PC Build : Music Production, Video & Picture Editing and Gaming...

N3ON9000 · Sep 11, 2015

These are the components I have chosen:

Processor: Intel i7-4790K
Motherboard: Asus Z97 Deluxe ATX
Memory (RAM): Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866
Graphics Card: WILL PURCHASE LATER ON...
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO Series 500GB Solid State Drive
Power Supply: Corsair RM650
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i
Sound Card: Creative Labs Z Blaster PCIe 24-bit 96 KHz
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional SP1 OEM (64-bit)

My Budget is between: £1000 - £1500

(In Order)
I need a PC for :

Music Production
Video & Picture Editing
Gaming

Yes. I already own an audio interface the : Focusrite Scarlett 6i6.
A X99 Build will be for the future.

Do you think that this is a good build?
Any changes?

sadams04 · Sep 11, 2015

That is a fine build, but would recommend looking toward the newer Z170 chipset and its new features (DDR4, M.2 drives, etc...) as well as a faster CPU (Skylake). I added a GPU simply because you had the budget available...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£300.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H140-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£105.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£116.20 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£87.16 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£147.58 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (£389.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.45 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£75.68 @ Aria PC)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£94.61 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1505.63

sora · Sep 11, 2015

sadams04 :

That is a fine build, but would recommend looking toward the newer Z170 chipset and its new features (DDR4, M.2 drives, etc...) as well as a faster CPU (Skylake). I added a GPU simply because you had the budget available...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£300.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H140-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£105.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£116.20 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£87.16 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£147.58 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (£389.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.45 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£75.68 @ Aria PC)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£94.61 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1505.63

+1; This is a solid build for around 1500 quids that should handle most games released today!

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