First Workstation build, need some advice

[Produkt]

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
I will be recording and editing video, working on large photoshop and Illustrator files, lighter work in Dreamweaver/Fireworks and occasionally playing some of the latest and greatest games.

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
I want to keep the price around 2400-2500.00

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
I dont consider myself loyal to any specific brand.

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

Probably system defaults

8. What resolution will you be using?

1920x1600

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Note that it is usually not cost or time effective to choose your build more than a month before you actually plan to be using it.
within a week



CPU - Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor $559.99 @ NCIX US
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $112.99 @ NCIX US
Motherboard - Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard $319.99 @ Newegg
Memory - G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory $389.99 @ Newegg
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $231.13 @ Compuvest
Hard Drive - Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk $199.94 @ Adorama
Video Card - Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card $357.55 @ Newegg
Case - Corsair 550D ATX Mid Tower Case $137.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply - SeaSonic 560W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply $135.71 @ Newegg
Optical Drive - LG WH12LS39 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer $95.94 @ Adorama
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) $99.95 @ B&H

 

[HURRIC4NE]

for what you will be running, i'd recommend getting a better case and a power supply, you do have quite a good ammount of ram but i'm not sure if your motherboard can support that ammount, please check some reviews of the motherboard.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Are you an enthusiast or professional in regards to the Adobe products? If not an SB-E system is complete overkill. Also please answer the questions in the sticky at the top.

CPU: Overkill but might be alright
CPU Cooler: Waste of money, you can get better coolers for half the price
Motherboard: Even for an SB-E system this seems expensive
Memory: Do you REALLY need 64 GB of memory at the start or can you just start off with 32 GB and then see if you actually need more?
Hard Drive: That is one freakishly expensive hard drive, only 2 TB for $230? I could get 2 TB for half the cost.
Solid State Drive: This is fine
Video Card: For the amount you're throwing down for this system, bump up to a GTX 670.
Case: Do you like the aesthetics of this case, if not its quite expensive and not really much better than a decent $70-80 case is.
Power Supply: This should be more than fine.
Optical Drive: This Blu Ray drive seems a bit more expensive than most, is there a reason for it?
Operating System: You need to bump up to Windows 7 Pro, Home Premium only supports up to 16 GB.

 

[lucklessgorath]

Windows 7 HP maxes out at 16GB. You will need Windows 7 Pro (64-bit) for more then 16GB of RAM.

 

[Produkt]

for what you will be running, i'd recommend getting a better case and a power supply, you do have quite a good ammount of ram but i'm not sure if your motherboard can support that ammount, please check some reviews of the motherboard.

I chose the case because it's a solid color and I would prefer not to have a window. Most of my peers will be using Mac Pro/G5's. This MB does support 64GB of RAM. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-sabertoothx79

 

[Produkt]

Windows 7 HP maxes out at 16GB. You will need Windows 7 Pro (64-bit) for more then 16GB of RAM.

Thanks, I think I may have known that but had forgotten. That would of been one of those Oops moments. <3

 

[Produkt]

Are you an enthusiast or professional in regards to the Adobe products? If not an SB-E system is complete overkill. Also please answer the questions in the sticky at the top.

CPU: Overkill but might be alright
CPU Cooler: Waste of money, you can get better coolers for half the price
Motherboard: Even for an SB-E system this seems expensive
Memory: Do you REALLY need 64 GB of memory at the start or can you just start off with 32 GB and then see if you actually need more?
Hard Drive: That is one freakishly expensive hard drive, only 2 TB for $230? I could get 2 TB for half the cost.
Solid State Drive: This is fine
Video Card: For the amount you're throwing down for this system, bump up to a GTX 670.
Case: Do you like the aesthetics of this case, if not its quite expensive and not really much better than a decent $70-80 case is.
Power Supply: This should be more than fine.
Optical Drive: This Blu Ray drive seems a bit more expensive than most, is there a reason for it?
Operating System: You need to bump up to Windows 7 Pro, Home Premium only supports up to 16 GB.

I use Adobe's full line of Cs6 products on a daily basis. I do graphic design, web design and web development.
CPU - Most of my peers use Mac Pro's with duel Xeons.
CPU cooler - can you recommend a replacement, preferably a water cooling solution.
RAM - I honestly don't know if I need 64gb, though I do work on very large photoshop and Illustrator files while having lots of them open at the same time.
GPU - I chose AMD over nVidia because of the memory bandwidth is higher with AMD's solution. Which is better for Photoshop.
Case - I chose this for the integration of the water cooling system and of the look, plus I dont want a window.
Optical Drive is actually 59.99, PCPartPicker didn't have my model.

 

[Ken g6]

It sounds like you want to mix two different kinds of systems. One is a highly-threaded workstation for high-speed video processing. The other is a quad core which may be overclocked beyond compute-perfect stability for gaming. If gaming is more important to you, I would aim at an overclocked 3770k with water cooling. If you're aiming for fast video processing, on the other hand, I would aim at a dual-socket workstation build:

Mobo, $400
CPU: Xeon E5-2620, $420 x2
RAM: 32GB ECC Registered, $260

To save money, drop to, say, two Hyper 212 Evo coolers and a 7850 GPU. (I understand PS doesn't benefit much from higher-end GPUs.)

 

[krnmastersgt]

Ken's suggestion would seem the best in terms of raw compute power. If you're looking for a system that falls in between what Ken's suggesting and a gaming rig SB-E might be viable.

While the 7950 does have a theoretically higher memory bandwidth than the 670 I'm not entirely sure you'd see that turn up in realistic scenario. Not really sure though.

Water cooling can be a bit of a chore to maintain, and unless you're doing SERIOUS overclocking there are plenty of modern air coolers that are more than sufficient.

 

[mfenn]

Do you use this system to put food on the table? If so, please do not build one yourself, you cannot afford the downtime that happens when (not if) the system breaks down. You have a decent budget, so I would recommend proceeding directly to Dell or HP and configuring a workstation from the Precision or Z series lines. You won't get as much for you money, but you also won't be up shit creek for a week while you wait on an RMA.