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The build is for a wedding venue with in-house photography. They use Lightroom and Photoshop. The business has a huge photo library. Lightroom is a database application that needs fast access to the database file, especially for large libraries. That's why there's the Intel 750. It also needs storage for original files, and that's where the money maker is for them, so that's why there's a 3 TB RAID 1 (drive failure protection). They also backup on site so as not to exclusively rely on the RAID.
Lightroom and Photoshop need as much CPU and RAM as possible, and I originally was going to only consider the 5820k, but the new Skylake 6700k does pretty good. There's no difference in PCIe lanes (functionally) because they are going to only use 20 max on the x99 (or 12 if the z170 switches that way), since it will be a GPU with a nVME SSD on the M.2.
They also want a show piece customized with their logo and stuff, which is why the fancy case; otherwise, it might just drive the cost too high. Nonetheless, they are shooting for no more than $2,500.
The main point of choice would be the motherboard if z170 turns out to be the right way to go. They want USB 3.1 (preferably Type-C, since that seems to be pushed for the new standard), WiFi, and M.2 supporting PCIe 3.0 x 4. The trick with the (yet to be released) mITX board with z170 is that the M.2 connectivity is spotty. The AsRock board I picked out has the M.2 slot in the back, making the Hyper Kit needed to connect the Intel 750 SSD require case modification. The Hyper Kit will stick out the back and not allow the motherboard to fit unless I cut out a space. If there are easier options, I am open to whatever.
What are people's thoughts on saving money vs performance on the two builds below?
z170 - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vN6zy (~$2,380)
x99 - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8Zrvxr (~$2,450)
Lightroom and Photoshop need as much CPU and RAM as possible, and I originally was going to only consider the 5820k, but the new Skylake 6700k does pretty good. There's no difference in PCIe lanes (functionally) because they are going to only use 20 max on the x99 (or 12 if the z170 switches that way), since it will be a GPU with a nVME SSD on the M.2.
They also want a show piece customized with their logo and stuff, which is why the fancy case; otherwise, it might just drive the cost too high. Nonetheless, they are shooting for no more than $2,500.
The main point of choice would be the motherboard if z170 turns out to be the right way to go. They want USB 3.1 (preferably Type-C, since that seems to be pushed for the new standard), WiFi, and M.2 supporting PCIe 3.0 x 4. The trick with the (yet to be released) mITX board with z170 is that the M.2 connectivity is spotty. The AsRock board I picked out has the M.2 slot in the back, making the Hyper Kit needed to connect the Intel 750 SSD require case modification. The Hyper Kit will stick out the back and not allow the motherboard to fit unless I cut out a space. If there are easier options, I am open to whatever.
What are people's thoughts on saving money vs performance on the two builds below?
z170 - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3vN6zy (~$2,380)
x99 - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8Zrvxr (~$2,450)
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