$2,000 LIMIT FOR PC, HELP!

[RJ-45]

I work for a public school and they are giving me a $2,000 budget to make a great video editing workstation. I still consider myself a novice when it comes to PC builds. With the help of https://pcpartpicker.com/ I found some parts.

 

After putting together the whole PC, I ended up with $1,650 total. (I do not need to purchase monitor, keyboard or mouse) Please help me find the sweet spot of best machine for near $2,000.

 

I am really set on the Intel Core i7-5820K for the processor, but if you find something you think would be more beneficial let me know. I also chose an OCZ 350 series 480GB PCI-E SSD for speed's sake. What are you thoughts on this?

 

Here is my current build for $1,650.

 

CPU: Intel 5830K

CPU cooler: Corsair H105

Motherboard: ASRock x99

Memory: G.Skill value Series 32GB 4 x 8GB DDR4

Storage: OCZ RevoDrive 350 series 480 PCI-E SSD

Video Card: Nvidia GTX 970

Case: NZXT H440

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650 80+ Gold

 

This might hurt some of you, But I plan on making this a Hackintosh to do the video editing with Final Cut. 

 

[Magikarpdrowned]

1 minute ago, RJ-45 said:

I work for a public school and they are giving me a $2,000 budget to make a great video editing workstation. I still consider myself a novice when it comes to PC builds. With the help of https://pcpartpicker.com/ I found some parts.

 

After putting together the whole PC, I ended up with $1,650 total. (I do not need to purchase monitor, keyboard or mouse) Please help me find the sweet spot of best machine for near $2,000.

 

I am really set on the Intel Core i7-5820K for the processor, but if you find something you think would be more beneficial let me know. I also chose an OCZ 350 series 480GB PCI-E SSD for speed's sake. What are you thoughts on this?

 

Here is my current build for $1,650.

 

CPU: Intel 5830K

CPU cooler: Corsair H105

Motherboard: ASRock x99

Memory: G.Skill value Series 32GB 4 x 8GB DDR4

Storage: OCZ RevoDrive 350 series 480 PCI-E SSD

Video Card: Nvidia GTX 970

Case: NZXT H440

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650 80+ Gold

 

This might hurt some of you, But I plan on making this a Hackintosh to do the video editing with Final Cut. 

 

Could you squeeze in a more powerful video card? 980ti?

[Savir]

4 minutes ago, Magikarpdrowned said:

Could you squeeze in a more powerful video card? 980ti?

Yeah he definitely can. It will improve your editing and you have the budget to do so.

[i_build_nanosuits]

looks super great honestly, i would just swap the powersupply for something better such as the EVGA G2 or P2 line of PSU for example.

Other than that it will do great, and if you happen to work with applications that support CUDA acceleration (Adobe premiere and photoshop for example) with the GTX 970 it'll be even better.

 

EDIT: Just saw the part about hackintosh...well yeah anyways, it's great!

...and NO upgrading to a 980ti WILL NOT improve your hackintosh experience, obviously

[Savir]

This is what I would change: 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NYLf6h

 

Although I don't know if 500gb is enough storage unless you have some old hard drives.

[Aditya_V]

Is just a 480Gigs of SSD enough?

I think you forgot to add a Hard Disk for mass storage, I recommend you get WD Green or Black 2 Tb HDD.

[UndeadPlayz]

14 minutes ago, RJ-45 said:

I work for a public school and they are giving me a $2,000 budget to make a great video editing workstation. I still consider myself a novice when it comes to PC builds. With the help of https://pcpartpicker.com/ I found some parts.

 

After putting together the whole PC, I ended up with $1,650 total. (I do not need to purchase monitor, keyboard or mouse) Please help me find the sweet spot of best machine for near $2,000.

 

I am really set on the Intel Core i7-5820K for the processor, but if you find something you think would be more beneficial let me know. I also chose an OCZ 350 series 480GB PCI-E SSD for speed's sake. What are you thoughts on this?

 

Here is my current build for $1,650.

 

CPU: Intel 5830K

CPU cooler: Corsair H105

Motherboard: ASRock x99

Memory: G.Skill value Series 32GB 4 x 8GB DDR4

Storage: OCZ RevoDrive 350 series 480 PCI-E SSD

Video Card: Nvidia GTX 970

Case: NZXT H440

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650 80+ Gold

 

This might hurt some of you, But I plan on making this a Hackintosh to do the video editing with Final Cut. 

 

You can get a quadro which is solely a workspace gpu.

[zlolslavez]

1 minute ago, Savir said:

This is what I would change: 

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

 

Although I don't know if 500gb is enough storage unless you have some old hard drives.

Id imagine if it's a school then it has a server of some sorts.

 

Also that's not a perma link.

[Savir]

1 minute ago, zlolslavez said:

Id imagine if it's a school then it has a server of some sorts.

 

Also that's not a perma link.

Sry fixed it

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, Savir said:

Sry fixed it

but why in the world are you trying to push a GTX 980ti for someone building a hackintosh?! A GTX 970 is MORE than enough in fact a GTX 950 would do just fine!

[Elehat]

Which Asrock x99? I'd want 8 DIMMs for future upgrade. Also if it's for a school a top air cooler from Noctua or Cryorig would be cheaper and just as good, while being less scary in the long term (I don't trust AIOs past their warranty, and the warranty doesn't usually cover the other parts of the build). Also if it's for a school I wouldn't do a massive OC in it.  

[RJ-45]

Asrock x99 extreme4 ATX LGA 2011-3

[Savir]

3 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

but why in the world are you trying to push a GTX 980ti for someone building a hackintosh?! A GTX 970 is MORE than enough in fact a GTX 950 would do just fine!

But he has the budget so why not? I'll admit it's not needed. I just threw it in their. He could go for a GTX 970 and get another SSD if he wanted to.

[sushisharkjl]

28 minutes ago, RJ-45 said:

I work for a public school and they are giving me a $2,000 budget to make a great video editing workstation. I still consider myself a novice when it comes to PC builds. With the help of https://pcpartpicker.com/ I found some parts.

 

After putting together the whole PC, I ended up with $1,650 total. (I do not need to purchase monitor, keyboard or mouse) Please help me find the sweet spot of best machine for near $2,000.

 

I am really set on the Intel Core i7-5820K for the processor, but if you find something you think would be more beneficial let me know. I also chose an OCZ 350 series 480GB PCI-E SSD for speed's sake. What are you thoughts on this?

 

Here is my current build for $1,650.

 

CPU: Intel 5830K

CPU cooler: Corsair H105

Motherboard: ASRock x99

Memory: G.Skill value Series 32GB 4 x 8GB DDR4

Storage: OCZ RevoDrive 350 series 480 PCI-E SSD

Video Card: Nvidia GTX 970

Case: NZXT H440

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650 80+ Gold

 

This might hurt some of you, But I plan on making this a Hackintosh to do the video editing with Final Cut. 

 

If you're hackintoshing make sure to search online and make sure that the motherboard is compatible. A lot are not. Otherwise, everything looks good.

[Elehat]

I'd go for an Asus X99-A or Asrock Extreme 6, but as sushisharkjl says, double check the hackintosh requirements.

[RJ-45]

Where would be a great place to check my motherboard and parts compatibility for Mac?

[NoobCase]

pretty sure I came across sites dedicated to only that... but I can't remember them at all. I could google it if you'd like...?

5 hours ago, RJ-45 said:

Where would be a great place to check my motherboard and parts compatibility for Mac?