First Editing Build

[wolfofteal]

Hi everyone!

 

I'm a freelance film editor in need of a new editing rig. I've been doing a lot of research lately, but I wanted to open up a discussion with others that have more experience with PC building. I frequently work with 4K footage that is loaded with tracking, compositing, text, and color correction. I also do some moderate gaming occasionally as well. But most importantly, I need this rig to handle Premiere, After Effects, and Media Composer with ease under these conditions. As far as price goes - I'd rather spend $3000 on a really good setup than $1500 on something that won't be much better than what I've already got (2012 MacBook Pro with an SSD and 16GB of RAM). I'd particularly like to know if anyone has had issues with any of these parts in the past, but any help with part alternatives, building advice, etc. would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

Case		Phanteks Enthoo Luxe (already purchased)
Motherboard		Asus X99-A II
Processor (CPU)		Intel Core i7 6800K
CPU Cooler		Corsair H115i Liquid Cooler
Graphics Card (GPU)		EVGA GTX 1070
RAM		Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400 32GB (4x8GB)
Power Supply		EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Platinum
Storage		Samsung 960 PRO 512GB M.2
		HGST Deskstar 4TB NAS 64MB cache 7200 RPM
Operating System		Windows 10 Home 64-bit OEM (PC Disc)
Wireless Adapter		Gigabyte PCI-e Wi-Fi Adapter
Optical Drive		LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader

[EunSoo]

Make sure that the PSU you are getting is a Supernova G2. I have heard that G1s arent that good

[wolfofteal]

3 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

Make sure that the PSU you are getting is a Supernova G2. I have heard that G1s arent that good

Good to know! I'm currently planning to get the Supernova P2 for Platinum efficiency.

[Matias_Chambers]

3 minutes ago, wolfofteal said:

Good to know! I'm currently planning to get the Supernova P2 for Platinum efficiency.

It's an awesome PSU, I have it myself. I don't even know how it sounds because it's so quiet. I can strongly recommend it. I would replace the stock fans of the H115i with Corsair SP 140's. The stock fans are very loud and can get rather annoying. I would also go with faster memory (3000 MHz+), as it helps a bit in video editing.

[EunSoo]

I rethought your build and replaced some of the core components (Motherboard, GPU, RAM) and came up with this. Im not sure how much your original build cost, this one might be more expensive, but it will perform way better. Here it is:

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($263.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($683.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($683.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($87.81 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2828.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 14:14 EST-0500

[EunSoo]

7 minutes ago, wolfofteal said:

Good to know! I'm currently planning to get the Supernova P2 for Platinum efficiency.

Yeah P2 is also good

[wolfofteal]

10 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

It's an awesome PSU, I have it myself. I don't even know how it sounds because it's so quiet. I can strongly recommend it. I would replace the stock fans of the H115i with Corsair SP 140's. The stock fans are very loud and can get rather annoying. I would also go with faster memory (3000 MHz+), as it helps a bit in video editing.

Solid advice, thank you!

[wolfofteal]

8 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

I rethought your build and replaced some of the core components (Motherboard, GPU, RAM) and came up with this. Im not sure how much your original build cost, this one might be more expensive, but it will perform way better. Here it is:

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($379.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($263.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($683.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($683.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($87.81 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2828.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 14:14 EST-0500

Wow, thanks so much! I'll definitely take a look and compare the prices. Much appreciated!

[EPPHO]

Perfect

[xephoneration]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($118.61 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($172.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($598.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($598.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($146.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($38.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: Intel Core i7-6850K 15M Broadwell-E 6-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80671I76850K Desktop Processor ($499.99)
Other: TOSHIBA P300 HDWD130XZSTA 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Desktop Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit ($94.99)
Other: Intel SSD 600p Series (512GB, M.2 2280 80mm NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D1, TLC) Reseller Single Pack ($132.99)
Total: $2688.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 14:27 EST-0500

 

 

The m.2 you can swap out with a regular ssd or a samsung 950.

[EunSoo]

1 minute ago, wolfofteal said:

Wow, thanks so much! I'll definitely take a look and compare the prices. Much appreciated!

BTW, the NZXT Kraken x62 is $160ish. It isn't buyable now because it is a rather new product but it should be soon. It doesn't perform much better than the others but it looks 10x better then the rest in my opinion. If you can't find one in stock when you want to buy it or the price is too high, just go with the corsair one you have in your original build