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Editing Workstation - Thoughts?

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I am an editor and this is my first build. My budget is around $4,000.

I will be working with 4K footage, 3D animations/graphics, and possible VR work. I use Adobe Premiere and After Effects as my main software.

Here are my reasons for my parts:

 

CPU: Still debating the Xeon or i7 route. But the 6900K has been something I am considering.

 

GPU: A Quadro K4000 video card will support for 10-bit color support and Asus GTX 980ti for performance.

 

STORAGE:

Preditor PCI 480GB: Boot Drive

Samsung 950 256GB Pro M.2: Preview Drive (with Angelbird Wings PX1 for heat sink to allow card not to throttle)

WD Drives (RAID 0): Footage

 

OS: Is there any big difference between Windows 7 and 10? My feeling was to use Windows 7 since other professionals

 

Thanks!

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2sGV6X

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3 hours ago, sampakk said:

Any recommendations with Xeon? Single or Dual CPU? Budget is around $4000. Thanks!

Hmmmm... a very good question... I'm probably not experienced enough to answer that, but hopefully some other users on the forum will give good advice as to which would be better. I think you should be fine with just a single CPU though.

 

As for a specific Xeon recommendation? I'm trying to think about how many cores would be enough for single user 4K and 3D workloads. Since it's a machine that is going be built for this type of material, it's going to for sure be above the general user 2, 4, or 6 core amounts. Hard to say which amount would be acceptable though, I've never had experience with 4K and 3D. 

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2 minutes ago, Epmd612 said:

Bro. You have four grand, might as well get some serious cpu horsepower like a six core 6850k, or even the new 10 core if you want to be ballsy

 

Hope this helps!

 

- Ethan :)

 

I already have listed the 8-core 6900k in my build. Thanks.

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3 minutes ago, sampakk said:

I already have listed the 8-core 6900k in my build. Thanks.

Oh, I didn't even see the url! Well, firstly i don't think you need a CD drive worth 50 bucks, i know itsbluray but still. Also, do you really need a UPS? Do you have frequent power outages?

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1 minute ago, Epmd612 said:

Oh, I didn't even see the url! Well, firstly i don't think you need a CD drive worth 50 bucks, i know itsbluray but still. Also, do you really need a UPS? Do you have frequent power outages?

 

I need for a CD drive for my clients. I need a UPS for safety. I am a professional video editor.

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6 hours ago, IAmLamp said:

Also, is there a specific reason you chose RAID 0 over the other RAID configuration options? 

For redundancy. 

 

This has been my reference guide for my parts:

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Premiere-Pro-143

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