New PC Around $1500 For Gaming/Editing/WorkStation

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bigtobu

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As the title said, and here is what I had picked so far. For the motherboard, I want around 6 USB port on the back, and many SATA for around 5+ Internal Hard Drive. I think 1 GTX 970 is enough power to put game on max setting, and will get another one later for SLI when the price go down. If you have any better suggestion, then please point it out for me, thank you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($180.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: *NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1392.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-31 21:13 EDT-0400

It been 5+ years since I built my last PC, so I am not sure about all these latest cores. Should I stick with 4790 CPU or go for 5280 CPU with DDR4? or should I wait a little bit longer to build since DDR4 is still new.
 
tiny voices

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PSU is not good at all. Change for an Antec, XFX, Seasonic, EVGA (G2,B2)

I would get an air cooler over the H100i. Quieter buy same performance for less money. TC14 or NH-D15.


As for an X99 build, it depends how much workstation stuff you do vs. gaming. 80% workstation 20% gaming? Go X99. Other way around? Z97 for sure. Remember the 4790k is BETTER in games than the 5820k.
 
okcnaline

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Are you working on your video edits professionally (in Ubisoft Montreal offices) or just doing it for fun?
+1 for the PSU suggestions, tiny voices.
And as for the case, I think you should get the black/red since your build has a lot of that.
 
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bigtobu

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Thank tiny voices. My gaming is around 30-40%, so I guess I will go with the 6-cores CPU. H440 is just a great case, but too bad it is not compatible with 5280K.
 
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bigtobu

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Thank okcnaline. I am not doing any professionally, but just for fun. The reason I am worry about that is my old current PC now take hour to cut edit one video.
 
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bigtobu

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PCPartPicker said it is not compatible, or I didn't check it carefully. 5280k CPU didn't come up when I picked that case
 
okcnaline

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Your build's fine then, if it's for fun. However, this build will be aesthetically better and have better components.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($59.97 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1434.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 00:33 EDT-0400
 
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bigtobu

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Since we go for 5820k route. How about this build? My old big fan loose over time and I am afraid of that. That is why I like liquid cooling mount.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($362.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($143.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: *NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1514.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 00:35 EDT-0400
 
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