Punter_ion :
my motive being that my system should have the firepower to include one or maybe two 4k res monitors @60 Hz of refresh rate atleast. i am aware that it might jus take a year or so for the 4k monitors to achieve that feat in gaming, while at the same time be stable, thereby i would only want to buy the 4k monitors at that point of time and not have to shuffle the build a bit to see things in action.
cheers.
Punter_ion,
Yes, the world of monitors is changing every day- and not quickly enough. Dell is selling their 28" 4K P2815Q, for about $650 but of course it's 30Hz (there goes gaming) and not an IPS panel (there goes accurate color for video editing). There are other sub-$1,000 4K monitors available soon- Lenovo and ASUS will be in the $800 range, but it's academic. Until HDMI 2.0 arrives later this year, and the panels are also IPS I don't see 4K getting very far. To me, 4K is a toddler > full of promise but on unsteady legs.
It would be interesting to test drive 4K for my uses> 3D CAD, rendering, and graphic design, but pushing all those extra pixels fast enough = a new $1,800 Quadro K5000 and the color accuracy problem means I will be waiting as well. Of course, progress is never finished and waiting for the next step means waiting forever. The minute I decided to change from 1920 X 1080 to 2560 X 1440, talk begins of 4K as "affordable",...
You mentioned earlier that among your uses are "modelling, texturing, video editing" . It occurred to me that, depending on your applications, the amount of effects / processing, and file sizes, that you might consider a dual Xeon system and need more RAM.
This is a quick revision to a high end CAD /simulation system idea. The Xeon /ECC will be an aid to accurate, artifact-free rendering and color >
BambiBoom CalcuPixeCannon Simumcadamatharific IWork Supermodeler TurboSnark 9000 ™?™©®©$_ REV 2.23.14
1. (2) Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Ivy Bridge-EP 3.4 / 4.0GHz 25MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 150W 8-Core Server Processor BX80635E52687V2> $4,400. ($2,200 each) Passmark CPU benchmark > Rating No.1 in dual processors, CPU Score = 24511.
2. (2) CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm > $220 ($110 each)
3. ASUS Z9PE-D16 SSI EEB Server Motherboard Dual LGA 2011 DDR3 1600 > $440 (16RAM slots, max 512GB RAM, Quad LAN)
4. 128GB (8 X 16GB) SAMSUNG 16GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 Server Memory Model M393B2G70BH0-CK0081X 16GB for ASUS Z9PE-D16 > 128GB= $1,520 ($190 each, Server Direct)
5. (3X) EVGA 06G-P4-3791-KR GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK Superclocked 6GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card > $3,080 ($1,020 ea).
6. (2) SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD512BW 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) > $1,040 ($520 ea) (RAID 0)
7. (3) WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive >$450 ($150 each) (RAID 1+0) (Active files, backup, system image) (Can be 4TB at $260 each). (Seagate Constellation ES.3 enterprise with 128MB cache is another possibility)
8. SeaSonic X Series 1250W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $278.99
9. CaseLabs Merlin ST10 Case Black Aluminum Full Tower Computer Case about $480
10. LG Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 14X Blu-ray BDXL Internal Rewriter BH16NS40 > $120.
11. NZXT Sentry-2 5.25" Touch Screen Fan Controller > $28.
12. Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (Full Version) - OEM $140
TOTAL = $12,100
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This is not a refined configuration, but would go in the right direction for the CPU, GPU, and memory power for both 4K gaming and large video effects processing.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
HP z420 (2014) > Xeon E5-1620 quad core @ 3.6 / 3.8GHz > 24GB ECC 1600 RAM > Quadro 4000 (2GB)> Samsung 840 SSD 250GB /Western Digital WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > AE3000 USB WiFi > HP 2711X, 27" 1920 X 1080 > Windows 7 Ultimate 64 > Autodesk Building Design Suite, Inventor Pro, Solidworks, Adobe CS MC, Corel Technical Design Sketchup Pro, WordP Office, MS Office Pro [Passmark system rating = 3815, 2D= 767 / 3D=2044]
Dell Precision T5400 (2008) > 2X Xeon X5460 quad core @3.16GHz > 16GB ECC 667> Quadro FX 4800 (1.5GB) > WD RE4 500GB / Seagate Barracuda 500GB > M-Audio 2496 Sound Card / Linksys 600N WiFi > Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit > (earlier versions) AutoCad, Revit, Solidworks, Sketchup Pro, Corel Technical Designer, Adobe CS MC, WordP Office, MS Office Pro [Passmark system rating = 1859, 2D= 512 / 3D=1097]
cheers mate..
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