Need a 3D Rendering+Graphic Design+Video Editing Workstation

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scherrjeff

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Budget is 2500-3000 US Dollars. Help me build a robust machine that can be upgraded down the line and last 4-5 years (ideally) for the following tasks:

I do about 50% Graphics work in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, 30% 3D CAD file manipulation and scene animation in AutoCAD and now am needing to do about 20% video editing, (probably with Adobe Premiere and After Effects.)

Thanks for any help!

 
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Francisco Costa

Francisco Costa

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This is a monster of a computer for $2000, you don't really need $3000.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($364.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2075.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 19:54 EST-0500
 
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aks_1337

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Something like this will do nicely:


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($364.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 240M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($204.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($185.56 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($327.85 @ B&H)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($327.85 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case ($179.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2351.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 20:16 EST-0500
 
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scherrjeff

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After researching a bit more, I've concluded the graphics card for me to handle all these various workloads, for my particular needs will best be served with a Quadro video card. Since I won't be doing video editing for high definition output, the 3D rendering CAD tasks will be the main performance point to optimize for. Also, my IT department wont be helping me to assemble this, so I'm wussing out a bit. I've found this coming in around the right price point:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IMOLJEM/ref=psdc_565098_t2_B00FW5ZVV6

I think it will be worth it to get this pre-assembled solution, and have near-top of the line speed rather than piecing everything together myself, and worrying about tinkering on it. Since I'm selling this as the way to go vs. a company supported Lenovo laptop, i need to minimize the risk that I'll be spending time troubleshooting.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FW5ZVV6/ref=psdc_565098_t1_B00IMOLJEM

Given all this info, any experts out there want to talk me down off the ledge before i jump on this plug and play solution?
 
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