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SCWalsh

SCWalsh

SCWalsh

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Hi guys,

I've collected various peoples suggestions for the last few months and am almost ready to buy, I just want to have one last look through everything for anything that might not be compatible or there might be something better available.

Generally I'll be using this PC for video editing and colour grading (HD and a bit of 4K too) I will probably be adding a second GPU and more hard drives in the future, and a 4K monitor too at some stage.

Will I need a sound card and if so any suggestions? Would 16GB of RAM be better to start with?

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1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £359.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2413 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £359.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548435) £295.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2974-KR) £277.99
1 x Asus X99-Pro Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £239.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £184.99
1 x Corsair CS850M 850W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020086-UK) £99.95
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £82.99 (£165.98)
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £24.97
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £2,118.90 (includes shipping : £20.10).




Thanks for looking.
 
Hi,
Will you be gaming also? I think there's a few places where you could save some money.
e.g. the X99-S 5820k bundle, or a cheaper mobo + CPU combo. And also perhaps a better PSU as the CS are quite poor units, and the 512GB MX100 is better value
 
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1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5930K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £661.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £359.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £289.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite XB2485WSU-B1 24" IPS Widescreen Professional LED Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £184.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £82.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £2,052.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Silenced case+quiet cooler.

PSU is enough even for a 2nd GTX970, it is made by Superflower and has a 10 year warranty.

All in stock too.

£80 cashback - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

Left the Samsung in as its one of the best or use the savings on a 850pro?

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5930K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £661.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £359.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £289.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite XB2485WSU-B1 24" IPS Widescreen Professional LED Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £184.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £82.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £2,062.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Pay £10 more for this PSU and save the £13.75 delivery cost - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207


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1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5930K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £661.98
1 x Samsung S27A850TS 27" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Professional PLS Monitor - Matte Black £299.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £185.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £184.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £82.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,928.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Less RAM, 1440P PLS panel, GFX card runs 0db when idle.
 
Any thoughts on this anyone?

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1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £399.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £359.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite XB2485WSU-B1 24" IPS Widescreen Professional LED Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £162.95
1 x BeQuiet Silent Base 800 - Black £99.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £82.99 (£165.98)
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 CPU Cooler £34.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £2,128.40 - £65 = £2063.40 (includes shipping : £22.20).



6TB of HDD storage as in the OP, with a silent optimised case with awesome fans and decent cooler(?). Also fastest single GPU that you can get as I don't believe video editing programs etc can make use of SLI further on, so the single fastest GPU you can get I think would be nice?

Also with that £65 cashback Lee mentioned

170mm clearance in the case for CPU coolers, cooler is at 147mm with fan
 
Thanks for the responses so far. To answer some of the questions, I don't plan on gaming no. And I have a full version of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit which I bought for my laptop a couple of years ago. Would this be enough?

As for the bundles you guys are suggesting, would I be sacrificing performance or are the components just as good? I appreciate all the advice as it's my first build and I'm going to be doing some very demanding work on it.
 
Yes that OS is enough for 32GB of RAM.

With the bundles you aren't sacrificing performance (with the one I linked you are gaining by having the faster core speed), you are missing out on the WiFi+Bluetooth and possibly something else.
 
Also I chose the Dell U2413 monitor for it's 1 billion colours, I notice that the Iiyama and the Samsung both have 16 million, was there a particular reason you chose these instead? I'm not too worried about resolution right now, as I can invest in a large 4k screen when I have more workspace and keep the small one for colour critical work.

@Shivy011 I'm not sure but this is from the Da Vinci Resolve Windows config. guide:

All Resolve systems require
a high performance graphics processor for the
GUI, and we recommend a separate GPU for image
processing.
If you are building a system with only a single GPU
we recommend the fastest one you can justify.
Such as the GeForce GTX 580 with 3072MB ram.
> If you are building a system with a separate GUI
and image processing GPU, you will need either
the lower cost NVIDIA Quadro 600 which can be
used with 2D video or the Quadro 4000 for use
with 2D and 3D video for image processing.
> One or more NVIDIA CUDA capable cards for
image processing. The following certified cards
are listed in order of increasing power: Quadro
4000, Quadro 5000, Quadro 6000, Tesla C2075
and GeForce GTX 580 3072 MB & GeForce GTX
680 4096MB
 
I cant comment on that Dell and its 1 billion claim, but I think I've seen some Linus Tech Tip videos where he explains things like that and how a 16.7 million colour screen is the same (an old video, possibly when he reviewed a monitor from ASUS).

The Samsung PLS will possibly be using the same panel as my current 1440P screen which is exceptional and one reason I picked it.

Found the video,

 
SCWalsh said:
Also I chose the Dell U2413 monitor for it's 1 billion colours, I notice that the Iiyama and the Samsung both have 16 million, was there a particular reason you chose these instead? I'm not too worried about resolution right now, as I can invest in a large 4k screen when I have more workspace and keep the small one for colour critical work.

@Shivy011 I'm not sure but this is from the Da Vinci Resolve Windows config. guide:

All Resolve systems require
a high performance graphics processor for the
GUI, and we recommend a separate GPU for image
processing.
If you are building a system with only a single GPU
we recommend the fastest one you can justify.
Such as the GeForce GTX 580 with 3072MB ram.
> If you are building a system with a separate GUI
and image processing GPU, you will need either
the lower cost NVIDIA Quadro 600 which can be
used with 2D video or the Quadro 4000 for use
with 2D and 3D video for image processing.
> One or more NVIDIA CUDA capable cards for
image processing. The following certified cards
are listed in order of increasing power: Quadro
4000, Quadro 5000, Quadro 6000, Tesla C2075
and GeForce GTX 580 3072 MB & GeForce GTX
680 4096MB
Click to expand...

Indeed, so basically if you can fit it in get a 980 because its the "single fastest card you can justify" and as I don't think it'll work with sli (perhaps someone can correct me on this though)
 
I have just read and looked at some Da vinci resolve tests and it seems best price/to performance is a better bet (i.e the GTX970 as its only 10% slower than a GTX980, but significantly cheaper).

In fact most of them seem to use a slower GFX card for the GUI and a fast one for the compute.

Graphics Processors
Resolve for Windows requires certified NVIDIA
CUDA-based GPU cards. Multiple CUDA GPU cards
provide faster image processing and also support
advanced features such as noise reduction.
Click to expand...

Basically that says more the merrier, indeed there are some forum posts online if you query GTX970 vs 980 etc, you usually see two cards getting recommended vs one.
 
I suppose it's the 99% AdobeRGB and 100% sRGB as well, and I'm thinking when I'm doing colour critical work that these are things that will put clients at ease, but again I'm only starting to learn about this stuff that's why I'm on here. My camera can shoot 10 and 12-bit colour depths does anybody know what monitors could display that?
 
How about this then?

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1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £517.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £329.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Samsung S27A850TS 27" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Professional PLS Monitor - Matte Black £275.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £184.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £114.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £82.99 (£165.98)
1 x Corsair Hydro H55 Quiet Liquid CPU Cooler £52.99
Total : £2,051.45 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
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