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I am in need of a high-end build of about $5000-$7000. It will be used for heavy video editing, graphics compositing, 3d rendering and animation. Besides, I game during my free time, so I expect this build to satisfy all of those conditions. Can anybody suggest a build within that price range?

 
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Here's a build I was about to build, but decided that there was no use for such a high-end build. I am guessing it would suit you very well and still leave some amount of money in your pocket:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($1049.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Dominator GT 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($283.20 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($745.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($745.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A71 ATX Full Tower Case ($129.77 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 1050W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($198.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-14D1XT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($94.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $4203.69
 
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I would take your build and go with dual 4960x's and 4-way 780TI cards. That was more or less what I had in mind. So how would you suggest a build based on that?
 
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Similar to challenger15's build:
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CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($1039.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($314.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($539.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Asus ROG 240GB PCI-E Solid State Disk ($349.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($249.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($704.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($704.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($309.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($304.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4771.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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Just added another 16gb of RAM, 2TB of extra HDD, 4-way 780Ti (or you could go with 2-way 690s?), and an arguably better case
 
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CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($568.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Glacer 240L 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($415.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($312.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($299.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1600W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($365.16 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-208DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($64.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $5778.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-22 02:03 EST-0500)

Go big or go home!
 
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Now, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. Considering replacing the 4930k with the 4960x Extreme Edition because every drop of processing power is worth its weight in gold for me. Should I go 4-way Titans instead of the 780Ti's considering that the Titans would be having double the vram capacity?
 
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That's what i had on it before but changed it because the 780ti's because they are faster and overclock better. I don't know much about video editing so i don't know if you could use all 6GB of VRAM on those or not lol.
 
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CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($1039.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($73.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($415.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($650.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($545.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($545.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($505.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($505.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($505.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($505.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2-W ATX Full Tower Case ($155.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1600W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($365.16 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG BH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $6012.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-22 02:17 EST-0500)

The video is way overkill, two would be fine, three really the max you would need. Note you have two SSD's 1TB each. That will give you a lot of speed as will the full 64GB RAM.
 
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Oh scrubs, this is how you build an overkill rendering/gaming machine. :lol:

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CPU1: Intel Xeon E5-2620 ($410.00)
CPU2: Intel Xeon E5-2620 ($410.00)
Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011 Motherboard ($529.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($300.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($998.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($998.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 1250W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($230.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: CPU's Custom Water-Cooling ($400.00)
Total: $5194.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-22 02:15 EST-0500)

- Dual Xeon CPU's (i7's wont work in a dual socket board).
- Dual CPU board, pretty much the only one that the general consumer can get.
- 32GB of RAM, with enough slots left to double that later on.
- 256GB SSD boot drive, 12TB of HDD space, bunch of RAID options with that.
- Dual Titans. In terms of gaming performance they aren't much better than 780's, but they aren't crippled in terms of compute performance like the GTX series and have a lot more VRAM.
-Phanteks Enthoo Primo, big enough for that motherboard and everything else.
- Overkill PSU right?
- OS, meh
- Your not going to be able to fit any heatsinks of reasonable size on both of those chips, so your better off hooking them both up to a custom water-loop.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($1039.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Glacer 240L 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($415.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($539.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($312.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($127.66 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($999.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($999.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($999.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($999.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($299.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1600W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($365.16 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-208DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($64.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $7689.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-22 02:19 EST-0500)

Here is a build with 4 titans and the 4960x. I also changed out the ram for something faster since i only had 1600MHz on there before. Its over your budget and i i think the 4 780ti's will give you better performance than these titans.
 
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Depending on your needs, here are some of your GPU choices:

Nvidia Tesla K20X: If you need superb CUDA performance in Windows and TCC mode/ECC memory support
Nvidia Quadro K6000: If you need 12GB of VRAM and TCC mode/ECC memory support
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan: If you only need 6GB VRAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti: If you only need 3GB VRAM

Also, don't forget to use dual CPUs for best performance.
 
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Thanks for your suggestion. You happen to be the only one advocating an AMD graphic card here. Why would you say that the Radeon R9 290 is a better graphic card then the 780Ti or the Titan?
 
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Dude, dual Xeons??Xeons cant be overclocked, so I will be stuck with stock speeds. What an astonishing waste of money. No worries about the custom waterloop, with the amount of money I have around, I could build a supercomputer without so much as a dent in my pocket. Can I go 4-way Titans, or is the Titan a card that only goes up to 2-way?
 
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Assuming you need the Nvidia cards for rendering or something, go Nvidia. If not, AMD is cheaper for better performance. Again, just speaking of gaming, three R9 290's will kill anything.
 
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Dude, that's $600 above my budget. I could still afford it without a second thought, but I plan on putting 2 4960x's in there, not one, which means I will have to cut costs on the other components. So, where can I do so so that I can afford dual 4960x's?
 
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The quadrok6000, being the most powerful graphic card in the world, definitely has my attention, but the fact that it comes at such a large premium forces me to opt for a Titan or a 780Ti instead. Thanks anyway for your suggestions, I will have a look at the first one.
 
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Anything can be overclocked in some way or another, tweak around with the base-clock.
But anyway, whats bad about stock speeds? You don't need to overclock to get amazing performance, no matter how fast its running you still have 12 physical cores and 12 hyperthreaded cores running off that machine which is double what you can get from a single CPU system.
An astonishing waste of money is getting a 4960X when there is the 4930K $400 cheaper with only a 0.2Ghz difference.

You can go 4-way titans, but IMO if your spending that much then you should get a workstation card and with your pocket change just build yourself a gaming rig.

Whether to go AMD or Nvidia on this build depends on the workload your placing upon them. Anything that can take advantage of CUDA is Nvidia's domain, anything that can leverage OpenCL or GPGPU computing is squarely on AMD's side. Generally Nvidia is better for your kind of stuff, while AMD is more for if you want raw computing grunt (reason the 290's have gone up by $100 recently, all the bitcoin miners are buying them).
 
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Ok, maybe I exaggerated. I dont have THAT much money lying around. Workstation cards come with such a large premium that it makes me reluctant to purchase them. Are you absolutely sure the Xeons can be OC'ed like the other cpu's? I do not like a non-oveclockable processor, so I have to make sure of this fact. You have a valid point about the 4930k, I checked out some benchmarks and it comes in very close to the 4960x, so I might consider getting 2 of that instead.

EDIT:Just saw your AMD-Nvidia post, and it convinces me to purchase an Nvidia card. Yeah, I have noticed the price hike in the 290's recently, but did not really know the reason behind it, till now of course.
 
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There are (relatively) cheap workstation cards, definitely in the $4000 budget you seem to be willing to pay on graphics.
This article will help you figure out what card is best for you.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493.html

The Xeon's can be overclocked, just probably not the way your used too and nowhere to the degree you would want. It would have to be through the CPU base clock and memory bus, like it was done before the CPU multiplier was unlocked.
I wouldnt try to overclock them though, Xeons are server grade parts, their not meant to be overclocked.

Like I said before, you can only have Xeons in a dual CPU board. i7's just simply wont work.
 
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