I am currently re-building my computer, and after my upgrades the total value of all my parts (including peripherals) will be creeping up on the $3000 mark.
This got me curious as to what you guys would do given a very specific usage and a very specific budget.
So, can we have a little competition? Winner gets bragging rights! Also, nobody will be deemed a winner (yay).
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Here is the set up:
You are building for someone else, not yourself.
Client does not want to upgrade parts later, so give them what they need now.
Programs being used are Maya, Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Davinci Resolve, and Adobe Premiere.
No gaming.
Needs to be a (relatively) quiet build for an office environment.
Small form factor is preferred.
Budget must include monitor(s), case and OS.
Provide a brief rationale for parts.
You can go over budget by $300, but any more is a disqualification from this not-really-a-competition.
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Here is what I threw together http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PVdfGX
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CPU: Intel Core i7 5930k - Better price to performance for editing applications than similarly performing Xeon Processors.
CPU Cooler: Nocuta NH-D15 - Hella quiet yo (considering performance).
Motherboard: ASRock X99M Extreme4 - This won out over the EVGA micro due to ASRock's "HDD saver" feature. It will add additional reliability to the harddrives since we are using RAID 0 to keep the 8TB of storage.
Ram: Crucial 32GB DDR4-2133 - I mean.... it's the cheapest DDR4... that's why.
Graphics Card: PNY Quadro K5000 - Driver optimization and 10bit color output.
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 128GB and x2 WD Red 4TB HDDs - 128GB is plenty of room for the OS and the Applications. The WD Reds offer outstanding performance for long renders and in raid arrays. I chose RAID 0 for this because I wanted the system to have as much storage as possible without sacrificing performance for the budget.
Case: BitFenix Phenom M - Classy looking and has pretty good cooling. Chosen mostly for looks.
PSU: Corsair AX760 - Very reliable and 80+ Platinum certified.
Monitor: Asus PA249Q - 10bit color for accurate color grading without dropping hella dolla bills.
OS: Windows 8.1 - idk just because
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Let me see what you dudes come up with!