Motion Designer PC build help

kkmacho

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Hi there so I am building a PC for working in AE, C4D, octane, Photoshop, with some gaming. I would really appreciate the advice because I feel like I have been going back and forth on different brands and prices for wayyyy to long.This is going to be first build so I am a little nervous on if I am picking the right parts. Mac user converting to PC user after not having a PC for like 6 years. Thank you so much for any help :] The list I have for the build is...

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid

or

DEEPCOOL CAPTAIN 240EX RGB Water Cooling System

Motherboard: toss up between Gigabyte - GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

or

ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero

Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory or (x2 for 64gb) G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory

Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive and Western Digital - Gold 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video card: (x2) EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card (2-Way SLI)

Power supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

I am kinda stuck on the case right now was going more for a all black and white look.

Corsair Graphite Series 760T Full Tower Windowed Case - White

or

Anidees AI-Crystal-W Mid Tower Liquid Cooling

or

Thermaltake Core X71 Tempered Glass Edition SPCC ATX Full Tower

Thank you again! :]
 
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Switch to Ryzen. It will serve your purpose better. It will perform much better with those softwares as well as giving you good gaming experience. Something like this...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($126.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard ($149.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($234.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: Gigabyte -...
Switch to Ryzen. It will serve your purpose better. It will perform much better with those softwares as well as giving you good gaming experience. Something like this...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($126.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard ($149.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($234.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake - Core X71 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Full Tower Case ($136.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($143.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1921.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-04 14:31 EDT-0400
 
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