New Build Help, $2,000-2.500 for Video Production Graphics and Effects

Mainly4AE,

Unless you are particularly interested in building, I think there are a lot of advantages to finding a "new other" workstation with a good specification. For example:

DELL PRECISION T5810 E5-1650 6-CORE 2TB HD 32GB 4GB K4200 W8P 3YR DELL WNTY > $1875

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-PRECISION-T5810-E5-1650-6-CORE-2TB-HD-32GB-4GB-K4200-W8P-3YR-DELL-WNTY-/151983852731?hash=item2362f18cbb:g:r58AAOSwcwhVRR5z

The E5-1650 v3 6-core @ 3.5 /3.8 is one of Intel's best cost / performance CPU's. And that particular one has a Quadro K4200 (4GB) an $850 card, perfect for your uses, a warranty, and is ready to go, saving days of researching, ordering, and assembly.

Add to that:

Drive 1: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM > $150 (OS, applications, working files)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147373&cm_re=samsung_850_evo_500gb-_-20-147-373-_-Product

Monitor: BenQ BL2711U UHD 4K Designer Monitor for CAD and Animation Design > $600

http://www.amazon.com/BenQ-BL2711U-Designer-Monitor-Animation/dp/B00RORBPEW

And the total is $2625, not a million miles off your budget with a 4K monitor

If you do prefer to build, here's an idea based on the Xeon E5-1650 v3 (6-core @ 3.5 /3.8GHz) on an X99 motherboard.

http://ark.intel.com/products/82765/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1650-v3-15M-Cache-3_50-GHz

This has the benefit of supporting ECC RAM and has 40 PCIe lanes to the 28 of an i7-5820K. The extra lanes are useful as this specification includes two GTX 960's. The dual GTX 960 mean there are two graphics processors with 8GB memory and 3,000 CUDA cores for GPU video processing. But, I'd recommend considering a Quadro M4000 which has 8GB memory and supports 10-bit color and high anti-aliasing. I used to run a Solidworks Quadro driver with x128 anti-aliasing. For production of 2D graphics I'd use only CPU rendering / processing. The storage drive is a Seagate Constellation ES.3 enterprise drive as these have 128MB of cache instead of 64MB.

The case is especially designed for quiet operation and this is essential for a workstation- "silent hardware".

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1. CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 Six-Core Processor 3.5 / 3.8GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU> $565

http://ark.intel.com/products/82765/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1650-v3-15M-Cache-3_50-GHz

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=E51650V3BX

2. CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooler > $31.

3. Motherboard: ASRock X99 EXTREME4 LGA2011-v3/ Intel X99/ DDR4/ Quad CrossFireX & Quad SLI/ SATA3&USB3.0/ M.2/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard > $201

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157543&cm_re=extreme_4-_-13-157-543-_-Product

4. Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Server Memory Model KVR21E15D8/8 > $232 ($58 each)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G3UK3880

5. GPU: 2X EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2966-KR 2GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card> $400 ($200 each)

5. ALT: PNY Quadro M4000 VCQM4000-PB 8GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Full Height Workstation Video Card > $859

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G3RH4362&cm_re=quadro_m4000-_-14-132-051-_-Product

6. Drive 1: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM > $150 (OS, applications, working files)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147373&cm_re=samsung_850_evo_500gb-_-20-147-373-_-Product

7. Drive 2: Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST4000NM0033 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive > $210 (Files, Backup, System Image)

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-W13FZEX

8. Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G S12G-650 650W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Active PFC Power Supply > $90

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-S12G650

9. Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24X SATA DVD±RW Internal Drive w/o Software (Black) SH-224DB $17.99

10. Case: Cooler Master Silencio 652S - Silent Mid Tower Computer Case with Sound Dampening Panels, Three Silencio FP 120 Fans, and Multiple Removable Air Filters > $120

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119303&ignorebbr=1

11. OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit w/ SP1 (1-Pack, DVD), OEM MSFQC04649 > $138.99

12. WiFi: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 450 Mbps / 5 GHz 450 Mbps, IEEE 802.1a/b/g/n, WEP / WPA / WPA2, Plug & Play in Windows 8 > $40

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704133&cm_re=wifi_adapter_pcie-_-33-704-133-_-Product

13. K/B / Mouse: Logitech MK520 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo - Black > $46

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TOTAL = $ 2,247 or $2,710 with Quadro M4000

Monitor:

BenQ BL2711U UHD 4K Designer Monitor for CAD and Animation Design > $600

http://www.amazon.com/BenQ-BL2711U-Designer-Monitor-Animation/dp/B00RORBPEW


Cheers,

BambiBoom

1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555] [Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15

2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) (Revised) > 2X Xeon X5680 (6 -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC Reg. > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > Logitech z313 > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (27", 1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3844 / CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3500 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)

I agree with Nuckles_56. You definetly need windows 10 due to the fact that it supports hyperthreading

Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and possibly even some of the older versions of windows than that also support hyperthreading, so where did you get this piece of information that only windows 10 supports it?

@Bambiboom, you do realize that the RAM you've selected you've selected for the custom build doesn't work with the motherboard, due the the RAM selected being DDR3 and the motherboard only supporting DDR4? Also, for the money you are spending on the power supply, you can pick up the superior EVGA G2 in the same capacity