$1200 computer for 3d rendering and video-audio editing and gaming less often.

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TheMailonG

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Sorry for my poor english skills...

Well, the problem is:

I need a computer for 3D Rendering, and for video-audio editing and gaming less often, I was thinking in something about $1200 - $1600 dolars and the $1200 one would be great because with the others $400, i could buy monitors, etc..

My current config is:

i5-4690K
ASUS Z97-DELUXE(NFC & WLC)
2X HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz (16GB)
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SATAIII
NZXT H440
Corsair AirSeries SP120 High Performance Edition Static Pressure 120mm Fan
Antec HCG-900 900W PSU
XSPC Raystorm EX360 Extreme Universal CPU Watercooling Kit

(I have plans to fully watercool my pc, firstly by my gpu's)
MSI GTX 970 4G).

As I am thinking in watercool my gpu's, i would like if you guys told me what's the highest clock gtx 970, disregarding fan noise (obviously) and etc...

I'm not sure if an i5-4690K would hold a future triple or quad sli and if 32GB of memory would be waste of money, i don't now if i could make raid in ssd's, if my watercooling kit will hold/fit with an future expansion, and if the Switch 810 woul be an good choice, and if a Quadro K2200 would be a better choice, etc...

Well, it's the first time I'm using the Thomshardware forum, so I hope I didn't had done something wrong.

I will use AutoCAD, Maya, Inventor, Ilustrator, CorelDRAW, SketchUp, Photoshop, Premier, Sony Vegas, etc...

Help me, please;
Thanks guys.
 
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NEVER BUY PREBUILT GAMING MACHINES, OR EVEN CONSIDER ANYTHING FROM THEM.
Digital Storm is one of those companies. Their stuff SUCK, for the price there are HEAVY competition from Gigabyte, Asus, Razer, and other high quality brands that have better options for cheaper. And their workstation? WEAK SAUCE! You can literally BUILD one for probably >$200 less. Very bad deals from Digital Storm, I absolutely hate that brand, along with iBUYPOWER and CyberPC.

And the Dell ones and HP looks like a pretty good deal. The T5810, especially. The K4200, I believe, have the performance of a GTX 670 (I think it's merely lowering the clock and adding software that can do CUDA acceleration). The W5100 in the Z440 desktop equate to a R7 260X which does...
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Hm... How about this? You seem to not really care about gaming. And the programs you use kinda ask for OpenCL, so...
As for the GPU, it's essentially a R9 270. And the CPU is a i7 with lower clock speed and much more cache.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($230.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.32 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.32 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: AMD FirePro W7100 8GB Video Card ($645.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1209.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-20 16:53 EDT-0400

 
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Sorry bro, I'm really new and I'm still learning how to use the forum.

AND YES, I WANT TO GAME IN THIS PC, but its just not the main purpose of buying an $1200, THAT IN MY CONTRY MEANS R$3600,00 (YES I´m from Brazil) :C

Now, I was looking for pre-builded workstations, what do you think?

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/slade.asp?workstation=1
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/apollo.asp
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/forbus.asp
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-t5810-workstation/pd?oc=cap5810w7p010&model_id=precision-t5810-workstation&l=en&s=bsd
http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/us/en/pdp/desktops/hp-elitedesk-800-g1-tower-pc-c8n27av-1
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/mpc/workstations/product-detail.html?oid=7733282
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/mpc/workstations/product-detail.html?oid=7690180
 
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NEVER BUY PREBUILT GAMING MACHINES, OR EVEN CONSIDER ANYTHING FROM THEM.
Digital Storm is one of those companies. Their stuff SUCK, for the price there are HEAVY competition from Gigabyte, Asus, Razer, and other high quality brands that have better options for cheaper. And their workstation? WEAK SAUCE! You can literally BUILD one for probably >$200 less. Very bad deals from Digital Storm, I absolutely hate that brand, along with iBUYPOWER and CyberPC.

And the Dell ones and HP looks like a pretty good deal. The T5810, especially. The K4200, I believe, have the performance of a GTX 670 (I think it's merely lowering the clock and adding software that can do CUDA acceleration). The W5100 in the Z440 desktop equate to a R7 260X which does fine in games. However, all the professional cards adds up to extra expense and goodness in 3D work.

You're still gaming, but since you aren't doing that as much it doesn't really matter that you don't have the GTX 970 or 4 cores. 8 threads is beneficial to 3D work, video editing, and game streaming more than 4 threads does.
 
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What about W5100? Man, I don´t think I need so much power (w7100), I'm just starting, and I'm not going to edit videos in 4k or anything like, I make projects for normal houses, I was thinking in a better mobo, because this one looks very simple and have only one 16x pci, i want a pc that leasts many years and i could update it without spending a lot of money.

And what do you think about z440, its reliable?

Thank you guys.
 
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Oh... W5100 would be more than enough if not 4K. Grab the Z440. And as for the 16x PCI, no need for a better one. And did I mention proprietary? I believe HP and Dell have proprietary motherboards that won't take in some upgrades. And 1 PCI-e slot is enough.
 
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Ok, What about this:

(t was the better I found)

ASUS X99-E WS
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3
Kingston 16GB DDR4 Registered ECC
AMD FirePro W4100 2GB 128-bits
Corsair Obsidian 450D
Antec HCG-900 900W PSU
 
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