New pc for editing and rendering for 28k

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wimstrydom

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OK, so I've decided that I need an upgrade from my old editing PC. I want to go with the i7-6800K for the more cores to be utilised by after effects and premiere pro, as far as I understand it GPUs don't carry too much importance with editing and after effects,(I won't be doing any ray-tracing) so I'm not really sure if my planned system has the proper balance between cpu, gpu, ssd, etc.

Here is what I'm planning on getting

Intel Broadwell-E i7-6800K 3.40GHz, LGA2011-3 Price: R7,853 Rebeltech
Cooler Master Hyper D92, with 2x 92mm PWM Fans Price: R662 Rebeltech
MSI X99A SLI PLUS DDR4 Motherboard Price: R4,199 Evetech
HyperX Fury 32GB kit(4x8gb) DDR4 2400mhz Price: R2,399 Evetech
SAMSUNG 750 EVO 500GB SSD Price: R2,099 Evetech
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3..5" SATA6G, 7200Rpm Price: R1,303 Reveltech
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960, 4GB Price R4,145 Rebeltech
Cooler Master B, 700w (Version 2) Price: R1,303 Rebeltech
RAIDMAX VORTEX V4 Midi Tower ATX Price: R500 Rebeltech
Samsung 27" LED FHD Price: R4595 Rebeltech


Total: R28,766


I'd massively appreciate any input, thanks.
 
wimstrydom said:
OK, so I've decided that I need an upgrade from my old editing PC. I want to go with the i7-6800K for the more cores to be utilised by after effects and premiere pro, as far as I understand it GPUs don't carry too much importance with editing and after effects,(I won't be doing any ray-tracing) so I'm not really sure if my planned system has the proper balance between cpu, gpu, ssd, etc.

Here is what I'm planning on getting

Intel Broadwell-E i7-6800K 3.40GHz, LGA2011-3 Price: R7,853 Rebeltech
Cooler Master Hyper D92, with 2x 92mm PWM Fans Price: R662 Rebeltech
MSI X99A SLI PLUS DDR4 Motherboard Price: R4,199 Evetech
HyperX Fury 32GB kit(4x8gb) DDR4 2400mhz Price: R2,399 Evetech
SAMSUNG 750 EVO 500GB SSD Price: R2,099 Evetech
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3..5" SATA6G, 7200Rpm Price: R1,303 Reveltech
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960, 4GB Price R4,145 Rebeltech
Cooler Master B, 700w (Version 2) Price: R1,303 Rebeltech
RAIDMAX VORTEX V4 Midi Tower ATX Price: R500 Rebeltech
Samsung 27" LED FHD Price: R4595 Rebeltech


Total: R28,766


I'd massively appreciate any input, thanks.
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Quick question, do you use this PC to generate income, as in is this your primary work machine?
 
wimstrydom said:
Yeah, it is.
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Cool, so my suggestion would be (and this might sound counter-intuitive):

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2643 v4 (20M Cache, 3.40 GHz)
X99A WORKSTATION Motherboard
MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID controller
HyperX Fury 32GB kit(4x8gb) DDR4 2400mhz
2 x SAMSUNG 750 EVO 500GB SSD Price
3 x 1TB SATA6G 7200 drives

Keep the GTX 960

This is similar to the workstations I spec for guys that do video editing. RAID 1 on the OS SSDs and RAID 5 on the SATA 7.2k drives
 
PsychoFish said:
Cool, so my suggestion would be (and this might sound counter-intuitive):

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2643 v4 (20M Cache, 3.40 GHz)
X99A WORKSTATION Motherboard
MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i RAID controller
HyperX Fury 32GB kit(4x8gb) DDR4 2400mhz
2 x SAMSUNG 750 EVO 500GB SSD Price
3 x 1TB SATA6G 7200 drives

Keep the GTX 960

This is similar to the workstations I spec for guys that do video editing. RAID 1 on the OS SSDs and RAID 5 on the SATA 7.2k drives
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Wow, that sounds amazing, however, it is a bit beyond my price range. I'm trying to keep it around 28k, from what I can see the processor alone would be almost all of that. Did you maybe misunderstand, that the parts mentioned are what I already own?

My current PC is as follows:

i7-4790 Quad-Core 3.6GHz LGA 1150
20GB DDR3 1600 memory
Multiple 7200 sata6g drives
MSI Z97 PC Mate
GTX 650 1GB
 
I would really suggest getting a Xeon, even if it's a Quad Core Xeon. The performance is simply amazing (over a similar spec i7)
 
You can grab a much better GPU than the 960 at that price. RebelTech has the 970 with a bonus SSD for less than R4k on sale currently...
 
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