Asus Z87 w Thunderbolt 2

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This may turn into several questions but I will try to stay on topic. I want to assemble a rig capable of really high speed video render. Right now I use Apple i5 quad core machines at the school where I teach. They're fast but it can still easily take an hour just to download files from an HD camera.

In my home office I also want to run email and Turbotax and Quicken...just run of the mill... no gaming. I can do this even on an older machine I keep for that purpose, so the new assemble is really just for Final Cut or more likely Premiere CC.

Isn't the secret having multiple cores in a state of the art CPU and good GPU?

So these requirements might call for a Work Station build with an X79 chipset and a LGA 2011 socket to use a six core i7 Ivy Bridge processor.

However the Asus P9X79 motherboard has no Thunderbolt ports (much less Thunderbolt 2 like the Z87 Deluxe Quad.

I am no expert and have just tried to do a lot of reading in a hurry to learn, but it seems like the Thunderbolt 2 is essential. Am I missing something? Does the P9X79 have plenty of high speed I/O options as well as plenty of CPU or is it really due for an update?

Thanks,
Richard
 
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The current "state of the art" technology is VERY capable and should handle your desired tasks quite well. There is no reason to not expect top notch performance from such a rig as you mentioned.
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Thunderbolt originally required a CPU with an integrated video controller for it to work (no stand alone adapter either) and thus why X79/Socket 2011 systems don't support thunderbolt.

Intel has since changed that requirement and it seems that new adapters/chipsets will bypass this previous limit.

In your case, the size of the imported video footage seems to be the issue. There is no real reason for you to go the X79 route. Save your money and build the fastest Z87 based rig you can afford. I suggest (for the video work especially) that you go with 32GB of memory. You should also look at the compatible GPU list to enhance your rendering capabilities with Premiere.

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html

I do not recommend going the hackintosh route. Managing OS X on such a rig is really a lot of work and not all apps work as intended in this environment.
 
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I apologize for taking your time and not getting back sooner. However it has given me a lot of thought and study time.

First I appreciated your comment about the Hackintosh solution which, although I didn't mention it, had occurred to me,
In my actual work, the video rendering is also a bottleneck although I may be more inconvenienced by the camera download time.
That leads me to again consider the P9X79 build, but I am hearing a lot in the news and in rumors about Intel's plans for X99 chipsets and Broadwell (14 nm) and Devils Canyon (running cooler).

One can always wait for the next improvement in technology which is not usually a good idea, but these seem to be coming soon this year (6 months?). I can continue to use the Macs in the media lab at school and they update more often than I do. However I still need a desktop at home.

All this is just to say: If I want to save money now to spend on an 8 core Devils Canyon Haswell later, what can I expect out of an H87 chipset, CPU and motherboard now?
 
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