
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-14 19:19 EDT-0400

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.75 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.75 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $2259.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-14 19:15 EDT-0400
 
a 10 core xeon with 16 GB of ram with a gtx titan black (because of the double floating point performance) all for a beefy workstation

 

 

The 6-core/12-thread cpu with 32GB of memory should provide enough power for video editing and music/video capture.

 

The 4-lane PCIe M.2 drive provides storage performance up to 4 times faster than SATA III drives. Storage requirements were rather vague so I have included two 4TB hdd. The case has enough room for much more.

 

The X99-Pro/USB 3.1 motherboard has excellent sound. If it does not offer required connectors, there are numerous USB devices and add-on cards available that will.

 

The cpu cooler and case are intended to provide quiet operation.

 

Depending on the software used, the gpu should provide decent acceleration of editing and rendering tasks while managing multiple displays.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($559.98 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ Mwave)

Motherboard: Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Value 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($199.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung SM951 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($372.99 @ Mac Mall)

Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($678.95 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $2655.85

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-14 19:19 EDT-0400

Thanks a lot for the replies! 

Looks really good, i'll look more into it tomorrow when I have the time.

Prices seem very good, hopefully it's not so much more expensive here in Sweden.

Keep the suggestions coming everyone! ^_^

Meow.

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@007agentHP, X99 supports quad channel memory operation. Two single stick memory kits will at best provide dual channel operation, but even that is not certain. Quad channel memory operation can make a noticeable performance difference in the work contemplated for this build.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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