Future workstation/gaming

[A slice of pizza]

Hello there!

 

I'm planning a pc build for myself and i am pretty excited about it so i would love to share this with you!

 

I shall introduce myself a bit, i am a 24 year old cinematography student (final year) and specialise in editting and mostly color grading i work with programs like Premiere, After effects, Final cut pro and Davinci Resolve.

Davinci resolve need some specific hardware and since i can't afford the pro version i am limited to use only one graphix card.

 

I chose my components wisely beceause i want to make this pc a Hackingtosh(probably dual boot) but i also want to make it look really neat!

 

For my case i went for the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White, why you might ask? man look at that thing i fell in love with it! i will also add a led strip around the window to make it look even better!

 

I found it quite hard to find the right motherboard for me since there are so many choises but after a while i found the perfect motherboard for this idea i had in my mind wich is: Asus z97 sabertooth mark-s.

 

The cpu i will use was not so hard, this will be a intel 4790k. i have been thinking about dual cpu but that get's just waaaay too expensive and i also think it's too early for DDR4.

The cpu cooler will be an Corsair h100i v2 with white tubing over the black tubes to make it match my build.

 

For ram i am going with (4x8gyg 1866) Corsair dominator platinum, there was so much choice in ram so i just went for the ones that looked the best for me and they have white leds! i actually wanted to get the Avexir core series sabranco edition but they are unavailable sadly enoegh (if you might know how i could get them let me please know!)

 

What graphix card i want to use im still not sure, i could go for the 980 TI Hybrid for slightly better specs and cooling or for the 980 TI Hall of Fame for better looks.

 

Psu im still not sure i think some silent 800-850 watt with the ability to use custom cables, but you want be able to see the psu anyway so i dont really mind wich one.

 

I wil add 3 ssd's in this system 1x 500gyg samsung 850 evo for software and os, and 2x 1tb samsung 850 evo in mirror to work from. there will be a dual ssd bracket so i can hide all 3 ssd's between the mobo and the backplate of my case.

Don't worry about the storage i also have a NAS with plenty of it to store finished project's etc.

 

Also i will add a blackmagic decklink mini monitor 4k when it will come out later this year for 4k sdi video output

 

 

I hope i inspire some of you for this quite unique build! if you have any tips comments or other stuff leave them below! i will be happy to answer them!

 

 

 

 

CPU: i7 4790K

RAM: (4x8gyg) Corsair Dominator Platnium 1866 ghz

GPU: 980 TI Hybrid -or- 980 TI Hall OF Fame (both 6gyg)

Motherboard: Asus z97 sabertooth mark-s

SSD: 1x500GB Samsung 850 EVO & 2x 1TB Samsung 850 EVO (in mirror)

Case: Phantek Enthoo White Luxe

PSU: Not decided yet

CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i V2

 

I will add some led strips might change some fans & add some custom all white sleeves and tubes

[Trey222]

If you are going for a workstation you may want to look at the Intel Xeon E5 2670. It has 8 cores and 16 threads. It is also only selling for about 70US on Ebay. You can get two and a motherboard for probably about 400USD. Also I have one of these CPUs on a X79 motherboard and must say it performs amazing for the price. It will outperform the 4790k in rendering and will do just fine in gaming. 

[A slice of pizza]

Hmm sounds good but i want to OC my cpu and you can't do that with the xeon but you mean for dual cpu?

[wraptor]

9 minutes ago, A slice of pizza said:

Hmm sounds good but i want to OC my cpu and you can't do that with the xeon but you mean for dual cpu?

Why do you want to OC? Having 2x Xeon E5 2670 is more then enough for gaming :Þ
4x (4790K = 4 Cores [8 Threads], dual E5 = 2x8 cores [2x16 Cores]) will also speed up and be better in rendering overall.

[A slice of pizza]

hmmh true that but then ill need to find a sweet looking mobo and but another h100i v2 cause some parts i already bought

[Trey222]

Instead of getting two Xeons you could go with one and get an X79 motherboard. If you want a good looking motherboard then the X79 is probably better because dual socket are not known for their good to looks. 

[A slice of pizza]

so you recommend one xeon over the 4790k? and what if the price is nog that big of a deal say let's 400-500 max for a cpu?

also the xeon's are 2000-2500 bucks for me? i wanna know where you get it for 60