Looking advice for a PC build

[Neoka21]

Hey everyone!

I'm new at LTT's forum and I feel like a newbie, because since 2011 I don't build a PC... so I want to share you my build plans and ask for advice.

I want this PC for 4k video editing and render. But the parts are the right? the graphic card I'm sure, but I need to expand cpu and ram in near future.

Build Plan:

Motherboard: Asus X99-E WS
CPU: Intel Core i7 5960X

RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 32GB (4 x 8GB) (seeking 64GB in the future)

GPU: GeForce GTX 980 Ti

SSD: Kingston KC400 1TB
HDD: 2 Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Monitor: 2 ASUS PB287Q 4K 28"
Power Supply: Cooler Master v850 80 Plus Gold
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT
Case: NZXT PHANTOM
Drive: LG BH14NS40 BD - DVD
Keyboard & Mouse: Cooler Master Storm Devastator

All recommendations are welcome. Thank you all for the advice and support!

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, Neoka21 said:

Hey everyone!

So are you doing professionally then? as you should probably get a workstation card over a gaming GPU

 

what software? and are you doing any gaming? the 5960X isn't really going to be worth it at all, is speed a concern for rendering things out? because for the price difference of the 5820K and 5960X you could build a secondary PC with a Xeon 1231v3 and let that handle the final rendering so that your main PC is freed up to continue other work

Also what budget?

[leonard_sun]

Those are great parts. If there's no budget constraint then go for it. The Optical Drive might be irrelevant nowadays. 

[X1XNobleX1X]

23 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

as you should probably get a workstation card over a gaming GPU

I disagree, there really isn't a point in getting workstation card anymore, unless you need precision. 

 

Years ago drivers were specifically optimized for different programs, now the difference doesn't matter at all.

 

The 980TI will destroy most Quadros for CUDA performance.

 

Although, I agree with your other comments.

 

 

 

 

For OP, your build looks good. I would save your money and get less expensive memory though. No point paying premium for memory.

 

[DarthZash]

seagate has the highest fail rate in the market.  I would recommend Western Digital

[Neoka21]

11 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

So are you doing professionally then? as you should probably get a workstation card over a gaming GPU

 

what software? and are you doing any gaming? the 5960X isn't really going to be worth it at all, is speed a concern for rendering things out? because for the price difference of the 5820K and 5960X you could build a secondary PC with a Xeon 1231v3 and let that handle the final rendering so that your main PC is freed up to continue other work

Also what budget?

My first choice was a NVIDIA Quadro M5000, but the price and real performance make GeForce GTX 980Ti more attractive...

Mostly After Effects CC and easyDCP, but I must confess that I will fall in temptation of gaming in this machine
 

for me the CPU is a enigma, I chose 5960X because I need the 8 cores, but maybe there is something of 6/7 cores with better performance.
 

My ideal budget is 5k, but being more realistic I think this will end costing 9k...

[Neoka21]

28 minutes ago, X1XNobleX1X said:

For OP, your build looks good. I would save your money and get less expensive memory though. No point paying premium for memory.

what brand you recommend? the design make me fall in love, but my real prioriti is have more GB's

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, X1XNobleX1X said:

 

It's rather difficult to find anything about the workstation cards and premier that isn't marketing material, but really the fire pro cards don't cost too much, at least compared to the quadro cards, although according to this article from puget, it's also going to depend on what files you're using, also scrubbing through your time line with 4k footage should be a lot better with the workstation GPUs simply  because of the drivers
 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-Professional-GPU-Acceleration-502/
 

 

 

56 minutes ago, Neoka21 said:

 

Now do you really need the 8 cores? because yes it will render out faster, but if you use that money to build a second machine to do your rendering on, you could edit on your main machine with the 5820K, and throw the rendering onto the secondary machine, If you spend a lot of time editing then the secondary machine is a good idea, not only would it say let you render out 2 videos at a time if needed, it frees up your main rig for additional editing time rather than waiting for a render, one sec


 

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, Neoka21 said:

My first choice was a NVIDIA Quadro M5000, but the price and real performance make GeForce GTX 980Ti more attrac

In any case there's my suggestion, 5820K + W7100, with a 750 PCI-e SSD, and 3 4K IPS displays with free-sync, but not that that matters too much. They have 99% SRGB, which is probably enough for video editing unless you really want 100% Adobe RGB and 10-bit color, which I think is more for photo editing anyways. and it's like way more expensive, I'd take the real estate of the 3 4k displays over 1 highly accurate display any day

Only issue here is that gaming on it won't be too great, so you'd need to add a gaming card, and either switch to it which can be time consuming, or do a GPU passthrough, which is easier to do on AMD cards a bit, and then you can run windows in a virtual machine with the gaming card passing through to it, so you can game and still have the workstation GPU for the productivity stuff, a 390 would be a fine card for doing 1080p gaming at least on the displays, possibly even 1080p*3

 

If you wanted to do the gaming GPU passthrough stuff, you'd want to up the CPU to a 5930K so that you have more lanes for bandwidth, and maybe a different board optimized for that


 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DPYFcf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DPYFcf/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($389.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.44 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($397.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($159.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($159.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: AMD FirePro W7100 8GB Video Card  ($619.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($151.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 27MC67-B 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($501.35 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG 27MC67-B 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($501.35 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG 27MC67-B 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($501.35 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $3818.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 21:44 EST-0500

and then you could just have this be your rendering bitch
which is a Xeon 1231v3 + 32gbs of RAM, RAM is probably overkill
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LnMtwP

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

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1246 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($127.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)

 

Total: $702.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 21:43 EST-0500

[Neoka21]

Thank you Streetguru!