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I work with Adobe products primarily, some large format image work, broadcast tv editing, AE, and flash, which take a pretty hefty workhorse. I've never built a computer before, so all thoughts and advice are appreciated. I would ALSO love to hear what I could get for closer to $1500, but here's my $2k idea - and seriously, if I left out something important, I have no idea what it is, so tell me please!

http://partspicker link

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 2.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($389.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($184.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($72.85 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($482.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.78 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit) ($105.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Z PCIe 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($71.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($17.59 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor ($229.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1905.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-16 22:43 EST-0500

And, also, too: What things should I watch out for/be careful of for building a pc? I'm a little nervous about this whole process..

Thanks, guys!

 
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That's a sound build. Things to note however

- You'll have quad channel memory controller, so make use of it with quad channel memory. If you do switch to 32GB, definitely go 4x8GB
- Switch to a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB for quality and better customer support
- Switch to Western Digital blue 1TB for better warranty/support and smaller failure rate
- If you're not going to be gaming you may benefit more from a Quadro card, depending on the applications you'll be utilizing.
 
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Thermal compound, sound cards, and case fans are wastes of money no matter what your budget is. You simply don't need these things. Leave these off and invest more in better hardware. I'd go X99 but a Xeon on this level simply isn't necessary.

I would do something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($213.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($188.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($629.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Gunmetal/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($92.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1798.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-18 19:26 EST-0500

Use the rest of the money for monitor and OS license of your choosing.
 
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Yeah, I'll get there eventually. But this is what I can build rn, and I thought it'd be easy to add in more RAM later...
 
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I...don't need a sound card? Sound is very important to what I do. Are you saying that your selected motherboard will deliver good enough sound for professional editing? And isn't heat like enemy number one?
 
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Interesting - thanks for the tips. I do plan to get to 32gb, but I was going to wait for that upgrade for a few months. My gaming consists of flash-based escape the room stuff, so I definitely am not worried about it for that, but I use Premiere, After Effects, and Flash heavily - what advantages would a Quadro have? Or, I guess, what do the Quadro line cards do better at?
 
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The 3.3GHz 5820K is slightly more attractive as a CPU because of the speed, all of the time.
If you are going to 32GB then two 8's make more sense but stretching now makes for an overall better workspace.

I'm also a big storage nut. Fast performance is enhanced with multiple drives. Working files on SSD and 2TB blacks
for project storage. Having separate SSD's for system and scratch disks is ideal.

Again, what are you currently using and where does it fall down?

http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/AfterEffects.htm

You'd have a pretty hefty build with a 980 Ti and a 5820K.

A Quadro card would be a consideration if you were using 10 bit or
needed double precision calculations in great amounts. A Xeon
setup would complement that if your machine spent all day every
day rendering video.


 
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