workstation Building A High End Workstation

[hyper_fish]

Alright. So. I'm looking to build a medium high to high end workstation/gaming computer.

 

I do 3d printing and animation, heavy graphic design and other computer art, photo editing, video editing and I also game. 

 

My budget is right around $2000 for the PC, monitor(s), and keyboard (I already have speakers, headphones, and a mouse).

 

So far I was thinking...

 

CPU: I7 7700k, i7 6800k, or i7 7800x

 

GPU: GTX 1080 or GTX 1080ti

 

Motherboard: one works with lga 1151, 2011, or 2066 and has RGB and the goods. 

 

RAM: 16gb DDR4 

 

4tb hdd

 

128gb ssd

 

CPU Cooler: Hyper Evo 212

 

Case: Corsair 570x

 

So...

 

Which i7?

Which i7 motherboard?

Which GTX 1080?

And should I do 3 1080p 144hz monitors or some other configuration?

 

Note: budget isn't important to stick to. Just nothing stupid like a 28 core Xeon. 

 

 

[TheCherryKing]

14 minutes ago, hyper_fish said:

Alright. So. I'm looking to build a medium high to high end workstation/gaming computer.

 

I do 3d printing and animation, heavy graphic design and other computer art, photo editing, video editing and I also game. 

 

My budget is right around $2000 for the PC, monitor(s), and keyboard (I already have speakers, headphones, and a mouse).

 

So far I was thinking...

 

CPU: I7 7700k, i7 6800k, or i7 7800x

 

GPU: GTX 1080 or GTX 1080ti

 

Motherboard: one works with lga 1151, 2011, or 2066 and has RGB and the goods. 

 

RAM: 16gb DDR4 

 

4tb hdd

 

128gb ssd

 

CPU Cooler: Hyper Evo 212

 

Case: Corsair 570x

 

So...

 

Which i7?

Which i7 motherboard?

Which GTX 1080?

And should I do 3 1080p 144hz monitors or some other configuration?

 

Note: budget isn't important to stick to. Just nothing stupid like a 28 core Xeon. 

 

 

A mainstream Core i7 isn't exactly a "Workstation".

[WWicket]

Seems like this is exactly the sort of use case where the ryzen's extra cores are a real value.

[BestPCBuilder2017]

Good idea to go with either a Xeon or an i7. I would say the i7 because of the gaming aspect and since that would put it as not entirely workstation material. 

 

Do the monitors need to have G-Sync? 

[dizmo]

I'd strongly consider Ryzen, or wait for Intel to sort out their product stack.